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Spring Is In The Air

Journal Entry: Fri Aug 28, 2009, 11:43 PM


All graphics used in this CSS are my own.

Warmer than usual weather

I don't know what it is but we had an early start to winter and now it seems that is flowing on into an early start to our spring here in the southern hemisphere.
The temperatures in the last couple of days have been around 10degrees higher than normal for this time of year. The spring flowers are out the blossom trees are blooming and the lambs in the paddock next door a playing. Of course there could still be a "lamb killing" storm rip through yet with it still being August and it does happen from time to time unfortuantly. The lambs next door should be fine however as its usually the newborn that don't cope with the icy blasts from Antartica.



Been doing more work

Maybe it is the weather as well that is motivating me but I have done some more work recently. Uploaded these below just yesterday and am doing some drawing at home at the moment as well. These paintings have been done with thrick acrylic on card and I have been exploring alternatives to using a paint brush with these. The inital layer has been done with a paint brush but I have used both ends of the brush and then once that is dry and all nice and textured I have used a roller and old tooth brushes. I must say it is rather nice to loosen up a bit. I have been getting my students to do this as well as a good number of them freak out at doing anything that is expressive and they don't know how to start.



My favourite of these 3 is the last one.



New Zealand Artist Links


Nancy Tichborne -- A New Zealand Watercolour Painter [link]
Patrick Hanly -- A New Zealand Painter and Printmaker [link]
Herb Foley -- An English born New Zealand Painter [link]
Fatu Feu'u -- A Samon born New Zealand Painter and Printmaker [link]
Sylvia Siddell -- A New Zealand Painter [link]


Other Places I Display My Work

Digitalartquirks My Digital Scrapbooking Samples scrapartist



Clubs I Belong To

:iconthepencilclub: :iconflower-club: :iconcolorfulartclub: :icontraditionalart: :iconprintmakers:
  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: The hummmmmm of the computer
  • Reading: The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: New Zealand
  • Interests: Drawing, Traditional Printmaking, Digital Scrapbooking
  • Favourite movie: The Matrix, Cell, Constantine
  • Favourite band or musician: Santana, John Hanlon, The Black Seeds, Led Zeppelin, Cher
  • Favourite genre of music: Classic Rock
  • Favourite artist: The list is too great and very eclectic
  • Favourite style of art: I'm very eclectic in my choices of favourite styles.
  • Operating System: Windows Vista
  • Favourite cartoon character: Sponge Bob & Shrek
  • Tools of the Trade: CorelDRAW suit, CorelPainter, Adobe CS3 Master Collection, Wacom, Canon EOS 40D, Pencils, Paint etc.

Comments


:iconkparrish33:
thanks for the fav :ahoy:

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:iconlilo70:
oh dear, where you display your works on the Scrapartist??I love your heritage page Mum and Dad..I can't remember that I sow her there?
:iconhelebelles:
I can't put in a direct link to my gallery there sorry. DeviantART seems to put an emoticon right in the middle of the url which renders it useless.
If you wanted to do a search for my gallery there then I'm registered under the nicname Belles.

I do have a lot of them at this link as well.

[link]
Let me know if it doesn't work.

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:iconmrparts:
WoW! You haven't been in here in quite awhile, at least from your last journal posting.

I have been poking around in your gallery, I'm still amazed at how good you are at this drawing stuff.

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:iconnine9nine9:
Thanks for the fave -- that is one of my favorite works done a long, long time ago.

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:iconhelebelles:
ahhhh then we both have good taste then ;)

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:iconnine9nine9:
Yes, lol.

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:iconnine9nine9:
I think we pulled the "watch" switch at the same time, lol. Thanks very much!

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