Scot

    Gender: Male
    Location: Derbyshire
    Orientation: Straight
    Body Type: Athletic
    Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
    About Me: My name is Scot. I’ve been a professional artist since the mid 90’s. I was born in England and at the tender age of one I emigrated with my family to Australia. This was the first of a series of moves which included time spent living in Indonesia, New Zealand, the US and Switzerland. I now live in the Peak District in Derbyshire where we run a small family (My mother is an artist too) business ‘The Barnstudio', www.Barnstudio.com. We produce fine art prints, greeting cards etc in a variety of themes including; the English landscape, animals, figures and fantasy. I’m driven to be creative and I love to paint. In particular I enjoy painting fantasy- fairies, mermaids, castles etc. It allows me to be more creative with design, colour and settings. I’ve had difficulty finding a platform for my fairy/fantasy art and I hope to use my blog here to let others see my creations - I enjoy painting them and would like others to see them too.
    Music: Just about everything; rock, accoustic, easy, country. Aimee Mann, REM, Alison Krauss...
    Movies: Love films. Enjoy a good story in any genre.
    TV: I don't watch much TV and can't seem to sit still for too long. CSI, Angel, Northern Exposure, Bones, Firefly, Movies.
    Books: Mixed Bag. Natural history, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Dean koontz, Stephen Donaldson, Tad Williams, Terry Pratchett, Art Books
    Likes: Art, walking, sport, travel, movies, food, natural world, encouragement.
    Dislikes: Few. Nasty judgemental attitudes. Blue cheese (Stilton), corked wine.
    Hobbies: Art, walking, sport, travel, movies, fiddling with things.
    Vices: Ohhh now then..off of the top of my head I struggle with the relaxing and getting to grips with the whole zen thing. Work.
    Virtues: Need advice on that.

    "Rose" original watercolour painting.

    Saturday, July 19, 2008, 12:44 PM [General]

    I started this painting with the intention of calling it "Rose and Thorn" but as she doesn't look all that menacing I settled on just "Rose" instead . Anyways beware of prickly women bearing flowers.

    Painting Details

    • Original Painting
    • Paper, Saunders Waterford 200lb
    • Painting Size approx. 57cm by 39cm/22.5in by 15.5in
    • Painted in watercolour
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    Completed "Wood Spirit" Painting

    Sunday, May 18, 2008, 04:24 PM [General]

    There's not much difference compared to the last sample but this is the completed watercolour including the painted leaves. It took me most of the day to paint the border. After the first three or four leaves it bacame tiring and repetitve but worth it as I think that the border does improve the picture. I slightly altered the eyes too. She was a little cross eyed.

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    'Wood Spirit' Original Painting

    Sunday, May 4, 2008, 01:06 PM [General]

    The ‘Wood Spirit' is trying to help restore the balance of nature by encouraging new growth. She's not too happy about the felled tree and the fact that her undertaking is becoming an increasingly difficult task but she is determined. I wanted this to be evident in her intense expression and piercing stare.

    The leaf border isn't painted on (yet). I wasn't sure whether or not painting on the Ivy would add anything so I did a mock-up with real leaves and superimposed them onto the painting scan. I think the Ivy border helps frame the wood spirit and also adds more of a forest feel. When I get the chance I'll paint the border on.

     

    Painting Details

    • Original Painting
    • Paper, Saunders Waterford 200lb
    • Painting Size approx. 55cm by 37cm/21.5in by 14.5in
    • Painted in watercolour

     

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    "Fern" Original watercolour Fairy

    Thursday, April 17, 2008, 11:02 AM [General]

    I intended my next painting to be a darker, gothic style picture but I've been inspired by our late spring to paint something greener. The colour theme in this painting was also partly inspired by the renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus'. I don't know whether it's the result of centuries of ageing but I love the subtle washed out blues and greens in that painting and thought that similar colouring would work well on a hazy/dreamy forest background. I wanted the curves of light emanating from the fairies hands to represent or signify light and growth. Perhaps she's a Spring Fairy 'kick-starting' spring. If so, we need her around here - its mid April and I woke up this morning to snow!

    Painting Details

    • Original Painting
    • Paper, Saunders Waterford 200lb
    • Painting Size approx. 51cm by 41cm/20in by 16in
    • Painted in watercolour with a little watercolour pencil

      

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    "Sunflower Fairy", Original Watercolour Painting

    Friday, March 14, 2008, 04:06 PM [General]

    "Sunflower Fairy", Original Watercolour Painting.

    I've been working on Sales and haven't had too much time for painting although I did manage to finish "The Sunflower Fairy" last week. As well as fantasy art I enjoy painting flowers so this painting was a particular treat to plan and paint.

    I wanted to be bold with the background but in the end I ended up using too many colours and I think that this made the background too vibrant and fragmented as well as distracting from the Fairy. I solved this problem by applying a thin glaze of cobalt blue over the entire background. I think that this softened the contrast between the colours and helped make the background less of a feature.

       Painting Details

    • Original Watercolour
    • Paper, Saunders Waterford 200lb watercolour paper
    • Painting Size approx. 43cm by 35cm
    • Entirely watercolour  

      

     

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