The Pinnacles limestone formations are most often viewed under a belting bright cobalt sky! So it was on our trip up north to Nambung National Park, 200 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. Haunting and almost biblical in its story telling, this arrangement is completely nature made. Every visitor to the park will see […]
My favorite time of the day out on the water and one of my most cherished memories. Summer in the Puget Sound, overlooking the Olympic Mountains with a warm wind on my face and a cheerful captain navigating! A delicious catch of day included fresh dungeness crab and gorgeous king salmon in the […]
I was enchanted with the watercolour and acrylic paintings the class finished with! To go from the traditional do it like the photograph exactness to … a “la di da” free, loose and “just feel it” approach is very difficult. But they did it, with a lovely joyful abandon! I think they […]
Gorgeous, eye popping earth colours of yellow ochre, red ochre, sienna, burnt umber, buff titanium. All these were found just on one small bit of the rock I was climbing! Design Elements in this photograph: There is an inferred diagonal line from lower left to upper mid right, that can be ‘seen’ […]
Beautifully wild and rocky. The terrain of Cape Le Grande National Park, Western Australia is filled with bright colours, bold skies and gorgeous natural rock formations. I loved it and will go again. Georgia O’Keefe would have loved it! Yesterday’s post “Its A Climb,” I mentioned plans to paint based on my Cape Le Grand […]
Its fun, its relaxing. Its a great acrylic technique, perfect for creating textural tree bark effects. I’ve always loved the work of Georgia O’Keefe and how she created new worlds for us to explore….all from just the ordinary folds and petals of a flower! I get lost in the close up abstracted patterns that nature […]
“Its not how fast I get there, its the climb.” I’m probably not a Miley Cyrus fan but, I do find her song has some inspirational quotes. Instead of “Its the climb” I chose to use my own slightly different version, “Its A Climb.” From the Esperance W.A. Cape Le Grande National […]
What do I mean mark making? It is a term that indicates the types and variations of brush strokes, drawing lines, gouge marks….. really, any visual evidence of your hand or tools upon the canvas or the paper. “Snowfields” is featured once again, as it really does tick all the boxes for ‘mark making.’ The […]
I have a real thing for great backgrounds. The backgrounds, make the painting or the photograph! I will often look straight at the background, poring over them more so than the focal point. A good background will gently lead the way to the focal point while taking the viewer on a lovely afternoon stroll along […]
Dreams of a child and the power in a word. She dreamt of drawing and painting. Shy, uncertain. So, I used a different word….. ‘experiments.’ Her 8 year old face lit up, I suspect – with hope. I may have just given her the one word that allowed her to try again, without fearing […]
