I adore colour. I'm synaethesiac, I think in colour, so really, this adoration is no surprise. I love colour in all its fantastic combinations, but for this week in celebration of a new challenge I will be introducing on Wednesday, I'm going to focus on all the colours of the rainbow and how some...
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This week I specifically wanted to do something just for Sunday Sketches. Prior to this I've only really submitted half hearted scrawls and whatever I had in my sketchbook from the previous week's work. This time I wanted to do a real sketch. Just sit down and draw, something I haven't done in ages.
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Okay, so I admit that there has been more catch up lately than challenge. Apologies for my erratica lately, I have hopefully sorted out a schedule for this blog that is manageable and will stop me from missing things. Anyways, catch up…this is your week to catch up on those challenges you couldn’t manage...
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It looks better in real life, trust me. My scanner has issues with red, as does my camera and printer. It must be the awkward end of the spectrum. in any case,I have red and yellow gel pen squiggles all over this and it has developed into a rather interesting background. I call it...
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I've known for a long time that I don't see the world quite the same way as most people. I've been known to be weird, odd, out of step, Aquarian, or just plain strange. I'm good at getting the wrong end of the stick in a conversation, and in group learning, my answers are...
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I've been fascinated by this background from my acrylic experiments last week. it has been yelling at me to create something from it. But I don't know what. So last night I printed off a couple of copies of the square, and since they are reproduceable copies, I felt free to make as many...
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I was giving my eldest daughter a bath one night, swirling bubblebath around in the tub, when the bubbles suddenly grabbed my attention. They had a beautiful texture. I wondered if they could carry paint and leave a print on paper. Of course, I had to explore the idea.
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This post is part of a series I started some time ago and would like to resurrect here at my new homebase. This is where I look around at my fellow artists and highlight some of the wonderful things they've been up to recently. Anything that catches my eye, rattles my brain, or drops...
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Last week I played with some new acrylic paints my parents-in-law were kind enough to buy me for Christmas. I didn't really paint anything, I did pure experimentation with a bunch of acrylic mediums. I had no idea what I was doing as I've only ever really used a retarder and nothing else in...
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Coming soon…a series of interviews with some of my favourite artists. Artists are inspired people. But what makes them create what they create? What lights the fire that produces such wonderful work? Join me as I hope to find out. Nutty (the truth is out there) Tweet
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