June 2024
Well here I am in sunny Portugal, volunteering as a Whoofer, working on an organic farm. I have managed to produce three digital paintings which you can see here.
Digital Art
New Zealand
Hi there folks,
Long time no see. I have been on my travels as you will see from my updated website. This time New Zealand where I spent a month attending my brother’s wedding and doing a road trip around the North Island. Amazing. I was fascinated by the houses there and did several illustrations for you to see.
On my return, I went to London where I took photographs for some exciting acrylic paintings of London views.
Since my return, I have been contacted by MEGAART in Rome and am sending CWLBOX one of my original prints for exhibition there. I also have three exhibitions in West Wales happening soon. One from 12th May at Dockside art gallery with some especially commissioned prints of Pembroke Dock. Another at The Torch Theatre and cinema in Milford Haven from 1st June to 30th June and finally from 6th July to
31st July at the Heritage centre in Llantwryd Wells near Brecon. I also have some paintings there during June where I am participating in a competition with a £500 prize for the winner. Wish me luck.
Lizzie
Blog Ten
Well into the festive season now and here is a bouquet to see you through. It is abstract in design and very popular in this festive season. Tones of burgundy offset with white for contrast add to its appeal. Just the thing to brighten up your lounge or living area. Still time to order before Xmas.
Blog Nine
Seasons Greetings
Seasons greetings with these two paintings I have made into greetings cards with ‘Nadolig Llawen’ Merry Xmas in Welsh on them. Taken from two Welsh landscapes “Garden’ and ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ which was based on a landscape in Colby gardens. Although not strictly Xmas scenes I thought there was a jollity about them and the white cascade of flowers could be seen as snow.
Blog Eight
Abstract digital landscapes after a walk to Dale Peninsula, W Wales
Two digital landscapes today, Dale Peninsula and Welsh landscape echoing the colder less clement weather. I have tried to capture the effect of the wind on the clouds and the unusual colour of the rocks and sand in the peculiar Pembrokeshire light.
Another of my abstract landscapes, this time in acrylics, can be found at the Oriel Q Narberth, Annual auction to raise funds for the upkeep of the gallery which is a not for profit local gallery run by volunteers.
Blog Seven
Abstract digital landscapes after a walk to Marloes Sands, W Wales.
These three Welsh landscapes, Marloes Fields 1 and 2 and Marloes beach have a more abstract feel to them and painted in a slightly muted palette with a bit of ‘pop’. I am reminded that we are but blips in the scheme of things like these passing clouds but I guess it’s important to make the most of our brief time on this planet.
Blog Two
My motivation this week has been mostly pecuniary. In that I photographed and digitally rendered the above illustrations of local houses with the sole aim of ‘hawking my wares’ and knocking on their doors in order to make a sale. Don’t try this at home as once the occupant of the house gets out from behind the curtains and answers the door, they don’t like being accosted in this way and it certainly doesn’t lead to a sale. However, I enjoyed painting the houses and found the interpretation of the windows challenging and have ended up with an aesthetically pleasing result.
Another gruelling week applying for membership of a craft collective. ‘Develop your work’ ‘make it your own’. I wish I knew what they meant. I am developing my work all the time and I think it’s unique, and get a bit disheartened when rejected.
To end on a happy note, I sold an original print at Oriel Q gallery in Narberth and some cards at a pop-up exhibition in Pembroke this week.. So, all is not lost. Winters approaching with lots of photo opportunities of stunning landscapes here in West Wales.
The Queen of England died yesterday and the world is in mourning. I have made a slight change in my painting and produced a blueprint for a pencil and watercolour of Pembroke main street in the rain. I very much like urban landscapes and find the most mundane scenes have their own beauty.
Blog One
Hi there
Let me introduce myself. I am Lizzie Tobin artist, which you will already know if you’ve got this far. I thought I’d let you have an insight into how I go about producing a digital painting to make into a print which, if all goes well, I will be able to sell. I am not one of those artists who think you should just paint for pleasure, although it is pleasurable. I mean artists have overheads. Even to produce one digital print, and I do not reproduce them interminably, I limit them to editions of ten or one off original prints, I have to pay for a broadband connection, a phone contract-I take photos on my phone and upload them to Google Drive after I have made a detailed sketch. I then upload this to my digital programme. I use a free package called Epixlr which I was kindly given at art college. It has all the basic requirements. I would like to experiment more but won’t at this point go into the frustrations of applying for college courses in Pembrokeshire where I live. I then colour in the sketch using the digital palette, which I find strangely appealing in its simplicity and uniformity of colour and tone. I then upload the image to my files and send it to a professional printer.
That’s all for today guys. I will be updating you on my progress as I am investing in online assistance to promote my art and trying to increase my social media following. Thanks for reading.
Lizzie
