A little bit of fun for Castletown Tidy Towns

This horse was painted using Acrylics on plywood for Castletown Tidy Towns.

Detail - 80cm X 76cm

New resident settling in at the mill stables Castletown

Now to paint a companion or two for Dobbin.

Mam

Sometimes it is difficult to make an image particularly if it has an emotional effect on you. This ink drawing is from a time when I remember my Mam most vividly. It's nine years since her passing and I grieve still.

Gay Rafter - Ink on A4 paper

Acrylic commission of Shergar

Painting with acrylic paints makes an interesting change from using oils. I like the way you don't have to worry about light over dark though keeping the acrylics fluid can present something of a problem. Mediums can extend drying times but have issues such as causing the paint to sink. Even using a stay wet palette doesn't prevent the formation of a skin on the paint when the palette is exposed to air so you tend to chuck away more paint than you use to make the picture.

This is a commissioned work is of the great horse Shergar and his jockey Walter Swinburn completed using acrylic paints.

Shergar - Acrylic on canvas - 50cm X 70cm

Detail