sea blue sky abstracts

Another post and can you believe it? I've done it again - placed the paintings in glazed frames before photographing them!! Only the first two though - the remaining images have been scanned before framing. This one is entitled 'Low Tide at Dusk' and measures 12.5 x 12 cm and is rendered in oil on primed board.   SOLD 'Winter Seascape' 12.5 x 12 cm, oil on primed board. SOLD 'Godrevy Lighthouse, summer evening' 16.5 x 21.5 cm, oil on primed board.   SOLD 'Advancing Tide' 12.5 x 12.5 cm, oil on primed board.   SOLD 'Winter low tide' 8.5 x 15.5 cm, oil on primed paper. SOLD 'Approaching Squall' 12.5 x 12.5 cm, oil on board. SOLD Copyright 'Picture from St Ives' Lesley Ninnes.

The quality of both these images is poor because I'd placed them in glazed frames before remembering that they hadn't been photographed, so they went onto the scanner, frames and all! The first is entitled 'Portscatho Garden', inspired by a photo taken when I visited the first 'Homespun' Fair held in the village of Portscatho last August. It's rendered in oil on primed board and measures just 12.5 x 12 cm.   SOLD The next was also inspired by the same photo and is called 'Portscatho View', oil on primed board, 12 x 12 cm.  SOLD The colours are not particularly accurate either!!

Sitting at the table working this morning I looked at the scene below and was struck by its loveliness, despite the rain and mist. In fact, the garden looks beautiful because of the mist and rain. Saturated foliage and saturated colour. No wind and a sky 'neutralised' by the blanketing mist. Even the weeds growing between the paving slabs look acceptable!

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Camping at a quiet location, just 3 miles outside the hustle and bustle of St Ives can be found at Lower Penderleath Camp Site this summer. Tents only. Hot and cold water showers are available and there's an area with hot water for washing pots and pans etc.  For more info/bookings click here or phone 0772 301 4567. The photo below - although not of the camp site - shows the surrounding scenery of this lovely part of the world. Photo Attribution: Sheila Russell

This beautiful pen & ink drawing is entitled 'Nuthatch' and is the work of talented Cathy at One Pink Goose . Click to enlarge to appreciate the detail and amount of work that has gone into this exquisite piece of work. I love everything about it, from the intricacy of composition and subtlety of contrasting tones to the range of marks used and subject matter. I will treasure this work of art always, thank you so much, Cathy. x Copyright Cathy Connolley.

These rock pool photos were taken on a perfect evening a couple of weeks ago, at Gwithian, on the other side of St Ives Bay. There have been so many beautiful evenings since - including this one. Although setting, the sun is still bright in the sky (at almost 9pm), the smell of honeysuckle is wafting in through open windows and it's so quiet, with just the occasional bird sound to be heard. The rock pool pics are for you, Libby! Hope that you like them?!

'Wave Layers' oil on primed paper, 7.5 cm x 8.5 cm. SOLD 'Choppy Porthmeor' oil on primed board, 9.5 x 21 cm.   SOLD 'Headland, Pastel Colours' oil on board, 17 x 15 cm. SOLD Click to enlarge. Copyright Lesley Ninnes - 'picture from st ives', 'sea blue sky abstracts'.

Two small, deep edge canvases - the larger painting shows part of an Arthurium flower with the tulips and measures 15 x 15 cm/6 x 6 inches. The smaller is just 10 x 13 cm/4 x 5 inches. Click to enlarge. Have a good weekend everyone! x

I look at the magpie atop the waving fir tree Lit by early sun and a sky cloud free The month is June, the day is three And I wonder, 'Is love waiting for me?'

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A week ago today I attended a printmaking workshop run by Michele Wright and Jane Ashdown , at the Porthmeor Printmakers studio above the Penwith Gallery in Back Road West, St Ives. We 'novices' started off experimenting with intaglio techniques, using engraving tools on flexible, glossy faced card. The fine lines in my first attempt below (hmm, pears again) were created using sandpaper whereas the black areas were created by drawing an outline with one of the tools and then tearing away the top layer of card allowing the under layer to absorb a large quantity of ink. See the bird and the solid black contour on the left side of the pear. Yesterday (Friday) I applied finishing touches using pen and ink to create cleaner lines and enhance contrasts. To produce this second print I cut and tore more of the card 'plate' - a little too enthusiastically - and later worked into it with pen and ink and collaged a small area to improve the right hand pear shape. This next plat

Three new mounted seascapes on primed board. Click to enlarge. Hope you like them. I'm off to read some blogs! x 'Pink Sky and Headland' mounted size, 61 x 41.5 cm.   SOLD 'A Fine Evening Sea & Sky' oil on board, mounted size 32.5 x 55.5 cm.   SOLD 'A Fine Evening Sea' oil on board, mounted size 32.5 x 55.5 cm.   SOLD

Here's an example of one sort of frame that's suitable for the board paintings featured on 'Picture from St Ives'.