Fast. Fun. Free. Images of the ocean. Creating the pulse of sea salt, grit, sand and surf. Its a rapid beat, surf spraying and ‘wave riders’ at one with the sea. Sea Salt and Sand The surfers are on the edge, riding each wave…… with a seemingly careless […]
promises…with her gorgeous sea greens, as they flash into deep near violet ultramarine. Oil paints in cobalt teal and ultramarine blue sing, as only sea sirens can.
I’ve been lured. By the sirens of the sea. Glorious deep ultramarine blue with a whisper of violet you have to know is there to really see. And then, there is my magnificent so enticing, cobalt teal blue. I’ve been to the sea. The Indian Ocean, and she wants me again. i […]
For Inspiration, you never can go wrong with the Masters. Anytime my classes need a bit of visual ‘help’ I always like to mention “Go To The Masters!” They have decades of experience just waiting for us to learn from. Matisse Like Impressionist Nude To be under the influence of one of […]
It is a happy color, Cobalt Teal Blue. Not in an over the top kind of way, but in the way that just makes you feel ….. content. I missed it. It was time to get up, get busy, and get out the CTB. Lets just see what it can do! Enjoying […]
Untamed….a semi abstract watercolor landscape. What is more glorious than the freedom found in nature?
Silky smooth sand and wild waves. Beautiful. Those waves….. they might, appear to be small. They’re not. They’re huge incoming 8-10 footers crashing right in. I didn’t go swimming.
Color, color, color…. and memories! My 10 day adventure to The Flinders Ranges, 1993 was long ago, but in my mind – it seems more like just a year or two. Flinders – Filled with Color! I can recall the landscape, textures, heat, wind, flies, storms and all those bold, glorious colors instantly. […]
Water cool and inviting. Tantalising. Tumbling rapids, still waters, wild seas frothing, tropical waters of paradise, meandering rivers and lovely lakes in reflection. These beautiful blues and greens, and colors in between delight the eye and refresh the soul. This week’s topic for our class is “all things of water.” We are working with the […]
Oh so true! “Color possesses me. I don’t have to pursue it. It will pursue me always, I know it.” Paul Klee Whether its test strips of colors perched on my studio table, or paint tubes scattered like gumdrops across the floor. Or perhaps, the stunning colored shadows of a […]