Make It In Design!

This Summer i have joined in with lots of creative designers in the Make it in design summer school. 3 briefs will be sent out to us all during the course of the summer.  We have to submit one design and the design also mocked up on a product.  I chose the Intermediate track.  The first brief was entitled Retro Geometric.  A style i love as i was able to merge my love of art into the theme together with a design style i also admire.  I took the form of Mondrian's work and gave it a Pucci twist.  I used Pucci colours and twisted the Mondrian shapes in different directions, the heavy outlines working beautifully as they are a common factor between both styles.

Here is my design mocked up on swimwear!

Autumn In Paris!

Here is my finished oil painting!  Autumn In Paris!  It will be available to buy soon at www.christineheyworth.co.uk

W.I.P 4!

After the madness of getting everything ready for the art market last week, i finally got back to my oil painting today!  There is definitely more life to it now!

Cloud 9 pre-launch market

Yesterday was the Cloud 9 Gallery's pre-launch art market at Hebden Bridge and i had my own stall there!

It was a really enjoyable day.  I met some lovely talented people, got excellent feedback and the sun was shining!  My stall looked fab and i unveiled my new collection of mounted prints which will soon be available to buy at the cloud 9 gallery and also on my website soon!

Thank you to cloud 9 gallery for putting on a great event!

Thank you also to Urban Gypsy Crochet for this video of a quick look around the market on which i make an appearance!

On Cloud 9!

A selection of Christine Heyworth's original paintings will be available to see and buy in the brand new Cloud 9 Gallery arts and crafts store.

The store will be opening on 7th June 2014 and is in Bacup, Lancashire and to celebrate, they are having a pre-launch arts market which i am proud to say i am taking part in!

I have been a busy bee preparing my stall and deciding which paintings to take.  I also have a few more additions which i will be unveiling on the day!  It's all very exciting and i hope you can join in the celebration with me by popping by and saying hello at the art market which takes place on Saturday 17th May 2014 at the Holme street art centre, in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

See you there!

Here is my work in progress, stage 3!  I have added more shading to the Eiffel Tower and blocked in the tree in the foreground!  I plan to add more vibrant colours to the tree to create a bit of sparkle but i had to leave it at this stage today due to the colours starting to become muddy!  The hazards of wet oil paint!

The Beginning Of A New Oil Painting!

I started my next oil painting today!  Having been away from the easel for far too long it was great to get back to my old friends the paintbrushes and to splash some colour around!