Janette Phillips

create innovate communicate while enjoying good food and company, fresh air, my cats and a daily dose of yoga

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

The stages of a painting… from winning to losing to calling it a truce 🙏
Can you see Arnside viaduct which decided to show up early on in this one 😉 https://t.co/G0PUXkJYu5

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

I seem to be slightly addicted to working with shiny acrylic mediums as I love how the paint slips and glides across the panels.

It does make it tricky to photograph though … 😬 https://t.co/iJa6wVaXE8

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

I joined @artofseanphillips on his ‘daily’ walk this morning 🌞

Managed to get all of our ‘ducks’ in a row 🦢🦢🦢🙌🏼 https://t.co/5qr4Fl0pFA

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After a week away ( with daily boat trips) I’m back into channeling my own impressions of life alongside the estuary #morecambebay …. This detail is from my latest piece playing with the concept of warp and weft. https://t.co/W7QK2FoYP0

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Self portrait with paintings in progress 😉

I have been sending out the anticipated materials list today to those already signed up for my next workshop in June. There are a couple of places left due to cancellations so if you want to come and be ins… https://t.co/8LkcrO699M

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

Have you heard of the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon ?
Maybe the cats favourite lap position has made me paint and spot this shape 🤔
Also known as synchronicity 😉 https://t.co/vmMrFo0P3B

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

It feels good to come back to my drippy panels again today 🌧️ https://t.co/cZAO1QZ51c

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

Yet another fabulously productive day with my regular Monday art group - creating abstract paintings and collages to a series of ‘prompts’ I called out over the morning 😉

These are all small details which show the way forwards to the next stage! https://t.co/Gb7o6PAbJ5

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Feeling quite inspired after spending a creative weekend working with a great bunch of ladies and 🌸 🌱🌸

Drawing, painting, printing and collaging all led to some inventive collages and a new love for black 🖤

Can you tell there was a spotty vase in t… https://t.co/srjspYaFcF

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That was fun 🤩 https://t.co/X6hqmQJXkh

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

This week is all about colour and pattern as I prepare myself for an upcoming Pattern Play workshop this weekend here in the South Lakes.

It feels so uplifting to get the florals back out!

There are still a couple of places if you fancy an immersive w… https://t.co/viPJ6NlZkp

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Experimenting with an aluminium panel 🤔 https://t.co/frl2YzxiWi

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

It’s a putting on your top coat and tidying up the edges kinda day!

I love taking foreshortened shots especially when the light catches the drying varnish. Can you see the croft that arrived in this one ?

It must be in anticipation of @banjo.beale as… https://t.co/YGcFkPW0dK

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

Elemental beginnings - from a neutral mix interesting things begin to emerge… https://t.co/oCz8MgvkUQ

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

Remember the big canvas I started at the end of March? It seemed to paint itself while I fiddled around on a group of small panels.

Today I decided to keep the rawness and glaze some subtle colour and tonal shifts to capture the light on the estuary ☀️… https://t.co/q0mKECcelr

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I did a bit of editing 🤭 https://t.co/3BK7N4uqY4

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

Zooming out from yesterdays detail … the unintentional boat masts mean this one must be heading to the @lakesartists summer show…

💜 Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift happened to come on my playlist while I was working on this today- that has to be the … https://t.co/x918lvcbDz

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A detail from today’s painting which has an ethereal quality that I’ve been after for a while 😊

Can you see the first textured layer peeking through?

#texturepainting #veiledcolour #acrylicpainting #todaysdetail #gossamer #paintedsky https://t.co/lqEQNbBAco

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New colours peeking through… https://t.co/cizIP7YhDx

[Janette Phillips @painterjanette]

I gave you a couple of gritty close ups of this painting yesterday.

Today I decided to drop the top right quadrant right down and I’m happy with the overall balance now 🤔

This colour palette seems to have been sticking around for a while now but… https://t.co/L2sysoofuM