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
Did you know there are 4 main types of acrylic art paints? Do you know what they are most useful for? Let me explain a little about each type and we won’t be in the dark at the art store the next time we go! 4 Basic Types of Acrylic Paints The four types of […]
Easy and Fast, Beginner Watercolor flowers that sparkle! Debi Riley’s step by step instructions makes it simple!
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 […]
Three Masters: Thomas Moran, Pierre Bonnard and John Singer Sargent. Each, presenting ‘the door’ in their own way. Art Masters to know Sargent Sargent, with his loose and easy watercolor flair. Seemingly just flinging color in the air; then it all, as if by magic, comes to together. The shadowed door, […]
Watercolour is a great medium to splash around with and have fun trying new techniques out! This is a spin off of some of my acrylic approaches using a gessoed masonite board, then applying molding paste with a palette knife. I let this dry completely. Once this was dry, I splashed on Watercolours – indanthrone, quinacridone […]
The Lily. Loveliness of form, lithe and ever so long lasting. Many might shun this most elegant of flowers. Thinking of mortality. I never do. The Arum lily, Calla lily. Or “Zante de schia aethiopica” a flower originating from Southern Africa. I guess many now, associate this glorious flower with sadness and mourning. […]
