Watercolours aren’t really difficult. Easy to correct – just rinse off the paint. Easy to pack, clean up and carry around. They are great socialisers as they mix brilliantly with other forms of media. They married well with the Red Dragon Maples. I chose watercolours in the painting, Red Dragons for the transparency […]
Imagine going on a quiet pleasant nature walk, happily taking in the serene environment. When out of the blue, you discover the tree you’re leaning on is swarming with unknown alien creatures by the hundreds. Well, it did make me step back, just a little. Actually, it must have been rather funny to watch. I’d […]
I was surprised. Amazed. I’d planned to post my paintings….. But the colours of the rosemary were simply irresistible. Cobalt Blue, Maroon, Lavender, Lime green, Rose Pink, Silvery sage green. The more I look, the more colours I see! Rosemary Rosmarinus Officinalis Rosemary is a Mediterranean spice with ‘reported’ benefits. Apparently, no one […]
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 […]