Just to keep busy…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by diwinn

S.H.A.R.E. Siberian Husky - Aid - Rescue - EducationInstead of painting this week, I am using my time off from being a Craftsperson & Lady Trucker productively by helping out the 4 ladies that started up the charity S.H.A.R.E.  Siberian Husky – Aid – Rescue – Education.

A friend of mine approached me with it just as I had started to come down with the lurgy flu-bug that’s been doing the rounds, and I very nearly said NO, but now that it’s underway I’m quite enjoying the challenge.

S.H.A.R.E. Rescue - Siberian Husky Aid Rescue Education ~ Web Graphic designed by Ian Hooley (SHARE Helper), 2012Web design for other people is much like being an Architect or a Garden Designer!  People have a vision in their mind that they want you to create… easy right?  You’d be forgiven for thinking so.  Actually, what makes it more difficult is having too many different influences and objectives.  I like to think my sites look good naturally without being too busy.  When you first build a website it’s all about making it relevant, optimising it so that google not only recognises it, but likes visiting it!

I hope to have their new website finished and in their hands by the end of this week so that I can get back to painting :-)

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Tiger’s Roar painting is finally completed!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by diwinn

Tiger's Roar

I’m delighted to have finally completed this painting.  It’s only taken me 3 years to pick it back up and finish it off!  The painting has been done using acrylics, building up the colours slowly to get the effect of the nose being crinkled in a roar.  The focus of the eyes looking straight at you kind of brings the picture together.

If you would like a print version then feel free to contact Di -  07886179021.

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A NEW project, but this time on-line!!!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by diwinn

So, to help out a friend of a friends, I’ve ended up with the job of website redeveloper for S.H.A.R.E.  (Siberian Husky Aid Rescue Education).  Feel free to add your support to their cause and check out their new website as it develops and grows!

I’m only 4 hours in to the project and I think things are going well.  It’s interesting for me, as this is also the first time I’ve redeveloped a website with realtime feedback from the clients as I post new changes to the site.

Check out their website and think to yourself… What could I do to help out a husky?

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Hong Kong Harbour Dreams – March 2012

Posted on April 3, 2012 by diwinn

This painting is like a personal friend of mine.  I used to sketch the girl sat under a tree, either in a park, a field, or with Hong Kong Island as a backdrop, from the ages of 15-18 years old.

Hong Kong Harbour Dreams - Mar 2012

I hope you like this final version :-)

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Day One (ish!) – 7th January 2011

Posted on January 7, 2011 by diwinn

So, we are in to the New Year.  2011!  7 days in to be exact!

I decided not to do a strict New Year’s Resolution, preferring to kind of free-style into a more active and productive lifestyle, in a free-flowing and peace-loving happy way.  I find personally that New Years’ Resolutions are just a hurdle too far because they add unnecessary pressure in our already hectic lives.

In the first 7 days of the New Year my first resolve was to form a more suitable business plan and stick to it!  The first 7 days have been spent largely in the contemplative stages, making the BIG decisions and putting a plan together that helps me make enough money to contribute and survive OK!  I think I’ve largely completed that task, so now I’m on to the first stage of putting the plan in to action… making the workspace to create in!

I have also started a new glass-painting and wish to share the first stage of this whilst we are handily on the topic of first stages!

I intend to airbrush in the sky/background to create a night sky effect with glass paints.  Very exciting!  So far the outline of the Barn Owl is covered by precisely ripped pieces of masking tape and I’ve sealed the edges with relief out-liner, as when you airbrush in the background the edges of the masking tape might lift from the air pressure!

I now need to go and make space in the garage so that I can move almost all of my creative space out there and not get anymore paint on the worktops and walls in the kitchen/dining room, whilst also taking up the eating and drying space up completely for weeks on end!!

MY MISSION BEGINS…

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