Archive for March, 2011

Blip in the signal

March 27, 2011
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Squished by Real Life

I have not done any art for over a week now and I'm going a little crazy. Plus I'm surviving on about two hours sleep. No answers to any challenges this week :( I'm so sad that I've missed them, particularly Paint Party Friday as I was looking forward to that one.
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Spectrum square – the last colour!

March 24, 2011
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Spectrum Square

Okay, that post title sounds like a bad movie sequel, but hey, we have arrived at the last colour for this nine part challenge series. EDIT: Uh, not the last, the second to last because I can't count.
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My Creative Backyard – Creative Every Day

March 22, 2011
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My art desk

I spent tonight tidying up my art corner in order to fit the primed boards inside the house. Since we had children and lost the two spare rooms, everything that didn't migrate to the rubbish bin ended up out in the hobby room. The hobby room which houses two computers, a display case,...
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Sunday Sketches – Watercolour pencil becomes watercolour paint

March 20, 2011
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Red Parrot Pea work-in-progress 2

When I came to do the red centres of the flowers (around the yellow eye), I had to switch from watercolour pencil to watercolour paint because as with my pastel sticks, my red watercolour pencils are annoyingly hard and often scratch the surface of the paper. Do any of you ever encounter this problem?...
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Posted in black forest project, sunday sketches, watercolour, watercolour pencil | 24 Comments »

Drawing Lab Challenge – Roll call

March 18, 2011
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Drawing Lab Challenge

Just a quick call out to find out if anyone is still participating in this challenge. If you are and would like me to continue posting it, please comment to this post. I'm rather behind on the challenges myself, so I need to know if anyone still would like to keep the challenge running.
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Inspiration Point – Silver Sands

March 17, 2011
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Silver Sands

It may rain, the sky full of grey cloud cutting off the sun. But for every raindrop there is a refracted rainbow. Don’t miss the beauty for the water in your eyes. ~ Gumnut Logic, 31 Oct 2005 Tweet
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Spectrum Square – Orange Peel results and a new colour

March 16, 2011
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Spectrum Square

A new colour for the Spectrum Square challenge.
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Paint Party Friday

March 16, 2011
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Paint Party Friday

Do you paint? Do you want to paint more? Here is the challenge for you.
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Whimsical Wednesday – More concept drawings – Splog & Blog

March 16, 2011
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Splog and Blog

Far, far out in space, Where stars burn and comets race, Is Planet Zog, a little place With a tiny moon keeping pace... Such is the bad piece of poetry that started the book I haven't written about Splog and Blog.
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Posted in anecdotes, cartooning, digital art, whimsical wednesday | 6 Comments »

Creative Every Day – Wreath Wattle 2

March 15, 2011
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Creative Every Day

I have to make more of an effort to do artwork every day. I'm finding that I'm blogging every day, but not so much doing the art I want to blog about, so, uh, yeah, I need to rewire my working schedule. The Creative Every Day challenge has helped me out a lot in the...
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