Charity shop glasses 1

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So unusual Diane, with those incredible shadows.. superb! Great find by the way!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 25 Sep 07:53:04

A great find and a superb painting

Posted by Christine Rogan on Mon 25 Sep 08:02:33

Wonderful Diana, so beautifully painted.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 25 Sep 08:04:08

Great painting and I like the way you have differentiated the glass and the ice cubes. Agree about the shadows.

Posted by William Batty on Mon 25 Sep 08:11:40

Glass and watercolour is Diana, very striking.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Mon 25 Sep 08:13:13

Superb Diana! The lemon creates a lovely impact on the painting.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Mon 25 Sep 08:13:23

Glorious glasses!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 25 Sep 08:14:00

Beautiful artwork.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Mon 25 Sep 08:37:25

Beautifully painted, Diana - especially those ice cubes!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Mon 25 Sep 08:42:52

Wow. I have no words - this is a watercolour masterclass!

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Mon 25 Sep 09:21:51

Marvellous.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Mon 25 Sep 09:42:33

Spectacular piece Diana

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 25 Sep 11:37:52

Absolutely brilliant , beautifully done.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 25 Sep 11:52:58

Brilliant!

Posted by Collette Hughes on Mon 25 Sep 12:19:45

This is rather lovely

Posted by Rachel Wood on Mon 25 Sep 12:47:55

Gorgeous, Diana! Love your use of positive and negative spaces and the varied shapes to draw and hold the viewer's eye. Superbly done!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 25 Sep 12:52:41

Absolutely superb, totally agree with Bobbie.

Posted by Brian Ward on Mon 25 Sep 13:39:28

Stunning work Diana!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 25 Sep 13:44:11

Fantastic painting, Diana. Well done!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 25 Sep 14:28:29

Superbly painted as always Diana, looking forward to seeing more of these glasses immortalised in watercolour.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 25 Sep 15:40:38

Gorgeous painting

Posted by Romila Datta on Mon 25 Sep 16:45:26

Wonderful work Diane and those shadows are stupendous!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 25 Sep 18:21:50

Thanks Alan The shadows were by far the most challenging bit. Thank you Christine. I really was thrilled with them. Thanks again for your support Denise. Thank you William. I was surprised how like ice those cubes looked ! Thanks again John I had a struggle to decide not to add a background Thank you Karen . You can tell what it is😂. It was such a strange colour and I struggled so much with it Thank you Heather. I love getting engrossed in painting glass Thanks for your lovely compliment Stephen

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 06:40:42

Thank you again Jenny. I’ve is so hard to paint!! I was lucky! What a wonderful compliment Bobbie. I really value it. Thanks Andrew. Good of you to leave your comment Thank you Russell. It’s a big tight overall but I love controlling the paint as well as letting it do it’s own thing

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 06:43:36

Thank you Paul. It’s always motivating to receive such encouraging words Thanks Collette. I do keep returning to this subject! Thank you Rachel. I really appreciate your compliment

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 06:45:17

Thank you Seok. It’s really interesting to read your thoughts Thank you Brian. Painting glass feels like ‘coming home’ after a journey Thank you Fiona. I’m looking forward to working on a series of these . The shadows are going to get more complex which will give me a huge challenge

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 06:47:48

Thank you Mia. I really appreciate your thoughts Thank you Val. I’m really looking forward to attempting more. Thank you again for your interest Romila I’m so pleased that you like the shadows Spencer. They are what inspired me to paint the subject

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 06:50:00

Superb Diana

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Tue 26 Sep 07:45:47

Thank you Martin. Your message means a lot

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 26 Sep 08:19:20

Love this ! want to keep looking at it… and get a gin and tonic to go with the ice and wonderful lemons 🥰

Posted by sandra binney on Tue 26 Sep 18:55:27

Beautiful great find. I love charity shops ❤️

Posted by Faye Patrick on Tue 26 Sep 21:10:21

Thank you Sandra. 🥃 cheers

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Wed 27 Sep 06:31:11

Thanks Faye. It’s my favourite, well nearly favourite hobby. I have three beautiful easels from them and get white ceramic pots to use as palettes.

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Wed 27 Sep 06:32:25

Thank you Coral

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Wed 27 Sep 08:12:37

Superb painting and great bargain too!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Wed 27 Sep 12:57:40

Fabulous crystal clear glasses and wonderful light reflections Diane.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 27 Sep 13:46:01

Thank you Anne. It was £10 for 6. Absolutely delighted with them Thanks Carole. I have really enjoyed the challenge of both glass and shadows

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Wed 27 Sep 15:25:06

Stunning

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Sun 01 Oct 09:42:01

Excellent. Superb. What more can I say?

Posted by Brian Keen on Fri 20 Oct 17:15:05

Thank you Petra and Brian. I really appreciate your support 👍

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 24 Oct 07:00:28

Hang on Studio Wall

25/09/2023

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This is ( hopefully) the first of a series of paintings of some beautiful antique Wedgwood hand blown glasses I found in their original box. Absolutely stunning and worthy of painting. Half imperial watercolour though cropped a bit. I rarely use masking fluid any more but there are lots of tiny dots and thin lines in this so it made the job easier . The shadows were the most challenging but… no , actually, I can’t paint lemons 😂

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Diana Boanas SWA

Jut before retiring from teaching , I returned to painting after a 40 year gap. I did O level then half an A level in art ,followed by a bit of oil painting ,printing and ceramics as part of a primary teaching course but hadn’t touched it since. I was bought a sketch book and pencils while on…

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