Sydney Opera House, Battle and Mall Galleries!

Having just got back from a well earned holiday to Bradford on Avon with my family, I am now cracking on with new work, exhibitions and entries.
I submitted 6 paintings to this years Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair, where they have a jury of distinguished judges, including  CAV.OMRI Romeo Di Girolamo PPRBA Hon.RBSA Hon.BAS Hon.BAF, the outgoing President of the Royal Society of British Artists.  to choose which paintings get in. 
'Showcasing the very best artists from London & the South East'
I am happy to say that I have been chosen to exhibit in the fair, which I am extremely proud. There will be an awards ceremony on the 17th of September and the show begins the day after until the 26th. One of the paintings chosen was the Chantilly Clematis, which I did a work in progress on this blog. Others include a Sunflower, Proteus, Fractured Tulips, Village Harbour and Under the Sea.

I am also exhibiting in The Art Bay Galleries show- 
21st Century Sisters

 Saturday 11th – Saturday 25th September 2010

 Open Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm

 Monday and Tuesday strictly by appointment only.

 An ecletic mix of original paintings, fine art prints, ceramics and glassware showcasing the varied talents of female artists from North Staffordshire and beyond!

http://www.creativestoke.co.uk

I have Fractured paintings in the show as well as coloured pencil drawings. It is being held at The Art Bay in Stoke on Trent

I am also intending to submit into the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition http://www.discerningeye.org/ which shows at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London. I am taking my Fractured Cherries and Pears drawings in on Friday for judging. Wish me luck!!

Keeping busy for sure!

I have just completed this new drawing of Sydney Opera House. It was done in Derwent Artist Pencils on mountboard. 19cm x 14cm

And on one last note- I have been introduced by a fellow artist to a website called Paint My Photo, where photographers and artists meet. The photographers allow artists legally to use their photos for artwork. The standard and choice of images is truly staggering, and I have a list of photos which have inpsired me to use! Today I am beginning a rose floral painting done in acrylics and collage. Take a look at the site!

http://paintmyphoto.ning.com/

Be back soon! Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment....

New 'Fractured' work and also something a bit different!

I have been 'drawn' (pardon the pun) back to my coloured pencils of late, mainly due to the ease of taking up and putting down-ness! I wanted to return to realism and copying...not usually my cup of tea, but felt like I needed to practice my drawing skills again.
After my visit to Wisley, I decided I'd like to do some botanical drawings. Tulips this time. My reference was from my own photos of the flower head and gardening books for the bulb, I did these drawings in Derwent Artists Pencils and are A4.

I thoroughly enjoyed drawing in this style, making sure I was really concentrating on the detail.

My next foray into coloured pencil again was drawing some new Fractured pieces. These are intending to enter the ING Discerning Art Competition at the Mall Galleries. I hope to make it up to London to deliver them! They are both 5 x 7 drawings, framed in 10 x 8 black frames. I wish these competitions would be on line though, it would make life alot easier. 

They are drawn in Derwent Coloursoft Pencils.

Chantilly Clematis work in progress

I have completed a new floral painting after a visit to RHS Wisley in Surrey. The light was just right after a morning of gentle rain and managed to get quite a few good photos of flowers. One that really caught my eye was the Chantilly Clematis. Absolutley beautiful.
Here is my painting as it progressed.

The final painting. 'Chantilly Clematis' Acrylic on chunky canvas. 76cm x 51cm

By Tiffany Budd.

Open Studio Success

The two weeks are now over. And what a couple of weeks! The first couple of days, the weather wasn't on our side...but that didn't deter us! We greeted our visitors with complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits and a seat in the sun (when it was out!).
We had, in the end, a high footfall of visitors. And despite bad finiancial times, buyers were, well, buying! I sold quite a few of my Fractured pieces and also a floral commission, which I have managed to complete on the second week. Greeting cards sold very well too as well as a new addition to my portfolio, lino prints.

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and am completely exhausted!

Surrey Open Studios

On the 10th of June for 2 weeks I will be taking part in the 10th Anniversary of Surrey Open Studios. This gives the general public a chance to view artists at work in their own studios and purchase art direct from them.
I am sharing the studio with 4 other artists, Verity Darby, Hannah Gibson, Laura Bond and Peter Darby.
The address is 5 Torland Drive, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 0SA.  There will be refreshments and a good variety of work being shown and created. Glassware, pyrography, sculpture, greeting cards, lino prints and paintings. Alot to see and a great day out!

Open dates and times are as follows:- Thursday 10th June 11am- 5pm and evening 6-8.30pm. Friday 11th to Sunday 13th 11am- 5pm, and the same times again from 17th-20th June.
I hope you can make it!

Oxshott Art and Craft Society Exhibition

The Oxshott exhibition was a great success for all who took part, takings were up and footfall was also up, depsite the wonderful weather keeping everyone outside!!

I had 8 paintings in the show, and was very chuffed to recieve an award for 'Best Depiction of Oxshott Woods'. The painting was completed in chalk pastel and is 21 x 25 inches.
I also did a demonstration on the Saturday of my Fractured work. Creating a sunflower painting, again in chalk pastel on a sanded paper, which holds the pastel really nicely.

I had alot of lovely comments and enjoyed it immensley.

Oxshott Art and Crafts Exhibition

My first exhibition of 2010 artwork is coming up this April (Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th April). I have become a member of the Oxshott Arts and Craft Society, seeing as I grew up in Oxshott and as a member of the Venture Scouts used to sleep over in the hall guarding the exhibits!
I will be showing some new owrk, one of which is nearly finished. I will post it soon. It is a pastel painting of Oxshott Woods, which is currently a going concern amongst residence as the woods is being cut down at an alarming rate. I have created this as a 'homage' to the woods. If which I spent many a weekend playing in.
Other exhibits include Falling leaves, Ashness Bridge and In Flight, which have been featured on here.
I will also be demonstrating my Fractured work on Saturday afternoon (17th April) between 12pm-3pm. It will most probably be a still life, so viewers can see the development as I draw.
I am really looking forward to it, and will hopefully be of help as I will soon be doing Demo's at various Art Societies in the evenings. GULP!