Day #069 Stone

I am going to give away a secret today. A painting secret. The most closely guarded secrets I have. I have painted a stone today, because .....well... I didn't really feel much like painting today. There I've said it. I have decided to create a stack of stones and each time I don't fancy painting I can add another pebble to the stack. Creating a little Andy Goldsworthy type sculpture. So now you will know when I am a bit 'off form'. Hopefully there is enough room in this niche.

Also, we regularly collect stones and this is a great way to use them, this one is from Sand Bay near Weston Super-mare. It caught our eye as it is nearly a cube. Which makes a good base for a stack of stones.

Day #068 Green Wool

More thread, it gets everywhere!

Day #067 Tassels

I wanted to brighten up the banjo skin, what better way than with tassels?

Day #066 Hour Hand

The final piece of blutac has been used. This is an old hour hand from an old clock, and it turns out the reason I saved it was to paint it for you today! A useful device to direct the eye around the picture as well don't cha think?

Day #065 Chicken Giblets

I have had great fun with all of your suggestions for #requestsunday, a mini competition I held from my sick bed (chair) this week! Some of the suggestions were more achievable than others, I had to choose from: an icicle, a ball bearing, some lace, a tea strainer, salt and pepper pots, morph, a pineapple on a plinth, a horse with hands hanging like a sloth, ear with headphones in, pixie hat, lowly worm, golden spaceship, chicken giblets, and angel, spectacles and a Thorvertones badge.

I chose Michelle Jones's chicken giblets, well, I chose the neck and have hung it from the washing line. Like you do. Sounds much more sinister than I had expected. I chose it because we are having chicken dinner today and painting meat is fun!

More #requestsundays soon!

Day #064 Daffodil

The first flowers of the year, I love it when the daffs start to appear. The promise of spring!

Tomorrow is #requestsunday so, if you would like to suggest a 'thing' to go in the picture let me know before I decide tomorrow afternoon on here, on twitter or Facebook. If I choose your suggestion you win a sketch of that thing.

Day #063 Cactus Spines

A little painting today to reflect the fact that I feel awful, I got spiked by the cactus in the studio twice while I was looking for something to paint. The second time I gave in and painted the spines.

Day #062 Seeds

It appears that someone has left some seeds out for the birds. But look! Mr fox has his eye on it....

In other news I will be taking requests for Sundays element, so if you would like to see your idea included drop me a tweet @DanYoungDaily and use #requestsunday or pop over to my Facebook page (link on the right hand column) and tell me what you would like to see. The winner gets a drawing!

Day #061 Spike

'What the hell is that?' I hear you cry. I Dunno.

When I dug it up out of the garden I thought it was a spearhead from maybe roman times. But now, more realistically, I think it must be a spike for holding down netting or something garden based. Probably from the 50's. Which do you think? Either way it now lives amongst the cacti in the studio.

Day #060 Vase

The 'tree' trunk has been worrying me for a while now, it felt very unstable. Not now! And now there is somewhere to put some daffodils!

Day #059 Hook

Now, this is a blast from the past. A few of you may know I used to work as a window dresser (visual merchandiser in modern parlance) at Cavendish House, AKA House of Fraser in Cheltenham. This hook is the type we used to use to hang all the sale signs and 'what not' from the ceiling. I spent many a 'happy' afternoon going up and down my ladder replacing a 10% sale sign for a 15% sale sign. Sigh. And I would always end up with a few of these in my placket at the end of the day, no use whatsoever, I should give them back.

Day #058 Washer

Last night, half an hour after the DIY shops close, the cold tap in the bathroom decided to let go of its washer. This morning I replaced it, after much banging and swearing. Here it is, I stuck it in the snowball.

Day #057 Red Fox

We went fox tracking today, we have been aware of nighttime visitors to the garden for a while now but haven't been sure if they be canine or feline. Well, it turns out some of them are vulpine! We are a bit concerned for the chickens and we have been trying to work out how they get in and with the aid of the snow we found his entry point...temporary fix is now in place. Last night we think the fox chased a mouse before catching it on the patio and leaving pretty much the way he came, completely ignoring the chickens.

I painted, rather appropriately I think, this little wooden fox perched on yesterday's snowball. I think he has seen something....

Day #056 Snowball

The only thing people have been talking about today, nope not the cheating badman Lance Armstrong, the snow! So, I painted some.