Two bits of news

No 1 - You can now subscribe to receive emails whenever I post on this blog or send out a newsletter. The boxes are just over there on the right.

No 2 - Daily Paintings


I recently became aware of the popularity of making a small painting, that is postcard size, on a regular if not daily basis. This is both great practice and also fun to do as it doesn't take as long as a larger painting.  Many artists are now enjoying doing this.

So I've created another blog just for these daily, or regular at least, paintings. Have a look at it here
http://postcardfromscotland.blogspot.co.uk/

You can subscribe separately on that blog for updates when new paintings are posted.

Watercolour Demo for Kelty & District Art Group

Tomorrow morning I am carrying out a watercolour demo for this small group of artists.
Kelty & District Art Group 10am on 26th June 2015 - Starting with Watercolour
Moray Institute is 92 Main Street, Kelty, KY4 0AQ 

Do come along if you can.

Dunfermline Art Club Exhibition

Paintings framed and ready to hang tomorrow in the Dunfermline Art Club summer exhibition. This is very good for me, I'm usually still doing the framing half an hour before they are due in!
Will be on display, and for sale, outside Debenhams in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Dunfermline from Monday 15th until Wednesday 24th.

Patchings Art Festival

This time next week I'll be attending Patchings Art Festival, to catch up with old friends and hopefully make some new ones. I plan to attend both Friday and Saturday. I hope I can keep my 'art supplies' purchasing in check but there are always so many bargains to be had it's not easy to hold back!
I hope one day to be able to exhibit there myself. Who else is going?

Watercolour Sketch in North Berwick

Today was a very windy day with sunshine and occasional heavy downpours. I decided to paint a quick watercolour in my Moleskine sketchbook. Took about 30 minutes but I did stay inside the vehicle due to the strong winds.
Although sunny when I started it didn't take long for the rain to appear again. I stayed with the initial vision however. Hope you like it.

By the way, I did make the notes in a straight line, just the angle of the photo and curl of the paper took over.

Photos from the exhibition

Here's some photos of the exhibition, now up and running for the month of May. If you are anywhere near Dunfermline it's in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre, unit 22.

Next Exhibition starting May 7th

My next exhibition will be held in the Dunfermline Art Club Gallery starting on Thursday 7th May and running for the rest of the month.  I feature as the Artist of the Month.

The art club are very fortunate to have their own gallery situated in Unit 22 of the Kingsgate Shopping Centre on the High Street, Dunfermline. For those who don't know where it is, it's at the top of the elevator opposite the indoor entrance to Marks & Spencers.


I will have a whole wall to display my original paintings, plus a browser with more mounted originals and prints at much reduced prices. There will also be a selection of greetings cards with my images.

I will show some more of my paintings on this blog and on my Facebook page
COLIN JOYCE Artist
If you can't make it along and are interested in buying one of my paintings please send me a message.

The gallery is open between 12 and 4pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday each week. It also contains a variety of works by other club members.