tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65987139289467275272024-02-22T05:32:48.745-08:00Moonlight Gemsmoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-58255226584532766072013-07-06T13:06:00.002-07:002013-07-06T13:06:33.025-07:00Divert...Greetings peoples,
Just to let everyone know if you have arrived here at this blog to find updates on Moonlight Gems Art I would like to divert you to -
www.moonlightgems.co.uk/blog
- you will find all updates at the above address from now on :)
Thanks! moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-45807372004819700222013-02-23T10:18:00.000-08:002013-02-23T10:18:04.756-08:00If you castrated a Glow Worm, would it be delighted?Ah happy Saturday friends!
Snowing here again unfortunately! Had to go out in it this morning to buy a canvas, came back looking like a snowman! Still, happy and warm now.
I finished my latest portrait today, a bit of a surprise one really of the lovely Dawn French. I'm not particularly a huge fan of hers (not that I dislike her or anything) but I stumbled across a photo of her and she just moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-84645211248574512482013-02-12T08:53:00.001-08:002013-02-12T08:53:42.643-08:00It's a stud sir, and I don't mean the earring...Hello hello, merry Tuesday all!
Well I was about to start doing a Jack Nicholson portrait last week but for some reason I couldn't force myself to get in to gear, so I kind of sat, and waited, and sat a bit more, and waited a bit more, but I just couldn't bring myself to start. BUT THEN! On Sunday night I suddenly felt the urge to start my James Buckley portrait (finally) and, having moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-68976313971020428802013-02-04T09:29:00.001-08:002013-02-04T09:29:10.962-08:00Bring me sunshine....Evening peoples!
Hope everyone is having a happy Monday! The weather's awful here, people keep blowing away down the street!
Well I've done it again and not done the portrait I was going to do, but have in fact done another! Instead, I have done the lovely lovely lovely Morecambe and Wise, who are an absolute pleasure to look at while I drew them :)
Anyway, here they are -
"moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-12552718253533652592013-01-19T06:43:00.000-08:002013-01-19T06:43:23.646-08:00It's cold outside....Happy Saturday all!
I know in my last blog I said my next portrait was (probably) going to be James Buckley, but having asked people if they thought I should do a portrait of the ever lovely Chris Barrie the response was so enthusiastic I felt I had to do that one right away!
That kind of breaks an art rule of mine actually - never draw a person that you fancy. It's a rule I have always moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-70867122953049624422013-01-06T02:55:00.000-08:002013-01-06T02:55:23.483-08:00We have such sights to show you!Morning all!
Hope everyone had a good New Year! Just a quick little blog today as I have finished my latest portrait of the gorgeous Clive Barker! I decided since everyone seems to do more present portraits of the lovely Mr Barker that I would do one of him in his younger days (and looking good I must say! ♥) Anyway, here he is.....
Human dreams...such fertile grounds for the seeds moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-79123007619835988842012-12-31T09:10:00.000-08:002012-12-31T09:10:22.364-08:00Our day will come...and we'll have everything!Happy New Year's Eve one and all!
Hope everyone had a good Christmas! Mine was nice and quiet with lots of food, just the way I like it!
Haven't done a great deal since Christmas, just chilled, eaten and enjoyed being off work! Although I have today just finished my latest portrait which is of the late great Ms Amy Winehouse. I've wanted to do a portrait of Amy Winehouse for years as she hadmoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-23925383094251278272012-12-24T08:36:00.000-08:002012-12-24T08:36:06.587-08:00Merry Blogness Everyone!Hello and happy Christmas Eve all!
Just a brief message today to wish everyone a Happy Christmas! Hope you all enjoy your day tomorrow and get everything you want! And of course enjoy the rest of your Christmas Eve....I'm just sitting watching Home Alone 2 with the husband, waiting for the Chinese Takeaway to open! 25 minutes and counting!
Merry Christmas All!
Love Gem xxxmoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-15929509088990361252012-12-11T11:53:00.000-08:002012-12-11T11:53:50.843-08:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!Merry Tuesday evening all!
We put our Christmas tree up on Saturday woohoo! So our house is looking very festive. It's a new tree with new decorations so we weren't sure how it would look buuuuut It actually looks pretty good!
Let the untangling commence!
All ready for Santa now! Christmas work night out on Saturday (80's night, fancy dress), moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-8035025268671444682012-12-08T09:19:00.001-08:002012-12-08T09:19:57.379-08:00A dog's not just for Christmas....Evening all, and happy December!
Sitting here in my PJs and dressing gown with a hot water bottle and a pint of tea, just trying to stay warm! Definitely hit winter here in the small town of Durham. We've had snow, sleet, ice and rain in the past week so everyone's sliding about all over the place trying to keep upright!
Must admit though, as annoying as all the snow and ice is it does look moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-68628441141514903152012-11-18T03:45:00.000-08:002012-11-18T03:45:57.938-08:00Been Baubling!Morning folks!
I'm freezing! Just throwing that out there... It's getting cold round here now!
Anyway, between sitting curled up like a little ice cube I have in fact made a couple of sets of baubles (new designs...ooooooh!). The first set being a set of 8 robins:-
And the second set being 8 Christmas Puddings:-
Pretty happy with how they've turned out, particularlymoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-121254382549635692012-11-09T12:44:00.000-08:002012-11-09T12:44:18.171-08:00"Plum Island Animal Disease Research Centre"... Sounds charmingEvening all!
Been a while but here I am again! Been a busy few weeks! Anyway this is just a quick update, will do a proper blog tomorrow.
Having decided a while back to start doing portraits again I have just finished my third, which I personally really like. Anyway, here he is, the ever wonderful Sir Anthony Hopkins...
"I'm giving very serious thought...to eating your wife."
Not moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-20949100922931848732012-10-07T09:33:00.000-07:002012-10-07T09:33:20.189-07:00Dry land is not a myth!Afternoon all!
Haven't blogged for a while coz I've been busy busy busy! But I've got a bit of time to chill now so here we go!
A couple of weeks ago it started to rain. And it rained. And it rained. And it rained! And when I got to work at 7am-ish on Tuesday 25th of September I found that it had flooded! In fact there was a fair amount of flooding around Durham!
That on the left there ismoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-37921297604785843642012-09-10T12:57:00.000-07:002012-09-10T12:57:46.216-07:00Lil Gem Pie Hands!Happy monday all!
Just a quick update really since it's been all quiet on the Western Front (or North-Eastern Front rather)...
Got looooaaaads of art on the go at the minute, which is pretty unusual for me as I like to stick with one piece or collection at a time, but things just seem to keep appearing! Anyhoo this is what I'm doing at the moment....
* I'm doing a seven piece collection moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-19140510791844847132012-08-25T11:36:00.000-07:002012-08-25T11:36:41.485-07:00Immortalised fuzz!Happy Saturday all!
Mega cold has been defeated (just about) so I'm back and fighting!
Decided to put my latest collection on hold as my mother recently commented that I should do her and my dad a picture of their dog for the house....soooooo, I have decided that they can have a proper painting as a christmas present.
So, bought the canvas board (which is a tad bigger than I was moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-76475596133562714952012-08-15T03:23:00.001-07:002012-08-15T03:23:39.718-07:00Gremlins and Westies and Germs...Oh my!!!Morning all!
Not really got all the much to say actually! My latest art collection WAS going well but has been put on hold while I try to battle THE COLD FROM HELL! I'm more germ than human at the moment and it doesn't appear to be letting up any, which is unfortunate considering I'm supposed to be going to my work mate's engagement party on saturday night. I WILL be better! Oh yes!...
moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-48350485344327950772012-07-26T11:51:00.000-07:002012-07-26T11:55:05.241-07:00We all go a little mad sometimes...apparentlyHello hello, nearly the weekend all! Yey!
Anyhoo, I've just finished my latest art collection today, which I have sooooo enjoyed doing! It's a horror movie collection, which is great coz I'm a huge horror fan. I tried to stick to more mainstream films so people will hopefully have some vague idea what's going on in each piece!
I have enjoyed doing this collection so much I might actually moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-29303849788739949482012-07-16T11:24:00.000-07:002012-07-16T11:24:11.430-07:00He's a maniac....maaaaaniac!Evening all....
Just finished the fourth piece of my latest collection, my horror movies collection. A collection that I must say I am thoroughly enjoying doing!
Having already done The Exorcist, An American Werewolf In London and The Fly I thought for my fourth piece I would do something a bit less main stream and do one of my favourites, the classic 80's slasher 'Maniac', starring the moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-46518708333015033772012-07-12T13:40:00.001-07:002012-07-12T13:40:34.848-07:00Visit from da fuzz!....And by da fuzz I mean .... Ki!
Isn't he gorgeous?!
Yes my little dude is coming to stay with us on saturday while my mam and dad are elsewhere, so we'll be chilling together and watching films (can't do art while Ki's about coz he keeps putting his face on the canvas! Plus he loves a good film!).
Me and my baby :)
moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-43756164091526521172012-07-11T10:50:00.001-07:002012-07-11T10:50:05.522-07:00Nothing to declare but my genius! (although my head isn't that big!)Happy rainy evening all! Thought I'd give the world a step by step demonstration of how I do my art (also on my facebook page) just to show how I roll really! And if anybody else feels like having a go at doing their own work hopefully this will be some help!
1. I always draw out a very basic outline of what I'm doing, that way I know the dimensions of the whole piece is right. Doesn't moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-42346950755301652462012-07-08T09:53:00.000-07:002012-07-08T09:53:28.141-07:00Art and Music....just like an ordinary day!Well well well, having finished a new art collection aaaaages ago I felt it was about time to share it with the world!
It comprises of six pieces which are directly inspired by certain songs. Some of the pieces are a very literal representation of the song lyrics, some are more the imagery the songs inspire.
The six song I did were:-
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-15053436201948304422012-06-08T12:09:00.000-07:002012-06-08T12:09:20.402-07:00Been a while!Well it has been a while since my last blog coz I've been sooooo busy!
I got married on May 12th, which was really good, we had a good day! Everyone seemed genuinely really happy for us and everyone (just about) behaved themselves, coz that was a worry leading up to the wedding! Was nice to get a bit closer to certain people and on the whole I think the day has actually done some good for moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-34010980013389577532012-04-09T11:11:00.002-07:002012-04-09T11:11:48.542-07:00Getting my rear in gear!Right then, time to get myself in gear! I've got a lot to do over the next few weeks (and that's not even including getting married!) so I'm going to write myself a list so I can tick off what I've done!
Write the information for my leaflet
Finish designing the leaflet and get them printed off
Create more little creatures
Get the spare room cleared and painted (after wedding) and get some moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-391144741236355762012-04-07T11:28:00.000-07:002012-04-07T11:28:14.185-07:00Jiving with the hedgehogs!Weeelllllllll, it's twenty past seven and I'm cold and feel ill BUT in front of me I have my hedgehog minions... Three of them to be precise.
More specifically in words that make sense, I have taken a break from my latest art collection today and made 3 clay hedgehogs! I have to wait for them to dry before I can paint them but they're still looking kinda cute just sitting there.
moonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598713928946727527.post-59166722891579114342012-04-06T04:01:00.002-07:002012-04-06T04:01:37.123-07:00First blog!Morning all, this is my first blog! Yeah!
At the moment I work part time on a morning and then come home and start work as an artist on the afternoon doing commissioned pieces, collections etc. I am hoping though to soon be able to focus 100% on being a full time freelance artist! You only get one life after all and you should try and do the things that you want to do!
At the momentmoonlight0gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385215078780301041noreply@blogger.com0