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India Ink and Acrylic Paint Magic

Today (instead of getting ready to move house) I tried out a technique that I read about in Quilting Arts Magazine which described how acrylic paint resists India Ink. The ink…

Grey Stripe

Remember the little grey painting I showed a few weeks ago? It is now a grey and yellow painting and is one of three. I’m definitely going to hang them somewhere. It has been a…

Little Grey Paintings

My workroom is cleaned and I have done three little paintings (15x15cm). I’m a sucker for cute little things and these tiny stretched canvases jumped right into my hands when I…

First Canvases

Journal

While I was away from this blog I started a visual journal: it was to be a non-precious place for ideas, collage, painting and sketching.

Heavenly Bodies

A fly by

Bracken Fern

Bracken Fern from Shallow Inlet Riscy and I just had an extended weekend camping on the coast. A little break. We had a wonderful, relaxing time together. Swimming, reading, and…

ClaArProMo

My plans for a weekend of printmaking have all but halted. I spoke to the ‘person in question’ on Friday, and she is not keen for me to use the workshop for various reasons, I…

Ink Drawing

I occasionally get the urge to buy art supplies. Last week I bought a pen nib and holder and some sepia ink. I wanted to practice drawing… something I’m not natural at, but I know…

This Too Shall Pass

Tommorow this journal will be winging its way to Jane in Vancouver, Canada. I had doubts about whether ‘this too shall pass’ is really advice, its more of a statement… but one…

Doodlebug

Today’s doodles: Talking about doodles. Did you know that in Australia ‘doodle’ is a common term for male genitalia. and ‘fanny’ is a common term for female genitalia. Does…

Art in Meetings

I sat in a meeting today, a meeting I participated in quite a bit, but I also went prepared with some paper scraps and a purple and green pens. I was multitasking. Doing art while…

Tiny Paintings

Yesterday I received a little package in the mail from my sister. We have recently been sending bits of art to each other. I love sending her stuff but even more fun is getting…

Sisters Three

I’m going to be away alot this week, Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and then down to Melbourne on Saturday, returning on Monday. I hope I’ll have some stuff to post on…

Today

Before I start this very long blog post, I thought I’d show you the painting I did last night: Cockatiel Today started out so good. I got up at about 7:30, read some blogs, ate…

More Painting, No Quilting

Hmmmm, see below: Twirly Swirly Pear’o’rama I went to the Farmers Market this morning and bought 4kg of the most yummy apples you can imagine. We spent quite some time trying to…

Easter Camping - At home

I love camping. My family camped regularly when I was growing up in Tasmania. Last Easter Riscy and I were back in Tas and took off camping for five days, travelling from the top…