Painting by Artist Mark Shearman

Film Poster for Amazon

2011-11-16T17:24:00.000+01:00

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Film Poster for Amazon

2011-11-03T21:48:00.000+01:00

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Casa de Campo

2011-11-01T18:51:00.000+01:00

Illustration - New greeting cards

2011-10-10T17:00:00.005+02:00

Inside: Only one of us can multi-task

Inside: No matter what you change into

Inside: Is it yours?

New greeting cards

2011-10-10T16:36:00.000+02:00

Quick thinking

2011-09-29T21:15:00.002+02:00

Ostrich race

2011-09-19T16:56:00.001+02:00

BUY

Graphic Novel

2011-09-04T14:13:00.001+02:00

Cartoons

2011-09-04T14:09:00.000+02:00

Page Turner.

Torero y el toro - Cartoon Collection

2011-08-23T18:27:00.000+02:00

Balloons

2011-08-02T22:13:00.000+02:00

Shakira Caricature.

2011-07-21T00:56:00.002+02:00

Illustration.

2011-07-10T22:59:00.000+02:00

Illustration.

2011-06-26T12:13:00.002+02:00

Tv Pilot

Feature Film

Stephanie

2011-06-19T13:58:00.002+02:00

Comical Caricatures Cartoon intro

2011-06-15T16:58:00.001+02:00

Soft Pastel

2011-06-09T20:42:00.003+02:00

Caricatures Costa Blanca

2011-05-28T13:54:00.003+02:00

Naked all stars

2011-03-07T15:20:00.000+01:00

Mist Love

2011-03-03T22:43:00.003+01:00

Abstract Woman

2011-02-18T15:38:00.000+01:00

Garden Painting

2011-02-18T15:32:00.001+01:00

Frosted

2011-02-05T22:53:00.001+01:00

Making a Business Card from old Cds

2011-02-05T22:18:00.000+01:00

Girl with Umbrella

2011-02-03T23:10:00.002+01:00

Guitarist and Singer

2011-01-29T00:16:00.002+01:00

Now on display and for sale at the Gallery art and soul

Hours of operation:

MONDAY TO SATURDAY 10:00 AM-02:00 PM 04:00 PM-08:00 PM SUNDAYS 11:00AM-01:00PM

Address:

Urbanization Cumbre del Sol
Central Comercial Adelfas, Local 5
Benitachell Alicante 03726 Spain

Crackle finish

2011-01-23T00:53:00.005+01:00

Valentine's Fair and Party - Sunday 13th February 2011

2011-01-17T15:53:00.002+01:00

Come and enjoy another fantastic day at Cumbre del Sol.

Art, Wine, Music, Food, Wellness & one of the best English and Spanish outdoor markets around. Open from 10am to 6pm

Enjoy a glass of Pink Cava free for the first 100 visitors.

DJ 'Mikey B' is providing the music all afternoon. He plays a good range of music from the 60's to present day and caters to Spanish and English music tastes.
Visit the free wine bar set up in the small room off the gallery. It will be kitted out to do Valentino himself proud. This has been generously provided courtesy of everyone taking part (Will keep pouring for as long as stock lasts).
CB News have promised to do a write up about the day and it was featured on the 14th January issue of RoundTownNews.
Cleo the Clown will be there for the children, plus we will have a colouring in table set up with free designs and crayons.
Raffle prizes will include cases of wine and boxes of chocolates, tickets are 50 cents.

C/C Adelfas, Urb. Cumbre del Sol, Benitachell 03726, Alicante, Spain
email: elclubcasero@gmx.com

Don Quixote of La Mancha

2011-01-14T16:06:00.000+01:00

Flamenco Scene

2011-01-08T00:42:00.001+01:00

Blonde with Sax

2011-01-04T22:54:00.003+01:00

Now on display and for sale at the Gallery Art and Soul

Address: Hours of operation:

Urbanization Cumbre del Sol MONDAY TO SATURDAY
Central Comercial Adelfas, Local 5 10:00 AM-02:00 PM 04:00 PM-08:00 PM Benitachell Alicante 03726 Spain SUNDAYS 11:00AM-01:00PM

Blonde with Blue Chair

2011-01-04T22:53:00.000+01:00

Sunflowers

2010-12-29T21:19:00.000+01:00

Christmas - Commissions

2010-12-27T16:50:00.001+01:00

Flamenco Male with Guitarist and Dancer

2010-12-21T21:51:00.001+01:00

Now on display and for sale at the Gallery art and soul

Address: Hours of operation:

Urbanization Cumbre del Sol    MONDAY TO SATURDAY
Central Comercial Adelfas, Local 5             10:00 AM-02:00 PM 04:00 PM-08:00 PM
Benitachell Alicante 03726 Spain                     SUNDAYS 11:00AM-01:00PM

Woman on the beach

2010-12-21T21:50:00.000+01:00

She's a Screamer

2010-12-21T21:46:00.000+01:00

Arabic Woman

2010-12-15T18:17:00.000+01:00

Arabic Woman - Video

2010-12-15T18:13:00.001+01:00

Painting a Day Range

2010-12-15T16:05:00.000+01:00

Woman running on the beach 2

2010-12-03T21:33:00.000+01:00

Clown

2010-12-03T21:31:00.002+01:00

Africa - The Chase

2010-12-03T21:30:00.000+01:00

Flamenco male with Guitarist

2010-11-28T00:54:00.000+01:00

Woman Abstract Background

2010-11-28T00:52:00.000+01:00

Dogs -- Mix Media

2010-11-26T22:44:00.001+01:00

Woman running on the beach

2010-11-13T13:50:00.003+01:00

Now on display and for sale at the Gallery art and soul

Address: Hours of operation:

Urbanization Cumbre del Sol MONDAY TO SATURDAY
Central Comercial Adelfas, Local 5 10:00 AM-02:00 PM 04:00 PM-08:00 PM
Benitachell Alicante 03726 Spain SUNDAYS 11:00 am 1:00pm

Dance -- Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

2010-11-13T13:48:00.001+01:00

For Sale

Commission - Acrylic on Canvas

2010-10-21T19:20:00.000+02:00

Commission Acrylic on Canvas

2010-10-21T17:43:00.005+02:00

Faux crackle effect

2010-10-21T17:19:00.006+02:00

Vibrant handcrafted candles.

2010-09-29T18:54:00.025+02:00

In response to an email, thought I’d share.
Encaustic painting, involves using heated beeswax to which coloured pigments are added. The liquid/paste is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used.
Encaustic was developed by ancient Greek ship builders, adding pigments to the hot wax they used to repair their ship hulls. Some of the earliest examples of encaustic art are those of paintings attached to mummies in Ancient Egypt, about 3,000 years ago.
I have been applying wax to candles, especially hurricane candles that burn through leaving the outside intact, the effect is superb.
The technique of mixing wax and pigment for candles is simple. I use a temperature controllable hot plate. Crumble a cheap plain candle into a stainless or metal shot size pot or use muffin tins and add powder pigment with a teaspoon.

Knowing the characteristics of your pigments, whether they're transparent and opaque, this will influence how much dry pigment you use. Don't use too much pigment, if there's not sufficient wax to stick it down, the wax will flake -- practice gets the best consistency ratio.

Some one once laughed when I mentioned melting wax crayons but they do work and adding Damar resin to harden after -- job done.
Techniques for applying the wax are sponge, pallet knife, old thin paint brush and for detailed work bristle-less thin paint brush.
Start sponging backgrounds like skies and seas, form boats and sailing ships, dipping a pallet knife into the hot wax, moving it along letting the wax slip off.
With practice you can judge the speed needed to apply thick or thin lines and pallet knife larger areas in. Almost drizzle the wax, at the same time spreading it. If you go over, even on a wax back ground you can trim back with a knife, repair mistakes.
Here are a few examples, you can do anything with wax, paint layer after layer to raised a surface for a motif and also paint the side of hurricane candles for more complex work as the exterior stays intact, you can place a tea light candle inside.

Apart from the obvious breathing in the fumes, heat from the wax and the hot plate the other thing is to not over heat the wax and don’t dip a pallet knife, brush or anything into a colour that is loaded with different colour.
Dipping your tool into the right colour then wiping it, will clean it.
I have trained several people in this technique but it really is a case of practice and some.
Cheap practice candles can be scraped clean for another go and another…
Once you have practice on cheep candles and got it down. The next step is to shell out for a large expensive candle.
I don’t think it's necessary to purchase Carnauba wax or Beeswax.

Using cheep clear candles crumble and melt, add powder pigments (from any art shop) or Oil paints and adding Damar resin is enough.

Damar resin is mixed with beeswax to harden it and raise its melting temperature. It also keeps the wax translucent preventing blooming (whitening). It can be polished to a glossy shine.

Wax melts at 150 degrees F-- 65 degrees C.

2010-09-27T01:02:00.003+02:00

House Painters Costa Blanca

2009-02-04T14:37:00.000+01:00

In the Post

2009-01-18T17:02:00.004+01:00

Hi, ok I haven’t posted anything for awhile and well Christmas, New Year, the three kings aside. I’ve been working on my third feature, at the stage where it’s demanding to be finished - so I can do rewrites…

I am working on five paintings at the moment and will be posting them as soon as they are finished or until I can agree that they are.

Beach life

2008-12-03T21:33:00.003+01:00

SOLD

Spanish Collection

2008-12-02T13:28:00.003+01:00

SOLD

Running of the Nudes

2008-11-13T10:55:00.003+01:00

2008-10-27T15:15:00.002+01:00

SOLD

Sailing week 2

2008-10-14T18:12:00.005+02:00

Wall Decoration

2008-10-14T15:23:00.005+02:00

SOLD

Abstract Sailing

2008-10-03T13:31:00.004+02:00

SOLD

Beach Sunset

2008-09-17T23:02:00.005+02:00

Beached Boats

2008-09-15T12:32:00.006+02:00

Sailing Week

2008-09-15T12:22:00.002+02:00

Hannah and Catherine

2008-09-09T11:51:00.001+02:00

Spanish Collection Cove at Night.

2008-09-07T12:21:00.005+02:00

Sunset

2008-09-07T12:16:00.001+02:00

Kitchen Collection, Rooster - Painting a Day.

2008-09-06T02:38:00.004+02:00

Seascape Collection - Painting a Day.

2008-09-06T02:36:00.001+02:00

Night Sailing - Painting a day.

2008-09-06T02:31:00.001+02:00

Seascape Spain - Painting a Day.

2008-09-04T21:55:00.001+02:00

Bounty

2008-09-02T19:00:00.001+02:00

Watercolour Pencil

2008-09-01T15:26:00.003+02:00

Sold

Scruffiest dog in Spain

2008-09-01T15:21:00.000+02:00

SOLD

Spanish Collection

2008-08-31T11:39:00.001+02:00

Painting a day

2008-08-30T13:10:00.002+02:00

Sold

Encaustic on a candle.

2008-08-29T17:58:00.000+02:00

This is a steel box with an outdoor hurricane candle. I painted the steel box in acrylic and the candle using pigments and wax.

Encaustic on a candle.

2008-08-29T17:49:00.000+02:00

This is a steel box and an outdoor hurricane candle. I painted the steel box in acrylic and the candle using pigments and wax. This was an interesting project, joining all four sides to make it work.