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An Acrylic Painting of a Street Scene That I Finished Yesterday.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 21 Feb 25

I finished this acrylic painting of a street scene yesterday. It took me weeks to finish this. I first drew out the picture onto canvas. Then I painted all but the sky area with an undercoat of yellow ochre. When that was dry I...

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The finished painting of the arcade in Cardiff.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 14 Dec 24

Above is a picture of the finished painting of an arcade in Cardiff. I finished this painting on Thursday, 12th December, and it took me 3 weeks to complete, working once a week on a Thursday afternoon. I think I told you how...

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My first painting finished today.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 7 Nov 24

This painting (above) is the first one finished today. I started it two weeks ago, but last week I was doing the watercolour painting of the lampost that I wasn't satisfied with the first time round. I'm afraid the photograph of...

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My finished painting of the still life.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 24 Oct 24

Here is my finished still life. (See above) It has taken me 3 weeks to paint it on Thursdays inbetween doing other paintings. I drew it out first on acrylic paper. I painted the background first and then put texture in for the...

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One of the paintings I painted on Thursday.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 18 Oct 24

Above is one of the paintings I did on Thursday. I think it might actually be a waterlily. I started it the week before but I didn't want to show it to you until it was finished. Well, now it is, so here it is! Below is how I...

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What I did at art class today. (18/7/2024)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 18 Jul 24

It was the second week of acrylics this week. My taxi came to pick me up at about 1:25pm. When I got there I went to the toilet and then made myself a cup of matcha green tea with a tea bag I brought from home. We were doing...

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The finished painting of the dog.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 4 May 24

Above is the finished painting of the dog. I didn't really have much to do to it since I last showed you. I just mainly added a shadow underneath her and shadows on her face and in her ears. Then I added a bit of white fur...

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Today's painting.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 25 Apr 24

Today I did some more painting. First of all I finished the still life by just adding some shadows under the bowl and the apples, adding some white up top right and adding some darker and lighter pink areas to the placemat bottom...

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The (almost) finished painting of the still life.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 18 Apr 24

Above is the finished painting of the still life. I've only just finished this, so some of it is still wet. Today I started with the red apples, and while I was waiting for that to dry I painted in the darker areas of the...

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Today's still life - Work in progress.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 11 Apr 24

This is today's work in progress. A still life of a bowl of apples and a vase of flowers, painted on a square canvas. I started by painting in the pink placemat on the table. I used some of the acrylic paints my friend Yasmin...

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The finished hummingbird painting.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 9 Apr 24

I finished the hummingbird painting yesterday. I finished the body off first with some more burgundy. I'd already added some yellow ochre to his front a few days earlier. I adjusted his face and added more white at the top. I...

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Hummingbird painting - Work in progress.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 4 Apr 24

Because we've all got colds at the moment, my Mum and step-dad didn't go out for a meal at the Dr Johnson pub. I didn't feel like putting all my painting equipment out on the dining room table, and then putting it away again to...

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Another finished fish painting.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 1 Apr 24

This is my latest finished fish painting. I painted in the left hand fishes body with bright red, then when that was dry I added cerulean blue I think it was, mixed with white, and some vermilion, trying to replicate the shape...

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Today's painting, a practice piece.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 14 Mar 24

So today I pained a mini canvas black first, then I finished off the painting of the Abbey Ruins. There wasn't much to do to it, I just needed to add a little foliage. After that, I took the painting of the Abbey Ruins in to my...

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The Abbey Ruins Painting - Work in Progress.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 7 Mar 24

This is the painting of the Abbey ruins that I'm doing at the moment. I did the sky first with a mix of cerulean blue and a LOT of white. Then when that was dry I did the black where it's dark shadows in the arch. Then I did the...

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My flower painting - continuing work in progress..

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 29 Feb 24

So, I've just finished the background to my flower painting now, and just started a bit of the flowers themselves. So, when I last showed you my work in progress, I'd just done the bottom part of the background. Today I...

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The finished painting of the frog.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 22 Feb 24

Here is the finished painting of the frog. I did the background in acrylic paint, but when it came to doing the actual frog I decided to use my acrylic inks. I also used a mini palette that came with my black canvases and...

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The Frog - Work in Progress.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 22 Feb 24

This is how far I've got with the frog painting. I did the water in the middle first. I mixed grey using black and white and put that down first, then I dropped in the blue when it was still wet. I left that to dry and did...

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The finished painting of the lion..

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 15 Feb 24

Here is the finished painting of the lion. I wanted to make sure I finished it today so that I can show it to Paul when he comes round tomorrow. But that means I may have rushed it a bit and not done the beet job of it. The...

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The Lion painting - Work in progress.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 8 Feb 24

This is the work in progress of the lion. I haven't really done much to the lion so far. First thing I did was to paint the whole picture with a dilute yellow ochre. Then I left that to dry while I was painting the villa When...

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