Tag: painting
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RIP
The northern lights came last night, and I felt that was a sign that my dear, sweet Murphy’s time was close. My parents messaged me to say he’s had a bad day yesterday, and they didn’t think he was there anymore, so when the aurora showed, it felt like a message. He will be going…
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Sunday Splash
I love watercolours. I hate watercolours. I love watercolours. I don’t know how to use watercolours. I know how to use watercolours, I just don’t practise. I have a Let’s Face It class from months ago that is haunting me. I really want to nail it, but it is just not happening. The artist is…
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Critic Versus Paintbrush
The remnants of my recent migraine were crawling around my brain today, combined with not enough sleep brought on by staying up too late last night watching art YouTube and wondering if I am going to go on the rollercoaster that is the learning curve of making vlogs. I’m not sure if it’s me, really.…
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By The Sea
I spent some time today doing another two colour play exercise, but this time I chose my colours. I didn’t enjoy it as much as yesterday, and although I mixed some nice colours, I wasn’t feeling the interplay between a transparent paint and an opaque one. Not today. It was a fun warm up exercise,…
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Two Colour Play Portrait
Today I opened my insanely ancient sketchbook that I would really like to finish with no idea what I was going to do, so I stared at the blank page for a few minutes. Sometimes I think gardening and painting involve a very similar process of standing and staring at things until something in the…
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Sunday Sketch
Interesting that my interpretation comes out looking much more stern than the vulnerability and softness of the reference, but then I have been watching footage of white supremacists setting fire to a hotel with human beings they trapped inside, and it was in England, not Gaza. So that’s all I have today. Til the morn,…
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World Gone Mad Do Art
I had a really good day in my studio room today, a really fun day, despite everything going on out there. One of the things I did was revisit this drawing from earlier in the year. I love this reference, and I love my drawing, and I have never felt the urge to revisit this…
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Still Life and Water Mini Drama
I was not in the mood for painting faces when I started painting today, but I had no idea what to paint. I don’t really do this, but I know a lot of artists will just paint their supplies when they are stuck, so I thought I would have a go. Fun fact – you…
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Too Hot
It’s too hot in my house, especially upstairs, which makes painting a bit of a chore. I did some sketching, but not as much as I would have liked. Hopefully the weather will break down soon. Here’s one of the sketches, and I like how he turned out. Til the morn, Suzanne 164/200
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Revolting
Today I channelled some emotions into painting. Being called revolting by some ludicrous person indulging herself in manufactured outrage over a bit of theatre featuring queer folk needs an outlet. I painted several studies in my sketchbook, and then questioned whether I have reached a comfort zone, and pulled out a canvas for another sketch.…
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Five Minute Sketch
We had visitors today, including Murphy the glorious Lurcher. Doggie bosies are the best. I only had five minutes to paint, so naturally I picked a complex pose from my new book. The ups and downs of blind selection, I suppose. I’m going to give this one another go with more time, because it’s an…
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Bum Day
My little pot of caput mortuum sketching blend died a death today. (is that a niche joke?) Naturally I have forgotten exactly what I put in the pot, so I searched my blog. Naturally when I wrote about making the mix, all I wrote was ‘mixed with medium’. Ha. Waggled some of my sketchbook pages…
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