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jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart ##michealhardingoils #hastingsartist #urbanart #womenartists So I think this is finished, I will take another look in a few days incase I have missed a mistake. "Little Fluffy Cloud" St.Leonards Warrior Square, UK. Oil on box canvas, 30cms x 40cms, needs to dry now.
A little lonesome fluffy cloud above Victorian guest house rooftops in a clear blue sky. Its called "Little Fluffy Cloud" its in St.Leonards on Sea in East Sussex, Uk opposite Warrior Square gardens.
May 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #commission #portrait #oilpainting #michealhardingoils
So after this dried I wasn't happy with it, painting small children is notoriously hard, the wrong mark can destroy a painting. So I tweaked it and now it is finished. Oil on Birchwood panel 23cms x 31cms.
Close up body shot of Sonny wearing a mustard yellow tee shirt with 5 crocodiles on and blue shorts. He has a small wafer in his hands and he is looking straight at you, the background is a blur of tree's and wood greenery. It's oil on Birchwood panel 23cms x 31cms. The full commissioned painting of Sonny, he is in the countryside sitting on a tree stump, he has a mustard yellow t-shirt on with 5 cartoon crocodiles on it, blue shorts, he has a wafer in his hands and no shoes on his feet. It's oil on Birchwood panel 23cms x 31cms
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #oilportraits #michealhardingoils #nature So I have declared "Sonny" finished. I used 4 photo's took his body from 1 and his head from another head shot, hardwork making it the right size, 2 backgrounds combined into 1. Oil on Birchwood panel, 23cms x 31cms. Commission complete.
A commission painting of Sonny sitting on a tree stump in long grass with blurred background. He's wearing a yellow t-shirt with 3 crocodiles on, a snack in his hands and blue baggy short, he has no shoes on. It's an oil painting on birchwood panel.
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #michealhardingoils #oilportraitartist #oilpainting A Work In Progress, so got the underpainting on and let it dry, spent the day starting to build up the colours and redefine details, looking more like Sonny now, enjoyed today, a few more layers and my commission is well on its way.
A commission of a little boy Sonny. He is sitting on a tree stump with the sun shinning through the trees lighting up flowers and shrubbery. The stump is in long grass with a tree to Sonny's right. It's a Work in Progress so no where near finished but looking better after today.
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #womenartists #womensart #michealhardingoils
So I have finished my most recent commission of artist Helen Bryant and her dogs, waiting for it to dry enough to varnish now then it will off to its new home, she loves it thankfully. Oil on canvas 30cms x 40cms.
Helen Bryant (artist) with henna red hair piled up on her head, dressed in a blue shirt with matching blue skirt, dark leggings with fern leaves on, sitting on a yellow sofa with her Labrador Margot sitting upright. Behind Helen is one of her wonderful ladies head paintings. Next to her right arm is a standard lamp and a doorway into her hallway. Below her sitting infront of the sofa is her black Spaniel with a white fleck on her chest, she's sitting on a red faded patterned carpet to her left is a small brown tiled table with a piece of paper and Helen's glasses. It's oil on canvas 30cms x 40cms and commissioned by Helen.
September 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
emmajlockart.bsky.social
'Evening wander'
(Bowescale from Mosedale)

100cm by 100cm on deep fine art canvas

Original Oil landscape painting

@Jacksons_art

#professionalartist #exhibitingartist #gallerynorthwest #harbourcottagegallery #cumbrianartists #landscapepainting #oilpainting #michealhardingoils #contemporaryart
December 2, 2024 at 9:08 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #womensart #womenartists #michealhardingoils So I hopefully will be adding my most recent painting which has been framed in a beautiful oak cradle frame to my website by next week and it will be for sale with the rest of my available work website roamingpalette.co.uk
My recently framed Urban Decay painting is now for sale and has a beautiful oak frame and will be added to my website next week on roamingpalette.co.uk This is a painting of a part of a window and wall with bubbling and peeling paint. A corn poppy to the leftis in the last throws of life with fading petals.
April 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #womensart #urbanart #oilpaint #michealhardingoils So I have put the underpainting of acrylic on my new urban beauty series painting. One layer of oil on the sky too. It's from my reference photos. I love dance music and this little cloud reminded me of Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb
A Work in Progress, the first layer is in acrylic as the under painting, I have put the first layer of oil on the sky only so far. Is the cloud lonely or is it independant?, just loved how it was the only cloud in a sea of blue sky with just the top of the 5 storey Victorian seaside guest houses. This will be a part of my Urban Beauty series of my local town here on the East Sussex coast in the UK.
April 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #seasideart #beachart #hmcanvases #michealhardingoils So started my 1st painting in our new flat, I have a commission to do but wanted to warm my skills up before doing it as haven't painted anything for weeks!. So a simple beach scene from down the road, here in St.Leonards on Sea.
The beginning of my underpainting for a beach scene from where I live in St.Leonards on Sea, East Sussex UK. Will put the clouds in tomorrow, it's an oil on canvas.
June 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #portraitartist #michealhardingoils #portraitart
So all my visitors have gone home and today is the 1st time since the 31st June where I can actually paint!. This is a commission from a returning customer, the 4th painting of family members, Sonny is the youngest. Oil on Birchwood.
A commission from a returning customer, the 4th family member I have painted is of the youngest, Sonny sitting on a tree stump. His mum sent me 8-10 photos by the photographer ##jasmineogilvie she wanted the photo of him on the stump but his face in that photo wasn't as nice as a head shot in another photo, so with artistic license I have put a different face on the body!. Lots to do yet. An early shot of the head shoulders and waist of Sonny, making sure it's in proportion to his body, lots to put right but just getting the 1st layer of paint on.
July 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
jules19-62.bsky.social
#Blueskyart #seascapes #seaside #michealhardingoils So had a result today all 3 paintings have been excepted into 2 summer exhibitions!. Just got to get my window/poppy picture into one now, so a good day. I will announce which shows and where nearer the time.😊😇
Summer day, blue sky, fluffy white clouds over a greeny blue sea, shingle and pebble beach with 3 Herring gulls low flying in a diagonal line Seaside scene of wooden posts and planks (breakers) going into the sea down a shingle, pebble beach. The Tide is going out so rocks are appearing out of the shallow water as the bluey grey sea precedes. A blue sky with thin clouds passing over. One large white fluffy cloud in a blue sky passing over the Victorian roof tops of guest houses. All three paintings have been excepted into 2 summer show exhibitions today.
May 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM