I've been having fun creating some christmas cards from some of my paintings and other images
This first one was done with an image from my CD

I also use peel off corners that I bought from Joanna Sheen. What doesnt show in the photo is the shimmer on the hat etc which I did with glitter pens bought in the pound shop. 10 pens for a pound :-)

This card I made with a print of one of my paintings. I tried to get the colours of the backing paper and card to match the colours in the painting. Again I used peel offs from Joanna Sheen for the edgings on the card. I stuck the pic on the card the wrong way up so cut off the front of the card and stuck it to another card

This card I made with a foil card which was free with a cardmaking magazine. the image is from a create and craft decoupage sheet that I bought at the make it show earlier this year

I punched out the snowflakes and also stuck some little gems on for buttons.

Finished off with some peel offs and a little christmas tree that was free with another magazine

And finally this card I made with a stamped image that my friend Brenda sent me.

Again on a foil card with punched snowflakes. In the foreground I stuck on some christmas trees which toned in with the colours of the card.

Feel free to leave a comment :-)

New style of art

I was inspired by the snowfall recently to paint a snowy pic

Here are some of my latest designs. I thought I would try painting in black and white

If you would like to see more of my designs that are for sale go to my ebay shop

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/wilmasart

My art on TV

I am soooo excited !!!

My art is now available on CD for use to make greeting cards. See pic above of the front cover

It is for sale on the Joanna Sheen website.

Next week it will be available on Create and Craft TV and Ideal World.

More updates when I have the time etc of the show.

You can see a bit more about it on the Joanna Sheen website

Saturday 9th August 2008

These 2 paintings are ACEOs again - Since I started painting ACEOs they seem to have taken over and most of my art now is miniature or ACEO.

They are painted on 200lb Saunders Waterford paper with watercolour paints, ink and gouache.

Anything I paint with cats or westies in seems to sell well.

I had a break from selling on ebay for a few weeks but now have more listings on there and sales are good again at the moment.

I also updated my website http://www.pamwest.co.uk/ so that customers can buy prints of the ACEOs that I have already sold. The originals sell as fast as I paint them so I can only offer prints on my site at the moment.

The weather here is attrocious at the moment, summer seems to have disappeared - nice to stay in and paint though.

Monday 4th August

Well it is supposed to be summer here but feels like autumn. Rainy and windy most of the day. Now in the evening the sun is out.

So I had a painting day again and did 2 little ACEOs and have listed them on ebay.

I love painting cats :-)

If you are interested in buying click HERE to go to my auctions

Sunday 3rd August

Another painting complete and listed on ebay today. I want to keep something listed on there all the time again if I can.

This one is called Serenity Fairy

I'm trying putting a reserve on them so I get a better amount for them.

Any that dont sell I will put on my website.

I've been painting in watercolours for a long time now with the occasional dabble in oils and acrylics.

I think I will try to do a fairy painting in acrylics. I've just bought a book of beautiful art by Josephine Wall which has really inspired me.

I'm also trying to work out how to sell more of my images - getting royalties for images is a good way of getting an income.

I'm working with Joanna Sheen on a DVD which will be selling on Ideal World soon and she is paying me royalties for the images.

I'll post on here when the DVD is available. It will also be available on her website

Off to do some more painting now - or at least think about what to paint. Just made a canadian Malt loaf which is in the oven and smells delicious :-)

Yummy warm washed down with a cuppa !!!!

First Blog post

Well this is my first time at trying out a blog.

I thought I would create one so that people can see what art I am doing and keep up to date with what I have available for sale.

Here are a couple of photos of paintings that I have for sale on ebay at the moment.

The first one is Fairy and Pet Dragons. The second one is Buttercup Fairy

They are 8" x 6" and are painted with watercolour and Gouache on 200lb Saunders Waterford paper

They are available on ebay right now click HERE

Thanks for looking :-)