Llangollan Canal

                                                    Llangollen Canal


The Llangollen Canal Runs through the loverly little town of Chirk near Wrexham, we went there a couple of weeks ago had a great time and also got a couple of useful photos for future paintings and this was one of them.

To get to where the photo was taken then from Chirk walk south down the tow path over the viaduct and soon you will be here.

Well i had to have a go painting this but did not turn out quite as i wanted it to , i zoomed in a bit two far but i will paint it again soon and take my time and add more detail .

Here is the painting.

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Comments Welcome

Now on sale @ Artgallery.co.uk

New Painting

                             Journey to the Promise Land 


 Well here is a new painting from me , stared to paint but i did not have a clue as to what to paint which is about right for me . Anyway just carried on slapping some paint on the canvas then i at last see where i was going with this one .
Hope you like it.
On sale only on my web site for the time being then will be posted for sale at Art Gallery after a couple of months or so.
Regards
Colin.

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New Web Site Now Open

Yes my new web site is now up and running , it is a full e commerce store where my paintings can be viewed and bought.
My site is called Colin Leach Art and the address is www.colinleachart.uk nice and short and easy to remember. Although the site is now open it is very early days and more content is to be added in the future so please bare with me on that one, hope you have the time to pop in and take a look.

Many Thanks
Colin.

Link to new site :  www.colinleachart.uk
                     
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Go to the web site tab in the top right.

Lee Bridge Bath

This one was just a bit of fun ! A painting of Lee Bridge in the loverly city of Bath using once again Google maps street view. I tried to keep it as loose as i could and painted it as fast as i could, not sure about you but i quite like it. Again painted in acrylics 16x12 canvas board.

                                                                        Update !

I am now back painting on a more regular basis ( yes acrylics ) after much home renovations including house extension & garden work.so more paintings should come on to the blog in the near future.  I am also going to change my website click the my website box at top of page ) to a paid website instead of free and also a web store where you can buy paintings directly from me ( via pay pal ) instead of using artgallery which will also make the paintings just that bit cheaper.

All the best
speak soon
Colin.

Willy Lotts Cottage

Painted this quite a while back and was my first painting using my new Windsor & Newton box easel. Again painted in acrylics which now seems to be the medium i only use now , in fact i do not have any watercolours anymore and to be honest i don't miss them . This painting was painted from Google maps / street view.

                                                                              Sold


I also would like to thank Mr Kevin Hunt for the purchase of several paintings and kind words on the artgallery.com page, Thank you Kevin.

New Painting for 2015

Happy New Year to you all, bit late but never mind.

First painting of the new year for me and was painted at home using my Pochade box , was really nice to get back painting again even if it was indoors. Yes, this year once it warms up a bit more i will most definitely go out and paint plain air , did one last year and quite enjoyed it though i would rather do it in a quiet spot as last time i was not at home with people seeing me paint , daft really but that is something i will have to combat .

Anyway here is the new painting , 14x10 Canvas board Acrylics

This was the first outcome then after a day i added a bit more but now not sure if i did the right thing as i really wanted to keep things simple in preparation for plain air panting.

This is the end result 

Please take time to comment as it really helps me .

Many Thanks

Colin.