#021 Christmas Cactus

No decorations up yet but there are Christmas themed plants in the front room. This one looked good in front of this grey vase, you can't tell it's a vase, but it is.

#020 Cactus Pot

This is one of those cactus pots with a hot desert scene painted on the side, i bought it because it came with a good cactus. I sort of hate it but sort of love it at the same time and wasn't sure why I kept it but I kept it so I could paint it, apparently.

#019 Corner of Pallette

I have a lovely little collection of pallettes that I use, from a large perspex kidney shaped number to a pad of the tear off waxy paper things. This is a mini square pallette, complete with thimb hole. Unfortunately the thumb hole sits right on the bone that I broke following a tumble I took form my bicycle a few years ago so, can't hold it for very long without it aching. But it doesn't really matter because most of the paintings I make are very small and require me sitting on a chair or on the floor. Bloody hell I do go on sometimes....

#018 Studio Floor

Here is a tiny bit of my studio floor.

#017 Bit of my Office

Please don't tell my bosses but, I painted this one at work because we have Debbies works Christmas meal this evening and I wont get home until very late tonight or possibly after 12 and I may not be in any fit state to handle paint or brushes! This is a little corner of the windowsill (yes I am obsessed with window sills) in my office which I will have to vacate at the end of this academic year, which is a bit sad but hopefully there will be plenty of new things to paint at the new place.... So I wont run out of subject matter. UPDATE: I was in no fit state when I got home this morning, lucky I painted early or it would have tomorrow and I wiould ave missed a day pheweee!

#016 Bathroom Skirting

This is a little bit of the floor and skirting board from the bathroom, I am loving it that you would have no idea what this was if I didn't tell you.

#015 Pencil

One of my favoured pencils, a 2B. Soft but not too soft!

#014 Rug

Thius is the north west corner of our front room rug. I love this rug, the only problem with is that it malts like a dog in spring... all year... fluff everywhere! Oh well.  

#013 Wardrobe

I have just realised what a wonderful little insight into the decor in my house this is. Here is the purple wall and the lovely, rich, oiled floorboards and the new wardrobe, which was this weekends building activity.

#012 Petal

I bought Debbie a bunch of flowers for her birthday, 12 days ago, they had been clinging on to life but they are definetely past it now. This is one of the lily petals fallen on the hearth tiles.

#011 Radiator Pipe

Just as when I started these paintings I found myself looking for objects to paint all the time I am now looking in allsorts of odd places to find little bits of detail to paint like this radiator pipe in the studio which I thought would make a nice partner to last nights hinge.

#010 Hinge

This is a door hinge
from the studio entrance
with two flathead screws

Tempting as it is
to write the posts in this way
the haikus 'must stop' I say

;)

#009 Windowsill

This is a corner
of the sill in my bedroom
with a purple wall

#008 Paintbrush

This is one of my favourite brushes a filbert size 6 also known as a cats tongue brush. It is laying on a suitable messy painting rag, right where I left it after painting last night. Ths is oil on gesso and is teeny, tiny only 5cm x 5cm. In picture buying news you may have seen the shiny new 'Etsy' tab on the right hand side of this post if you click it you will be taken to my new shop, which is where I will be selling this years paintings They have varying prices to match the varying pictures and various sizes!