Strolling along the lush tree lined, cool side streets of Balmain N.S.W., last month provided quite a few treasures. One of these was this jewel-like window, a stunning stained glass design of bright emerald and rose and garnet hues. The lovely golden topaz rectangular band anchored the design perfectly. Perhaps I edged a tiny bit, […]
Watercolor that has gone through a twister, shaken – definitely not stirred. So Many ideas from several of my recent posts, have been germinating away. They’ve gone through a Ninja blender and then I’ve integrated them into one design. Watercolor: Shake It Up The Underpinning The post, Watercolour Landscapes Blue and Orange laid the foundation image. […]
Soothing, refreshing and silky waters are in order for Silly Saturday. These beautiful tropical colors of cobalt teal, aztec gold and a lovely shallows green complement each other delightfully. I wish I were there! Well, I am there, in spirit. Today’s image really isn’t as silly as…. Yesterday’s images; especially that wild, eye popping […]
‘Something different’ for the Friday photos today. A morning play turning paintings into digital designs and photographs into line art drawings. Fun. Funky. Different. Funky Neon Digital Art This digital photo image was originally, a bright orange watercolor floral painting, seen in the post Inspiration – How It Starts. Processes […]
I love to see a balance of directional Lines in my compositions, photos, drawings and watercolor paintings. The 3 directional lines are: Horizontal lines, Vertical lines and Diagonal lines. See if you can find these in the 3 images I’ve featured. Design Element Lines After the previous post on the watercolor 3 basic types […]
Impressionist Painting with sparkling colors dappling the mountainside, as if the gold, rubies and garnets were waiting….
A classic, “I’m looking at You” look from Mr. Bird at the wildlife park. Before you ask, I’m not sure what bird this was as we were with the children and ….. well, I’m sure you can imagine. I feel lucky, to have gotten any photos at all! Kids these days are very active, restless […]
Objects of Nature, plants and trees are an endless source of creative inspiration! Drawing, printing, doodling, painting – Nature is the ‘go to’ gal. Sure, I have stacks of books, magazines, google, pinterest… but, truly when MY eyes look upon even a cloud, a flower or a piece of bark, that becomes an endless world […]
I love a Good watercolor brush! It dances along and is in complete harmony with your arm, shoulder and mind. Perfect relaxing unity. Thats how its meant to be! I’ll share a few of my top brushes and explain why and how they work for me. We all will have our own favorites, of course […]
A walk from…. Before. When the air was cool, the land was green. The fires upon the plains hadn’t slickened the soil black with ash and soot. Before the sun turned to flame. The Blue Heron Stills Side by side I walk alongside The meandering stream Stepping with care on moss covered logs […]