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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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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Q is for Quilling – Incredible art
First up I will admit that I have never done any quilling of any kind. But I do have a fascination for paper art and after clambering around the Net looking for quilling art works (c'mon, let's face it, there aren't many art forms out there starting with 'Q' :D), I think I will...
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F is for Friday
Yes, F is for Friday, but not just any Friday, but Paint Party Friday! Every week on a Friday, artists from all over get together at the Paint Party Friday blog and share their painting accomplishments for that week. It is fantabulously hosted by Eva and Kristin, two avid paint enthusiasts who provide the...
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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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My Creative Neighbourhood – Seascapes
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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My Creative Neighbourhood – Heart Art
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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My Creative Neighbourhood – Pencil portraiture
After dipping my hand back into portraiture a couple of weeks ago with my sketch of KJ, I thought I would poke around my creative neighbourhood and look for some magic pencil wielders. For I know my portraiture skills are minimal and there are some true masters out there. I certainly found some.
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Nutty interview
I have been honoured to be the subject of a 'Meet the Artist' interview on 365 Days of Inspiration. If you would like to get to know a little bit more about me, and visit a great site for inspirational resources, I hope you drop in for a gander.
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My Creative Neighbourhood – Colour in abstract
It is only recently that I've come to value abstract art. Over the last year or so, I've found myself fascinated with creating marks on paper, card or board that don't necessarily need to resemble anything, but have value in themselves for the effects they create.
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