2nd Seashell

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Good Morning! this is my second little painting a day - I'm really enjoying painting the seashells. I've never really painted them before, my subjects are usually human or landscape. I was given a load by my mother-in-law recently, from a trip to the beach at Hatteras (dad's a big surfer dude). They remind me of my childhood, as I grew up in a Victorian seaside town in Wales. I remember collecting shells and pebbles and keeping them in my pockets for ages, just taking one out every now and again to look at the colours and rhythms in the markings. I just find them fascinating, like looking into the fire, you can see worlds within worlds if you look closely enough.

1st Seashell painting

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I've been an artist for over 15 years, and I do try to work as regularly as I can. I certainly haven't painted every day since I was a student though, and I'm intrigued as to the effect this will have on my work, not to mention my life. I remember my teacher, Peter Prendergast hammering it into us that we must draw in our sketchbooks every day - look, draw! look, draw! look,draw! So I've decided to give this a go...I'll keep you posted!