Amidst a busy week, I managed a short late afternoon stroll. Right down the block in a nature preserve I discovered this magnificent magenta flower in bloom. Even though its still winter, flowers bloom. I love Australia!!
Winter Wild Flower photograph debiriley.art
Colour – Its all about colour! Here’s 5 easy things that usually help me to get a better painting. It really doesn’t matter if I’m painting in acrylics, oils, watercolours either! 1. Colour creates the mood I choose the kind of mood and atmosphere I want, then select the colours that will enhance and ‘set […]
She gave me a gift and it was wrapped. Wrapped up with the most beautiful wrapping I’d ever seen. Her Love. Simple, Unexpected gifts speak volumes – don’t they? Let’s “pass this forward” this week…. brighten someone’s day! Cheers, Debi
I chose Leonardo today. A genius. A well rounded artist. A thinking, artist. Creative. Inventive. Imaginative. Leonardo da’Vinci Artist. But so much more. All the things I aspire to be. To become. He is a good role model. I don’t want to copy him, but to emulate his outlook. His […]
To Create What is it ‘to create?’ Why might this interpretive definition be important to you? While I’m specifically writing this article for the current participants of my courses in Perth, I feel it is relevant for many others who’d like to be encouraged, as they create. People who create things – ‘Creators’ We do […]
Watercolours wild, fast and loose. Yes, watercolours are out again! Fast paced, ‘timed’ challenges were quite exciting. With wonderful colourful hints of light and shadow, 20 minute timed exercises provide a feeling of spontaneity and immediacy. This painting was timed 20 minutes, so there would be no fiddling. The paper was a non watercolour paper, without […]
Do you think colour can be too bright, too bold, too distracting? Sometimes it is! Bright glaring red, yellow, black and orange colours shout in nature “Stay away, I’m Dangerous!” Bright Colours can be too loud Generally, when painting I like to neutralise and subdue my ‘brights’ so they stop their shouting. I’d like a […]