Archive for March, 2011

My Creative Neighbourhood – Seascapes

March 14, 2011
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My creative neighbourhood

This week I have fallen back into playing with my acrylics, so I thought I'd nosey around at what others have been doing with acrylic paint. Shortly after starting my gander, I fell in love with a seascape and found myself looking around at more of those, so this week we have Seascapes as...
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Sunday Sketches – Red Parrot Pea

March 13, 2011
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Red Parrot Pea Work-in-Progress

I don't have a completed piece for Sunday Sketches this week. What I do have to show you here is a work-in-progress watercolour pencil experiment.
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Shadow Shot Sunday – Net bush

March 13, 2011
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Calothamnus - Net bush

Calothamnus (common names include 'Net Bush') is a genus of plants confined the Western Australia. This one is from my In-Law's front garden. It is responding to the unusually wet summer we've had, and has thrown on all this beautiful new growth. I was up there picking up my daughter when I saw...
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Tools and Techniques – acrylic glazing

March 13, 2011
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Wreath Wattle glazed leaf

I'm learning. And as I learn, I'm hoping to share what I learn. These are the tools and techniques and other little arty technical thingies that I'm playing with at the moment. I hope they are useful. ( a new series to tie in with my experiments and explorations - today I finished my...
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Inspiration Point – The Black Forest

March 10, 2011
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Wreath wattle

God, this is scary - actually writing it down. Does this mean I actually have to follow up on it? :D It is more of a project than a resolution, but it is something that has been floating around in the vast empty space I use for a brain for several years now, and it...
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Spectrum Square – Midnight Blue results

March 9, 2011
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Sunflower heart

I have art! Not only do I have art for this week's challenge, but art for the two previous. I have caught up :D
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Inspired People – Peter Ahrens

March 8, 2011
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Inspired People

This week we have Peter Ahrens, a South Australian photographer with a gift for capturing the natural world. His images are instilled with a clarity that only enhances the emotions they radiate. Moments in time frozen to be repeated by all those who see them. Award winning beautiful work. I'm very happy to have...
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My Creative Neighbourhood – Heart Art

March 7, 2011
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My creative neighbourhood

I have a new challenge in the works and in preparation for it, I chose the topic of 'hearts' for this week's Creative Neighbourhood. It has certainly been and interesting way to discover new artists. I know I've certainly discovered some fantastic ones this time.
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Drawing Lab Challenge – Catch Up Week #4

March 4, 2011
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Drawing Lab Challenge

And it is catch up week again...this is your week to catch up on those challenges you couldn’t manage to do within the allotted week, or to expand on those challenges that have inspired you to greater things.
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Two Planets – Off the leash

March 3, 2011
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Two planets

A couple weeks ago I posted some concept drawings for an alien species I have in my novel-in-progress. I thought I would share a little bit more of that universe tonight. I wrote a series of short character sketches where I threw the characters together in various situations. It helped me sketch out their...
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