Blog: drawing
My Holiday Moments – Inspiring Landscapes
Why I haven’t been in my studio 🙂 xx Capturing the colours and changes in our amazing Australian landscapes was my main interest in my little sketchbook, worked from a different perspective to the above photo. For this WIP of a billabong in Arnhem Land I first roughed in a few of the amazing colours…
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Baby Boomer
Art for Alzheimer’s Awareness – 2014 – Pine Rivers Regional Gallery Solo Exhibitions – Window Installations The third exhibition in which I used my art to bring awareness to various aspects ofAlzheimer’s disease including the experiences of the carer, the person in care and social influences. Once again, this third installation could apply to any…
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The Pain of Big Paintings
This is a little TIP that I’ll pass on – you probably do it anyway 🙂 . When I’m working on a large, or detailed art piece, over a long period of time, I break the monotony, and the strain on my senior body, and mind, by working on some smaller projects. I find the…
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Sketching up a Design
This tip is for working on canvas with a smooth primed finish: To keep the colours fresh for acrylic painting I usually sketch the composition in pastel. The colours blend in easily with the acrylic washes…. and the best part is that it can be wiped off with a damp rag should – there be…
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A Day at the Botanica Exhibition
Yesterday was my duty day at the Arts Connect Inc members’ exhibition at Mary Cairncross Reserve in Maleny. My husband Greg shared the responsibilities with me. We met so many lovely visitors, some locals, others were travelers, and some were re-visiting with different friends which is a great compliment to the quality of the exhibition….
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