Month: September 2025
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Ink and Surprise Texture
Today was a migraine day, which was not fun. There was not much creativity, since my vision was twirly aura, and then I felt like rubbish. I did play with an ink that I haven’t done much with since I bought it, and I spread some acrylic ink on a canvas that I had done…
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Four Canvases
Today I have been rotating this batch of canvases, which is a process I am really enjoying. I have been trying out different mixes for the skin tones, and correcting some of the shapes as I go. These will be evolving in layers because there are definitely some changes and choices to be made, but…
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Body Emerging
I liked what happened yesterday in my sketchbook, so I decided to try something similar on one of the canvas boards I have a pile of. I am not in a great frame of body today, but I’ve got the basics of this body lightly painted onto the background. Believe me, she’s in a better…
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Luscious Layering
Today was a really good painting day working on lots of different things, different sketchbooks, and just lots of fun. I found a landscape sketchbook that I think Himself gifted me, and decided that it has obviously been sitting waiting for this day. The opening spread is now adorned with a fairly good representation of…
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A Face Is a Landscape
Me, my shitty brushes, a sketchbook, and I. Painting profiles are harder than I think, but I enjoyed the way I built this one in a probably unconventional way. More a jigsaw of shapes, starting with swirling mark-making for the hair, and extending from there, than a structured placement. One of my intentions with this…
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And Home Again
I’m home again after a day of mostly packing, travelling, unpacking, laundry and catching up with him indoors. I did squeeze in this portrait sketch, and was amused at the fact that when I have no time I always want to paint for hours, but when I do have hours, I often manage to fritter…