#189 Glass Symbol on a Cardboard Box

I do like to paint cardboard.

#188 Pink Paint Water

This isn't a well known brand of indigestion medicine. Nope, it is the dirty paint water from an acrylic sketch I did for the project I am doing with Oakwood primary school in Cheltenham. For more info, and follow the project if you wish, have a look at the blog here .

#187 Swatches

This is a swatch for the material in the room my large oak leaf painting will be living in. I am working on a new blog that will document the project and I will let you know about that tomorrow.

#186 Seeded Knot roll

These will form an imporatant part of my homemade burger meal I plan on making tonight..fried onions, salad, mustard the works!

#185 Carpets

The thing I am enjoying most about this years paintings is the unusual paintings i find myself making that I probably would nlt normally make. This is one of those, and thank you to the people who lived here before us for putting a purple carpet on top of a green one. Also, thanks to the electrician who needed access to the electrics underneath the floorboards, and thanks to stanley knife I used to liberate the floorboards.

#184 Daisy

Along the theme of yesterday's child's oak leaf drawing today I have painted a daisy made by nephew Josh for Debbie, cos she loves daisies. Plus the big daisies in the garden look great at the minute

#183 oak leaf drawing

This is a very special detail of a special drawing. It is a sneak preview of the winner of the competition to provide the initial drawing for a large group painting for a new school in Cheltenham I am making with the nearly 300 staff and pupils. The next stage is for me to paint this leaf on a two metre canvas. Then I will cut it up into 300 pieces and the kids and adults will all paint images that represent their aspirations or achievements. I then put it all back together and this drawing will be revealed in all it's collaborative glory!

#182 Corner with Cobweb

The unkind amongst you may suggest I have merely ticked the box with todays painting. The more generous out there will be astounded to see I have still painted after a day of helping students hang their degree show and an evening teaching my evening class gang. You decide!

#181 Cornish pastie

This will be my lunch tomorrow. I don't think we can call it a Cornish pastie because it was made in Cheltenham but I doubt anyone will sue

#180 Crocs

We have these two huuge pots which had bay trees in for a few years until they ran out of space and have had to go..eventually...after a bit of resistance..they are gone and in the bottom of one of them was loads of crocks (to help with drainage) including this yellow one...which I have no idea what pot it originally came from but I liked it so I painted it.

#179 Birdbox

It is a shame this bird box has had no long term visitors, two winters ago something kept warm in it, but no nesting yet. Not sure I've found the right spot for it. Especially right now because it is on my painting desk and possibly a bit late to attract many punters.

#178 Oak Leaf

This is an oak leaf from my 'attempted' oak bonsai tree, because today I collected around 200 oak leaf drawings by the children at Oakwood School where I am making a massive painting of an oakleaf with all staff and pupils for the opening of their new school in September. More news as that develops.

#177 Guitar Bridge

This is the low E string (although it is tuned to open G so it is a Low G String...) on my avocado black telecaster that I built a few years ago. It is what I use when I pretend to be Kieth Richards from the Rolling Stones or Rich Robinson from the Black Crowes...or.. maybe I've shared too much.

*the 'low G string' bit wasn't meant to be funny*

#176 Spectacle Box

I don't remember which glasses came in this box but it has been around and about for a few years, something will go in one day it's a good box that. Maybe, maybe not.