I love one word challenges. They can take me just about anywhere and have me creating just about anything. The Flying Spark is a daily word to do just that. Every day, using Twitter, there will be a word to spark inspiration. It appears here on this blog to the right top, or you...
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I have paint on my pyjamas. This could possibly be because I was painting in my pyjamas, my new pyjamas. Also because it is four minutes to midnight.
But I am a happy chappy today regardless, or even perhaps because I have paint on my pyjamas.
Guess what I received in the mail today...
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I am so happy to have actually completed my second Piece a Week this year. I didn't start it this year, but the important thing to me is to COMPLETE at least one piece a week this year.
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My littlest girl loves rainbows so I a while back decided to paint her a rainbow.
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Did all the food shopping, piled it into the car and drove out of the underground carpark...with the windows wide open. The moment my car was clear of the building a warm breeze carrying the scent of the Aussie outback filled the car.
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Just a short quick one from me today. I’ve been arting the last few days quite a bit and wanted to share with you some of my WIPs.
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Life has been busy of late, but there has been art. There have also been business developments, a piece of artwork I can't share as I've submitted it to a competition, and various explorations in both bubblepainting and Pollock-esque paint delivery. More on those later, but now...The Squid Report!
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An art book recommendation, a watercolour palette, a new painting, a thunderstorm encounter and inspiring sea glass. It has been an interesting week.
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The other arty thing that happened this week was me being suddenly struck by an undefined inspiration that ended up with my youngest daughter falling off the couch.
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It has been a week of calamari here in my studio. All other projects have been suspended by my current obsession with this giant squid painting.
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