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Gorgeous Gardens in Purples
Violet hued leaves amidst the wildling gardens, surreal against the mango colored backdrop……
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Its Still Life: 5 Bowls
Five ‘Still Life’ bowls. Each a beautiful individual, filled with life’s textures and patterns. As a group, Looking stunning as they overlap, connect and create wonderful life relationships. The Inspiration These 5 Bowls and their patterns were inspired by things seen, felt, heard, experienced. things vertical, horizontal, diagonal hibiscus tiny […]
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New Debi Riley Art
What a fantastic week!! I’ve really had a great deal of fun with all the splashing of colors and paint around. Green, yellow, coral rose, prussian blue and cobalt teal blue as well, of course! New Art Works I’ve enjoyed a fabulous time creating dozens of new paintings […]
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Seeing Design: Silly Saturday
Beautiful Ultramarine Blue sets the stage. But look closer! The design’s patterns and shapes pull us in…….
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Saturday! Silly Art Creations
Saturday is here! Its Time. Time for some silliness….. to create some wild and fun, even hilarious art! No serious poker faces here today. Nope. Make a mess. Put a sheet down. Take it outside. Take it into the garage. Don’t let ‘Tidiness and Mess’ waggle their fingers at your precious artist within. Not […]
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A Side Glance: Friday’s Photograph
A stunning pink and crimson gum blossom newly emerging. A dainty little caplet barely tipping off to the side. A charming and coy, “side glance.” Side Glance – Attributes I like this photo because – yes, it has pretty colors…. but it has excellent edges. Soft, medium and sharp Edges – where they […]
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Rose, Gold and Green: A Colorful Window
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, […]
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Monday’s Watercolor: Shaken not Stirred
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. […]
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Lovely Lines in Art
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 […]
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Doorway Amidst Cobalt: symbolism
In the leafy inner city suburb of Balmain, Australia the rich textures and patterns form a visual color field to rival Rothko, Turner, O’Keefe. I’m in artist’s heaven. On a time clock, but even so, oh my, its delightful! Doorway Amidst a Field of Cobalt in Balmain, NSW This door is all about […]