disheartened

I'm dishearted it's just been brought to my attention a crop of one of my paintings of poinsettas "Stella di Natale"  has been posted today  and used by a blogger the link is below  ...it's very sad to see someone posting your artwork and saying they have painted it ...I ask  why ? and  What is the point ?
Copyright is an issue .....

I used my painting of "Stella di Natale"  Poinsettas  last year for e-mail cards and  a limited number of printed  christmas cards.


here's a copy of laurie's post with my painting of poinsetta's cropped http://www.howmytimeflys.blogspot.com/

home made books and foggy mornings,

This is a painting I did a couple of weeks ago,, I was puddling around with Christmas card ideas.This is so very Christmas predictable isn't it.

I want something much more,,, mine.

my original post : 

GIOVEDÌ 17 DICEMBRE 2009

"stella di natale" poinsettias

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ornamental corn on the cob

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" ornamental corn on the cob" 
watercolour wash # 99

Canson Fontenay 32 x 41 cm

.......quick initial "wet in wet" wash /sketch from life of decorative/ ornamental corn on the cob  .... no pencil watercolour wash # 99

watercolour wash # 98

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"Crostoli"  

Dolci di Carnevale

Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

...... I painted this earlier this year at the end of Carnival  at the same time as I painted the Venetian Masks wash # 53 .. it was fun wash and an example of using bubble wrap to create texture in a wash .

reds

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"reds"

watercolour washes 

.......posting a couple of my recent small  red swatches 

Rose Herczeg  has just started a 365 washes challenge having followed Maggie Latham's 100 wash challenge here's the link to Rose's new blog

  

  http://www.365washes.blogspot.com/

watercolour washes # 97

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watercolour wash  # 97

77  x 58 cm Arches 600 g/m2

swatches : rectangles  22/ 25 x 9 cm squares 9 x 9 cm

winsor blue + windsor green + light turq + phtalo turq + raw sienna + red oxide

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inspired by Maggie Latham....a large sheet subdived in swatches / washes painted very quickly yesterday ...colours are quite saturated ...  wet on dry and  wet  in wet .... mix  of  round and flat brush 

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

dried hydgrangea head

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watercolour wash # 96 

"single dried hydrangea head" 

Canson Fontenay

32 x 41 cm

.......painted from life  watercolour study "wet in wet" inital wash and "wet on dry"

"yellow flowers" 

Arches 1/2 Sheet

32 x 41cm 

inspired by Marina Marcolin 

.....I decided to start another 12 week watercolour course locally with Marina Macolin at Ossidiana .....

this is an exercise  from week 2 with initial "wet in wet" followed by  "wet in dry" using a photo as a reference  .....it's a good challenge in itself to follow a class demonstration in two hours there isn't much time to think or reflect between stages .

watercolour wash # 94

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watercolour wash # 94

turq phtalo + turq light + magenta + trans yellow

Canson Fontenay
32 x 41 cm 

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 93

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 93

Montval Canson  40 x 32cm 

BLOCKX Magenta + BLOCKX Blue + transp yellow W&N

wet in wet 

  

camera

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"camera" 

fotocamera 

30 x 42 cm 

....quick watercolour sketch from life no pencil 

yellow roses

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"yellow rose i " 
watercolour wash # 91

initial watercolour wash with pencil sketch

canson montval 

30 x 42 cm

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"yellow rose ii"
watercolour wash #92

initial watercolour wash without pencil

canson montval 

30 x42cm

.....a couple of watercolour rose studies i enjoyed painting in the garden this week.

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acorns

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acorns ii

watercolour wash # 90

work in progress 2 inital "wet in wet" washes with initial pencil sketch 

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"acorns i"

watercolour wash # 89

"wet in wet" no pencil  small amount of glazing when dry of quin gold 

 a couple of small  autumn washes  /studies from life 

transparent yellow , windsor blue, quin gold +  raw umber  W&N palettes 

 23 x 30.5 cm fabriano  aristico 

watercolour wash # 88

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"books"

watercolour wash # 88

23 x 30,5 cm Fabriano artistic 300g/m2

....work in progress to finish ... "wet in wet"

cyan + umb + yellow orche + raw umber

watercolour wash # 87

watercolour wash # 87

work in progress
WIP iii
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WIP  i 

WIP ii

MY 7 LINKS PROJECT

The My 7 Links Project was generated by TripBase to "unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavour to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again." Bloggers list their Top 7 Links in the following categories...

My 7 Links Project
– Your most beautiful post
– Your most popular post
– Your most controversial post
– Your most helpful post
– A post whose success surprised you
– A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
– The post that you are most proud of

...and then Bloggers tag others and so it goes on.

Thankyou Katharyn Ragan of Studio at the Farm  blog  for tagging me for this project 

7 LINKS

My most  (beautiful)  favorite post  

prehaps collectively my 100 watercolour washes challenge posts which are grouped together in "100 washes page" have been the most inspiring and stimulating  not always beautiful but definately my  favorite  posts  http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

  

watercolour wash # 26

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2011/01/watercolour-wash-wash-26.html

" watercolour wash #24"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2011/01/wash-24-one-hundred-wash-challenge.html

My most popular post 


This post has received the most comments 

"cad orange + cerulean"

the following  posts are a few of  the "popular posts" listed by google   

                   

"red rose sketch"

                     

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"squirel quill mop" 

My most controversial post 
As  I  write very little with each post I feel I don't have a controversial post ............I hope my sketches, studies and watercolours speak for themselves .....I often post a painting with just the title   ... a visual diary of my work in progress ... good , bad  , unfinished , finished  ...I value everyone who takes the time to leave a comment 

My most helpful post  


A couple of posts that have inspired fellow bloggers 

cad orange + cerulean

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Irina asked if she could copy my painting as a learning exercise last week ..have a look at her beautiful painting ... irina's painting and stuff blog.

"watercolour wash # 30"

Rhonda carpenter  "WATERCOLOUR and WORDS" blog was inspired by the effects created with salt of watercolour wash # 30 she tried the same approach here is a link to Rhonda's wash http://rhcarpenter.blogspot.com/2011/01/washing-that-birthday-business-away.html   

The post who's success surprised me

The following posts from workshops and exercises inspired by watercolour books have far the most hints  

"Jean Haines watercolour with life workshop" 

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/04/jean-haines-watercolour-with-life-and.html

"Watercolour by  Jean Morelle Rosehips inspired by Ewa Karpinkska step by step" 

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/02/watercolour-painting-by-jean-louis.html

"woodland scene inspired by The Atmospheric Landscape The Tao of Watercolour by Jeanne Carbonetti"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/05/woodland-scene-based-on-demonstration.html

The post I feel didn't get the attention it deserved 

I made a slide show of a few paintings of old doors at the very beginning of my blog as the images have disappearred  I thought I 'd post a couple of them here.

"old door latch"

special thanks to  Kay Smith for the reference photo

"old door handle "
special thanks to  Kay Smith for the reference photo 

The post I am most proud of  


.....my first solo watercolour exhibition a couple of paintings from the show  

"keys"

"expresso pot"

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Maggie Latham http://maggielathamart.blogspot.com/

Suzanne http://herborium.blogspot.com/

Christy Lemp  http://christyswatercolor.blogspot.com/

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Vandy Massey http://www.vandymassey.com/

Theresa Evans http://landscape-paintings.blogspot.com/

Caroline Simmill  http://simmill-arts.blogspot.com/

olive

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"olive"

watercolour wash # 86

indian yellow + colbalt turq + windsor blue +quin magenta 

"wet in wet"

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23 x 30,5cm

 ......one of a  few initial  olive sketches /washes painted from life as part of the 100 washes challenge .

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japanese anemones

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"japanese anemone" 

initial watercolour wash

Fabriano 300g/m2

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"japanese anemone + flower buds" 

watercolour sketch

Sanders 300g/m2  1/2 sheet 

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"japanese anemone ii"

WIP watercolour wash

 ...... it was a treat to share a day painting together with  friends Jean Haines , Lindsay Berry  and Helen when I was over in the UK earlier this week with my daughters visiting my family. Jean's garden is a "picture" .... the day went far too quickly painting flowers  from life  in Jean's studio .Thankyou Jean.