#38 Glass of Champagne

Sometimes I will paint something has a particular resonance to my own personal daily life but every now and again universal events crop up like today so, Happy New Year to you all and I hope I wont be painting any hangover remedies tomorrow! Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#37 Daffodil Bulb

Another reminder to plant to plant the daffodil bulbs, when the weather gets better! Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#36 Tuning Peg

More guitar bits that should be in the right place! Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#35 Humbucker Pickup

I have spent a productive afternoon tidying up the studio and combining boxes so everything actually fits. I had three stack boxes with used bubble wrap in, but surely nobody needs that much, there was also one with an old towel and a Tupperware box! This pickup had escaped my guitar bits box, which is where it is again now, right next to the shelf with the Tupperware box and old towel. Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 12cm click here to bid.

#34 Small Grey Bird

This little bird is part of a set of three that used to form part of a decorative pot. It came with the house and while the pot was the most hideous thing ever conceived of by man, I quite liked the three little birds, I like the Bob Marley song of the same name too! Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#33 Box of Turkish Delight

Well, it's Boxing Day so, I was looking around for interesting boxes to paint and this delight caught my eye. Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#32 Espresso Mug

Happy Christmas!!! Cheers Sis for my espresso mugs! Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#30 Mince Pie

Happy Christmas everybody, I had to leave a mince pie out for Santa! watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid

#30 Penknife

The oil painting of the same knife is here if you fancy a compare and contrast of the two! Painted again today because a) I have used the screwdriver blade and b) I sharpened a load of pencils with it. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#29 Palette Knife

Yes this is my actual palette knife I use it to scrape my palette down, mix up large amounts of paint and I resist the urge to open small tins of paint with it on a regular basis (I have broken many of its predecessors doing that). Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#28 Two Baubles

These two baubles are from Debbies Mum and Dad (ta!) and quite possibly her Mum before that, we think they are fifties which is amazing to think they are 60 years old! Keep an eye on the 'Painted Advent' project because I am pretty sure I will paint these in oil there! 19cm x 14cm click here to bid

#27 Purple Cactus

This little cactus flowers almost constantly, it currently has three flower buds appearing, I doubt they will all flower but one probably will. It is also pretty much the colour you see in the painting, the other thing you can see in the pot is a shell that once upon a time was purple but the colour has faded now. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#26 Orchid Flower

I don't want to say too much about where this orchid flower came from, just in case it gives away someones Christmas present. But thank you, you know who you are! Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#25 Watercolour Sponge

I used this sponge on this very painting, before I started to paint I flicked a bit of blue paint on to the paper, but succesfully dabbed it off with this bit of natural sponge. Almost as iof it was made for the job..oh it was! Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#24 Two Lobster Claws

What could be better than a lobster claw...well two lobster claws of course. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#23 Fab Tone Effects Pedal

This is my Danelectro Fab tone effects pedal. I use it when I want to pretend to be Jimmy Page! Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#22 Sellotape

I have been Christmas shopping and wrapping today so, sellotape has played an important role in my day, rembering to buy and using it. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

# 21 Wind up Monkey

I first painted this wind up monkey on my birthday last year and I had to draw it again for this mini series of wind up toys...I have now run out, unless I get some more! Hows that for tension building for tomorrows painting. Watercolour and pencil 14 cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#20 Wind up Gorilla

I am running out of wind up toys might have to get some more! Watercolour and pencil 9cm x 14cm click here to bid

#19 Wind up Crab

I am not a big astrology follower but I do like the idea of allying yourself to objects or animals. They are such cool symbols too (always been a bit jealous of saggitarians!) but the crab is me and I have to say the full moon does put me in a bad mood. Watercolour and pencil 9cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#18 Wind up Chick

I enjoyed last night's dinosaur painting so much I had to do this little pecking chick today. Also click here to see me in the local papers celebrating the year end! There are some great pictures of me in the studio! Watercolour and pencil 9cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#17 Wind up Dinosaur

I love it when you have been wanting to draw/paint something for ages then you just go and do it and it turns out to be a lovely, little, cheeky chap like this fellow! Watercolour and Pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#16 Tape Measure

Measure twice, cut once, paint once! Watercolour and Pencil 19cm x 14cm. click here to bid.

#15 Bananas

Many times last year I wanted to paint a banana but never did, so I have painted loads of them here. Ironic really because I forgot to have my usual banana for lunch today. Watercolour and pencil 24cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#14 Adjustable Spanner

This is an often used tool, mostly because the bl***y tap doesn't stay bl***y tight. ahhh. 'take deep breaths think calm thoughts, now go and paint a wiseman for the Christmas special'. Watercolour and Pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#13 Teapot

This is the clever teapot and teacup I was talking about on day #312 when I painted the lid in oil. Here is a drawing of the whole thing. I like the way I can expand on paintings from last year with these larger drawings. Watercolour and Pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#12 Bottle Opener

Probably one of the most important pieces of kitchenalia that has ever existed. Watercolour on paper 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#11 Chuck Berry Cassette

This is what people used to play music from and copy music to. This one is a bona fide Chuck Berry greatest hits compilation. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#10 Violin Bridge

I can't play the violin, that's Debbie, but I love the shapes of all the bits you get with it as well as the thing itself, which will probably get drawn soon. This is Debbies spare bridge and I have purloined it since I painted it last year in oil. I should give it back but it looks really good among my other objects! This one is Watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#9 Pencil Sharpener

A drawing of a pencil sharpener using a blunt pencil. neat. 14cm x 9cm pencil and watercolour click here to bid.

#8 Chocolate Santa

This is a shameless piece of self publicity for my other project so, please visit my 'sister' blog 'The Painted Advent' to see the first in my advent series. I have chosen to do a double post and paint the same thing in both styles, this little fellow is watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm and you can click here to bid. The oil painting is 16cm x 12cm and you can 'buy it now' by clicking here, with £10 going towards CCP's Hamper Scamper Campaign.
Given how many people (children mostly but you know who you are) have opened the first door on their advent calender and had the first bit of christmas chocolate I thought it would be good to open with some of that chocolate. In this instance shaped into a skittle shaped Santa. I would have painted the little train I got in my advent calender but the problem with chocolate is when you paint it its very hard to get away from the fact that is a little unappetising, brown blob.