Art for Christmas Presents

 Art For Christmas Presents? Why not!

I have some smaller art pieces that I have made, a small piece of art that sits on an art easel. £12 per painting plus P&P

Alcohol Ink Art for sale

Alcohol Ink Art for Sale

Alcohol ink painted on a tile and framed. 

All  pictures £25 plus P&P

Contact me for more information - 

jeninlinden@hotmail.com

Payments by Paypal to above email address

Thank You

Arts and Crafts for sale

The following Original Pictures are for sale

Acrylic pouring art, 30x20 cms, £25 plus p&p

Original Sea painting 30x20 cm, £20 plus P&P

Original Painting 30 x 25 £20 plus p&p

Original Art Lilies - 60x50cm £35 plus P&P

Contact me for more information :-

jeninlinden@hotmail.com

Payments by Paypal

First Ever Pouring Art Class

This week I did my first ever Pouring Art Class at the  Gloucester Arts and Crafts Centre

The class was a great hit with those who came this week and they are looking forward to another class in the future.

I am planning on doing an Art Class each month in the Centre

Future Art Classes -

November 19th at 10.30 - 12.30 £20 per person.

You will make 2 pieces of art to take away.

Art will need to be collected from the centre a few days later as it will be too wet to carry home on the day

Classes can be booked by contacting the Arts and Crafts Centre to book a place

Telephone Number 01452 307161

More information about the Centre - HERE 

Card Making Classes - 

I am also running Card making classes in the Arts and Crafts Centre 10.30 - 12.30 £12

Next Class - 

12th November 2018  Assorted Card Class 

28th November 2018 Xmas Cards


I am also planning Alcohol Ink Classes in the future. Below is an alcohol ink picture which is something that you could be making at a class

Craft Market

 Today I did a Craft stall in the Gloucester Farmers Market

My stall and the other stalls in the Farmers Market sold only items made or produced in Gloucestershire 

  

These are my favorite items at the moment

Surprisingly, many people were interested in my painted stones which I had only brought to keep the tablecloth from flapping around in the breeze !

I need to book another market soon

How to make Jewellry from Acrylic pour "Skins"

Today I have made a video for you regarding making Jewellry from Acrylic "Skins"

Skins are the left over paint that runs off the edge of your pour painting and collets on the surface that you are working on. 

Click on the link below

Jewellry from Acrylic Paint Skins

I personally work on Reynolds Plastic Coated Freezer Paper which is available on Amazon. 

When you work on this type of surface , it is easy to peel off the paint when it is dry and save it for useing for jewellry. Drying can take two to three days depending on how thick the layer of paint is.

I hope that this is helpful

Thanks for looking

Jenny

Multi-Coloured Starburst Acrylic Painting

Black swipe on Multi-Colour

This weekend I have been playing with multi-coloured pouring and then swiping across them with black paint. These are my colours

This is the paint before I did the swiping

I got my inspiration from a video by Julie Cutts

HERE  

Do go and see how it was done

I feel that I have cracked the paint mix after several months of not so good paintings. I have removed all PVA glue from my mix and the cells are popping up so much better.

 I am feeling happy with these swipes that I have done today

Happy Painting

Jenny

Fire Art using Alcohol Inks

 This was my first attempt at "Fire Art"

I have been making art using alcohol inks for some time and have seen other artists have "fired" their tiles for a lovely effect but up until now I have not tried it out. 

Lighting the ink and burning off the alcohol gives a different effect that you could not get with a brush or using a dropper with the alcohol ink. I just love the "Bottom of The Sea" effect you get with fire

These are the sprays that I use to seal, UV treat and varnish my AI tile paintings. I do 3 coats of each spray starting with the seal, UV then varnish. These are available on Amazon and Ebay.

However, I am planning on trying resin on these tiles for the first time and will add a picture when I have done this

SAFETY NOTE

If you try this type of art please be ultra safety aware as you are literally "playing with fire" 

It is best to put your tiles on a metal surface such as a baking tray and where possible work outdoors

Do leave your comments or questions below

Take care

Jenny

First Shift at Arts and Crafts Centre

Yesterday I did my first shift in the Gloucestershire Arts and Crafts Centre.

I was a little worried as I have never worked on a till before and this is a totally new thing for me. However I have to say that it was just fine. 

Everyone else who was working in the centre was so lovely and Chris helped me to get my head around using the till.

My first customer was my daughter who popped in to see how I was doing and bought some local scene cards of the area around the Cathedral, which she plans to frame. She paid by card so I was able to try out my till and card payment memory on her - thankfully all went well! Thanks Roz x

Below is my art which is currently for sale in the centre

Do pop into the shop and see all the amazing crafts made by Gloucestershire artists

Jenny 

Alcohol Ink Art - By Jenny Dowding

Alcohol  Ink Art on a white tile

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I painted these two yesterday and sealed them. Then today I framed them in 15 x 15 cm black deep box frames

Framed

Backs

£25 each plus P&P  or free collection

Contact me

jeninlinden@hotmail.com 
or 

Facebook


Thank you for looking

Jenny Dowding

Setting up my Art Display in the Gloucester Arts and Crafts Centre

Today I have been into Gloucester Town Centre to set up my Art Display in the 

Gloucester Arts And Crafts Centre

This Shop displays only work made by local Gloucestershire artists and is run by the artists. Below is my wall space

Please  do leave a comment below. 

My next blog will show some of my Alcohol Ink Art

Happy Arting

Jenny

Welcome to my Arts and Crafts Blog. - Post 1

Hi there and Welcome to my new Arts and Crafts Blog

My name is Jenny Dowding.

 I live in Gloucester UK. I am a Midwife and a Mum of 6 children. I live with my Labradoodle Lola and my 2 Bengal cats - Max and Jamal.

I am coming up to retirement age and currently I work 2 days a week and during my spare time I like to do various hobbies for example - Card making, Jewellry, Photography, Crochet, Knitting Newborn Baby Hats for Delivery Suite, Alcohol Ink Painting and Acrylic Paint Painting on canvas.

I came to painting and arty stuff late in life and I am really enjoying creating beautiful things. I have been accepted to join the artists and sell my art at the Gloucestershire Arts and Crafts Centre in College Lane, Gloucester. 

Gloucestershire Arts and Crafts Centre

My  display will be up and running from 1st August 2018.

I am planning on showing my latest Art on this blog, and I will be selling the art and also taking orders for commissions.

All of my Art is Original one off pieces and cannot ever be exactly reproduced

Thank You for reading my Blog

Happy Crafting

Jenny x