I'm so happy! Third Piece a Week completed!
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paint party friday
Izzy’s Rainbow complete!
Glowing objects and rainbows
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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The squid report – making progress
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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Colour, colour everywhere
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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Still squidding
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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The Squid Report
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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An arty week with a giant squid
Met an artist, listened to an illustrator, ate dinner with an arty friend, received an arty book and painted a giant squid. Yeah, a very arty week.
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Spring has sprung paint
It is so wonderful to have some sunny weather to paint in. Last weekend I grabbed my acrylics and set up on the back porch and threw together to beginnings of a randomish painting (mainly because the canvas I'm using has a thread pull in it and I had to wait for the other...
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Paper and Jewels mosaic completed!
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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Masking fluid experiments
Earlier this year I was introduced to the concept of an art journal. I've kept sketchbooks of my work all my life, but art journalling is slightly different. In March I started a journal of my own. A simple cheap bound sketchbook that within its pages I have permission to royally stuff up with...
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