Acrylic Pouring Paintings Create Magic
Mesmerising and magical patterns with a wonderful and inspiring feeling of freedom…. acrylic pouring paintings create magic!
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art | color | inspiration | photography
Western Australia Flowers
Walking around Perth is fantastic with a plethora of pink and red flowers guaranteed to make me stop and become immersed in their beauty. Tea Tree blossoms with their blushing petals and crimson centres, the fire engine red bottlebrush and last the miniature grevillia with its curly stamens. Breathtaking flowers on a perfect and […]
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art | color | Impressionist | inspiration | painting | tree reflections | UWA Extension
Capturing Colour and Light in Watercolours
Autumn is here in Perth, what a splendid relief! Lovely pleasant days of cloudy skies to get outside and enjoy nature. And Paint! The watercolour painting, “Colours of Autumn” reflects the gentle beauty of the season we are now in. Step one is of course the inspiration, next is the colour selection and the […]
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art | color | Impressionist | inspiration
Impressionistic Landscape in Pastels
“Foulweather Bluff,” Kitsap County painting was inspired by a simple morning walk along the shoreline with my dog Laura when we lived in the Pacific Northwest. We lived on a small hillside overlooking Admiralty Inlet and the Olympic Mountains with the beach a mere half mile away. I’d taken several photos which I’d tucked away […]
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Watercolour Painting Gordonia Blossom
The lovely Gordonia Axillaris is an evergreen tree with a funny nickname “fried egg” plant! When its blossoms fall, they drop around the tree face up leaving the golden orange yellow centre popping out in the middle of the frilly white petals. Looking like dozens of fried eggs. The Gordonia belongs to the Theaceae ‘tea […]
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art | color | inspiration | watercolors
Paintings of Forests
Watercolour, oils, encaustics and mixed media were used for the four paintings featuring types of forests from around the world. The watercolour painting was a small miniature only 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches and the location was the Pacific Northwest near Bainbridge Island, Washington. The next forest painting A Golden Grove had a watercolour […]
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Late Afternoon Walk (a cure for jet lag)
Late Afternoon nature walks refresh the mind and body!
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art | color | Impressionist | inspiration | painting | photography
Being Inspired
Sometimes we wonder where to find inspiration, where to find beauty, where to find our muse in life. The daily tasks, unexpected emergencies, the routine daily grind seem to take their toll and leave us just a bit tired and jaded. I found my breath of inspiration early this morning, drinking my hot coffee watching […]
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art | inspiration | painting
Influencing The Viewer By Directing The Eye
People scan images constantly. Looking for pathways of least resistance. The easiest routes have no hard sharp edges that act as ‘shut gates’. Upon A Hill has several “open gates” Soft Edges that allow the viewer’s eye to easily travel up and through the image. This painting is very easy on the eyes […]
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Watercolour Sunset for Beginners
A basic watercolour sunset can be created by using a variegated wash with winsor lemon and permanent rose colour mixes. A couple of key factors: limit your colours to avoid mud, ensure the top of the sky is darker & the horizon is much paler and Test the colours first. I like to apply […]