Photo taken late afternoon with Canon 600d, Canon 5omm f1.8 ISO 200 1/640 (f3.5 chosen for shallow depth of field and soft blurred background) This post is perhaps a wee bit on the short side and a bit ….. “shallow” after my last two lengthy and information packed […]
Artists Eugene Delacroix, Jean Leon Gerome and Paul Klee fill the pages – waiting to inspire me with magic woven with their hands, brushes, colours, paints and imaginations. A cherished book, “Orientalism – Delacroix to Klee” tops my favourites list, with every page filled with a spectacular art image. Mesmerising! Orientalism – Delacroix to Klee […]
Black Caviar, My favourite horse of all time! She is, a Drinker of the Wind. I love all horses but tend to be more partial to the Arabian breed. Thoroughbreds’ noble history and origins started with 3 Arabian stallions in the late 1700’s. The Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and The Byerley Turk. Arabians have […]
The shadows were lovely, the tree was a delicious mango lemon blend. A distant hill peeked out from foliage, with a smoky blue haze reminding me of NSW. And of course, the drivers were looking at me as if there was something wrong. With me! Why would I be taking photos of the road?! Hmmm, […]
Shadows Across The Land, can you Imagine… As the sun sets behind the darkened wall, Night looms. But for a second still…. the glimmers of iridescent viridian and ultramarine can yet be seen. Quake not, that night falls. Slumber we all and immortal we be not. Viridian Green PG18 Viridian got its name from […]
Watercolour Beginners need good, solid logical step by step, help and tips in getting started. What can I suggest? First of all, a logical sequential ordered Learning plan is called for. Haphard reading of art books presents a problem of chaos for the watercolour beginner. In chaos most of us do not learn as easily. And […]
Watercolours are my ‘go to’ medium when going out and about to paint. Light, easy, transportable! Fantastic for loose impressionistic smaller images that capture mood and soft atmosphere. I have found when I’m traipsing outdoors to paint, I prefer to use watercolours. They are so small and if need be, I can get away with […]
More contrast, more texture, more visual interest? They were the objectives I set out to accomplish! Using Indigo, Rough Indian Village paper, torn deckled edges, unframed “viewer touchable” artwork …… I experimented using some creative techniques with this watercolour landscape. The paper I chose was a full sheet 22x 30 inch Indian Village 100% cotton […]
In my last post I’d mentioned, I was next going to do show and tell with the new camera lens. Yesterday’s photo experiments were great fun at the little nature park down the road! I took quite a few duds, but these two I rather like. I like their Colours, the softness and the depth […]
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 […]