Diary of a Painting: Storm in a Teacup



Start with Signature - Late October

Halloween Comes Calling

Bubbles Painted Over 2 Days

Highlights In with a 10/0 Brush

More and More Bubbles

Painting Bubbles with Cocktail Sticks

Bon Fire Night Celebrations

Need More Cocktail Sticks

Something New in Spiral

Weaving Between the Bubbles

More Spirals . . .

Going Viral

Last of the 'Only in White'

"Glow Wild" at Wakehurst Place

Colour!

Leaving Space for the Next Colour

Union Jack - 1st Try

Reds Shifted for the Reverse View

Christmas!

Secret Symmetries

Sea Green Sea Foam

Studio Cat Hard at Work

I'll Clean those Edges with Cotton Buds

So Many Colours to Choose From

Sticking to the Sea Greens

Uh-oh

Snap!

Hair Painted and Backed, Moving On

So Far - So Far To Go

Alice Takes Form

More Details being Added

Locked out of the Studio

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The Teacup Appears

Winter Chill Outside

Trying to Warm the Studio Inside

Ready for the Background Now

Nautilus Emerges

Filling the Gaps

Sneak Peak

Feeling My Way

Still Going with the Greens

Having a Think @ What Comes Next

Studio Cat on the Artist's Stool

Refracted Light in the Waves

Time for Another Think

A Saved and Working Palette

Still Not Sure Where this is Going

First Wave In

Still Working Hard

Reflected View as I Work

Second Wave In - and a Tail?

100 Hours and Counting

Playing Around

Fishy Face!

Shadow Play

Valentine's Day

Loving the Shadows

Secret Symmetries 2

More Playing Around

Finishing the Fins

Jewel of the Sea

More Hard Work?

Third Wave In

and the Fourth

Reaching the Far Horizon

Backing the 1st Layer

Spring Arrives Outside the Studio

Towers of London

The Emerald City

Last Minute Addition - a Thames Barge

Paint Dry - Cleaning the Edges

Still Snoozin'

Sun Arrives as I Blossom the City

Tea Time in Looking Glass Land

The 2015 Eclipse (Cake Homage)

Caution - Wet Paint Loves You

Filled and Sponged to Smooth Finish

A Day Out While the Background Dries

3 Days Later ... First Good Look!

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2 Weeks before the Exhibition - Ready!


Finished April 2015


To find out more about this painting please see the related blog posts:

That Alice Girl - Original Post

Doppelganger Duality

Animal Enigmas: Mullet


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