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Triumphant Brushstrokes Of A Master
Triumph, a tantalising brushstroke away. Inspiring and encouraging watercolour paintings by BE Minns, still glorious 100 years on!
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Is Colour Distracting?
Do you think colour can be too bright, too bold, too distracting? Sometimes it is! Bright glaring red, yellow, black and orange colours shout in nature “Stay away, I’m Dangerous!” Bright Colours can be too loud Generally, when painting I like to neutralise and subdue my ‘brights’ so they stop their shouting. I’d like a […]
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John Olsen: Painting A Timeless Land
John Olsen is easily recognised as one of Australia’s most iconic and productive artists. An Australian legend and inspirational artist whose landscapes clearly reflect his intimate knowledge and feelings for the land. Five Bells, oil painting 1973, New South Wales Art Gallery NSWAG in Sydney, Australia. A lovely […]
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3 Kitchen Coffee Creations
What’s in the Kitchen?! It turns out, there’s a lot of products to paint and create with in my pantry. Amazingly, I thought of over 100 different media and tools to choose from in little under 5 minutes! Of course, this was once I put the whole archival issue aside and just focused on […]
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Watercolour Trees Part II Relaxing
Relaxing on a rainy day listening to Zen nature music, dabbling with my watercolour paints. Just what I needed. To have a little play, experimenting and creating many different types of trees in the process. Watercolour Painting: The Creation of Trees I’d played with watercolour paints blues and greens in the top image, with overlapping […]
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Watercolours: Red Dragon Maple Trees
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 […]
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot – Insights
“Do not be discouraged by the censure that might fall upon one’s works – one must be armoured with a strong conviction which makes one go straight ahead fearing no obstacle, ” Jean Corot counselled would be artists. What a fantastic attitude and philosophy! I’ve long admired and been influenced by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot. […]
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The Nature of Art – Around the Edges
What type are you – soft edged or hard edged? I love art images and paintings with soft blurred edges ….. I wondered why. What type are you most drawn to? Wandering through the galleries I instinctively am drawn into some artworks, but seem blocked from others. I wondered why. For a while I was […]
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Delacroix to Klee: Books to Inspire
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 […]
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Viridian and Ultramarine Shadow Landscape
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 […]