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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It is final. It is complete (well, except for its second coat of varnish which I will do today). My first paper and jewels mosaic is done!
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Mother's Day 2011 - my present was to be allowed to paint all day. It was a beautifully sunny day, so I set up my easel outside and did just that. The uncompleted painting that resulted has been sitting around my studio ever since.
A few weeks back I decided it was time to finish...
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There has been more progress with my paper and jewels mosaic and some discoveries on other art fronts, while battling the mid winter scourge.
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The sun is desperately trying to make its presecence felt here. Winter is starting to take its leave, the acacias are flowering, the almond blossoms are out, and there is this subtle feeling in the weather of the coming change. So there are short periods of sun between the dank and grey and I've...
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Bit by little bit my jewel and paper mosaic is coming together. I have no plan and am really just putting pieces down where I feel like it and apart from one wonky swirl, I think it is going really well. I've been thoroughly enjoying doing this in my lounge in front of the...
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This week, with some determination to actually post for Paint Party Friday, I have two works in progress.
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I have to say that I don't think I'll get 29 faces done, but for what I do get done, it has been a valuable exercise. I have at least one painting in mind from one of the sketches and another proved to me that I actually know more about faces than I thought...
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I entered a new challenge this month, the Monthly Painters' Challenge over on Facebook. I was honoured to have been accepted into it in April and I spent most of the month pondering exactly what I was going to do for it.
The challenge was 'Opposite Colours', and my initial thought involved a few creatures...
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Do you remember those Butterfly Paintings back in B is for Butterfly? This is the next stage. Basically I created the butterfly painting in blues, let it dry, cut it up randomly with a pair of scissors, sorted the pieces by tone, painted a small canvas with graduated colour (see below for an in...
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