#189 Thimble

I found these in one of my 'pots of things' I have scattered around the place...this was one of my Grandma's thimbles. Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#188 Cable Remote Control

Well, no-one only has one remote these days! This one is for the cable box thing. Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#187 Remote Control

I have almost definetely used this every day since I started this project (apart from those days when I was not at home!) The Remote control for our sony trinitron television, we have had it ages, its so old it's deeper than it is wide! Not like your fancy new flat screen jobs...the numbers have rubbed off the remote too so you have to know where you're pressing. Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid

#186 Pile of Rice

I cant talk/type long because I am cooking a, yes you guessed it, a chicken Korma. I spilt these when I was rinsing the rice so I stopped and painted them. watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#185 Cork Wire

To celebrate Debbie passing her ofsted inspection (well, she wasn't inspected personally but her school was!) thish ish the wire from the ...'hic.. cork off the bottle of the..'hic... bubbly we just drank to shelebrate the reshult and we are going to drink the other one now......watercolour and pencil 19cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#184 Gingerbread Man

This chubby little fellow was a welcome addition to my afternoon coffee today. watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#183 Two Pegs

I found these two pegs, from a game called Mastermind, on the floor in the disaster zone that is the spare room. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#182 Peg

What great clothes drying weather we are having! Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#181 Peas

Not much to say about these except I spilt them out of the freezer when I was making tes tonight. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#180 Chipolata

It has been a lovely day here in the cotswolds and I reckon its the first proper BBQ day so far this year so we had sausage sandwiches for lunch and now pretty much the whole world smells of BBQ meat mmmm...Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#179 Cable Clip

I have painted a cable clip today because ..well..cable got clipped today! Marking the end of the students degree show, you may have noticed a run of small/simple paintings this week so I am going to sleep and laze about all weekend. watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#178 Orange Boiled Sweet

See below ;). Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#177 Boiled Sweet

Imagine my delight all those years ago when I realised that Debbie doesn't like the red, black or purple sweets!! Her favourites are the orange ones and we both tolerate the green and yellow ones. Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#176 Ripped bit of Paper

I had to rip a new sheet of paper for these drawings tonight so, I thought I would rip a few. After ripping a couple up I reckon I got complacent and ripped one with a corner missing (and an extra corner on the opposite side!) this is that corner of Arches Aquarelle 300gsm paper. Watercolour and Pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#175 Tiny Carrot Shaped Cutter

This is a little carrot cutter I found in the garden I assume it is from a play-dough set or something similar. Watercolour and Pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#174 Asparagus Spear

I am surprised I didnt paint any asparagus last year with oil paint, but I didnt..but I have painted it this year with watercolour. Now I am going to eat some! 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#173 Baguette

We had bacon baguettes for lunch and this the half we didnt eat. It is also the half way point in this years paintings (annoyingly 365 doesn't divide neatly!) Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 14cm click here to bid.

#172 Ring Pull

While these ring pulls are more ecologically sound they aren't as good a shape as the old sort, that you used to see strewn all over the place when I was a kid. Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#171 Allsorts

Still dont like to eat 'em! Watercolour and pencil 29cm x 19cm click here to bid.

#170 Folded Crisp Packet

This is how I fold crisp packets after eating them. Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#169 Gravel

This small handfull of gravel is from one of the cactus on the my studio windowsill which is threatening to flower....actually I just realised I painted it on day #27. Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#168 Broccoli

Broccoli for tea tonight, not just broccoli other things too like breaded fish and chips...Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#167 Pills and Cough Sweet

Busiest couple of weeks at work coming up starting tomorrow and I still havent shifted my cold. So, I have stocked up on cold rememdies and throat sweets to get me through the year three's degree show which will begin in earnest after their assesments which are the beginning of this week...get ready for a couple of weeks of tool based paintings! watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#166 Watering Can Rose

We had a day out at the Malvern spring show today and, as always when I go to places, I spent most of it looking for a good thing to bring home to paint. This rose was on a stand selling lots of lovely old gardening tools. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#165 Mountcutter Blade

This is a blade for the Logan 650 Mountcutter which I have been running a workshop in the use of today. I am looking forward to cutting the mount and framing this one if it doesnt sell. Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#164 Slice of Pizza

While the cats away, the mice ...eat cheesey Pizza! Debbie is out at a swanky Charity do this evening so I am enjoying a spicy meat pizza and bottle of shiraz! Debbie is allegic to cheese so I take my opportunities when I can to gorge myself on my favourite cheese treats!! Water colour and pencil 29cm x19cm click here to bid.

#163 Jar of Pickle Onions

This is one of those wierd subject choices that I just saw this morning while I was making my breakfast and really liked the way the onions were floating in the vinegar and thought it might make a good painting. By the time I got home from work I still like the way the onions were floating. Watercolour and pencil 29cm x19cm click here to bid.

#162 Blue Chalk

I am still feeling under the weather so I hope you will excuse the minimilism and simplicity of this drawing of a piece of blue chalk. I have just spotted the workmen from next door leaving so I may get a little sleep this afternoon. It was little difficult to drop off while they were mixing plaster and loading up a van with rubbish, cant think why! Watercolour and pencil 14cm x 9cm click here to bid.

#161 5 Used Matches

This is pretty much all I have done today, apart from sleep, blow my nose and whimpering slightly! Now I feel burnt out....watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#160 Tortilla and Guacamole

This is our preffered snack for bank holiday weekend. The Guacamole also has the added advantage of being very strong so we can taste it through our colds :( Watercolour and pencil 19cm x14cm click here to bid.

#159 Flaming Match

....and the winner is...Ella and her flaming match! So, happy Beltane everybody!

I like the significance of the object to the day and the challenge of painting fire which is why I chose this as my winner. A Maypole, Mayfly, Mayflower and THE Mayflower where all good too but I dont have any mayflies or flowers and THE Mayflower and a Maypole wouldn't fit on my desk in the studio!

Big big thanks again to all who entered, some of your suggestions may appear in the future, a couple of them I have nearly painted before and will get 'done' one day like the remote control and my glasses. Some of the suggestions have even sparked ideas for whole series of paintings like Karens 'Chalk and Cheese' which might turn into lots of paintings of objects that are opposites of each other! There is even one suggestion that hints at next years daily painting theme ;) (well done Irene for guessing that!) Andys suggestion may turn into another competition...and those of you that have suggested things I have already painted, shame on you! Alex wins the prize for the most obscure and elusive suggestion! Amy, I am going to save your suggestion for a celebration! Barry, I don't suggest painting your bathroom in watercolour...it will run terribly as soon as you have a shower! mmm now for a mug of Hannahs suggestion me-thinks!