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SEE IT HAPPEN – Update

The seascape commission is underway! Before Christmas, I painted the sky in a blended graduation of predominantly colbalt blue and established the basic layout for the sea, beach and shoreline with the rocks suggesting a focal point. Although the early stages look very basic, it is surprising how influential they are. Even though the scene can be altered at any stage, these areas establish the composition and, personally, I rarely stray that far from these initial parameters. Casually sketched-in rocks become permenant features that guide the rest of the piece.

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Sketchbook notes for seascape commission

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Art Painting

Painting the outside wall at JAG Gallery

I battled against the wind today, working on my outside on my painting and battled with 

beefing up the lad in the middle, as his lanky limbs and spazzer legs had been bugging me 

all weekend, he's moved to the foreground now, which is what I wanted, and in fattening 

him up, he now looks shorter and older, but I think I prefered his younger self. But that's 

the fun of paintihhhhnnhing, you never know where the piece might go, once you get 

going.
Working on a large piece, you have to keep standing back to look at the painting, being a public pavement this is quite fun listening to the comments such as 'My Mum can paint better than that',  look darling 'That lady's using her imagination',and toddlers simply ask what you are doing,or repeat the word painting over and over, some lads much like the ones I'm depicting ask if what I'm doing is graffiti, then snigger at naked lady painting , people weigh up which is there favourite (and go to prove how much tastes vary) art is a conversation starter, some people are lead to impress their hand held lover with 'I used to be good at art' type revelations. Creativity feeds creativity. The novelty spreads, people look at the rest of your work and surprise you by saying 'very good Jacqueline, to show that they've noted your 
name. The bin man passes several times, passers-by tell you which pictures are rubbish!
 At one point, little did I know, but I was being filmed! A guy came over, said they were from 

ITV and asked if they could film some GV's of me painting. I agreed and for some reason 

decided to add that I once worked on programmes for the ITV Westcountry region, as if 

this meant I was used to this kind of thing and able to concealexcitement and nerves. I 

said yes, as long as I could do my hair first, remember, this was severe weather 

conditions I was working in. It was an intense few minutes, some token daubs of paint 

later, they left. The programme is called 'Drive To Buy' a property programme, to be aired 

next year. The guy asked if I knew '60 Minute Makeover' as it would be on the same time 

as that. Ironically, my lampshades will also be on 60 Minute Makeover in January. Look 

out it'll be some Seeking Pop Art Idol next!...
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News Press

Stella Loves: Life’s a Beach Deckchair featuted in the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella Magazine

Lifes a Beach deckchair by Jacqueline Hammond in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper

Published in The Sunday Telegraph, Stella Magazine, Special British Seaside Issue on 17th July 2011. Article: Stella Loves

‘The toast of the coast. Our unmissable eight page guide to all that’s brilliant about the British seaside.”

Smart Deco’s Life’s A Beach Deckchair by the British artist Jacqueline Hammond featured in the national newspaper The Sunday Telegraph’s Sunday supplement, Stella Magazine. The article read:

“The beautifully detailed print on this deckchair’s canvas sling (depicting a bird’s-eye view of Brighton beach) is by the British artist Jacqueline Hammond. Even if you’re not heading to the coast this summer it will add a cheering seaside note to your garden.”

deckchair’s canvas sling (depicting a bird’s-eye view of Brighton beach) is by the British artist Jacqueline Hammond
British artist Jacqueline Hammond’s Life’s a Beach deckchair in the Sunday Telegraph, Stella Magazine
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Growing up on Dark Moor

This new painting, ‘Growing Up’, was inspired by a recent family outing to Devon, where I grew up. Regular Sunday afternoon walks / slogs up to and climbing one of the tors on Dartmoor, whatever the weather, were fairly frequent.  We were then rewarded with flasks of tea and chunky cheddar and pickle wholemeal sandwiches – hastily made, doorstep sized – upon return to the car. My daughter calls the place Dark Moor, an understandable slip of the tongue.

Painting in progress 1

The red shapes on top of the green and the rocky formation were painted as quickly and fluidly as possible. These areas mark out the composition, frame the picture and the red draws you into the focal point. I then sketched in the figure.

Painting in progress 2

When it came to painting the figure, which is my daughter, I concentrated on using larger brush strokes, adding instinctive highlights to her hair. I aimed to just hint at detail. It was crucial to get the position of her body and the perspective right. Her arm leads to the figures below.

Painting in progress 3

By adding the figures below, the picture makes more sense visually. I’ve added a touch of red to the painting since then, and hung it on the gallery wall. It is finished for the time being but the theme might well continue growing!

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A new painting. A new blog.

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‘Thumbelina’ by Jan Irvine. The piece I won in The Fairytale Auction! My favourite all along and now I own it!! My piece sold for £100 and I paid £100 for this. I didn’t realise it was a collage until I saw it; this must’ve taken ages. I love it.

A new painting, inspired by recent return to Dartmoor. Started before. Finished after Thumbelina was hung on my kitchen wall. Can you spot the common denominator?