‘Pussy Willow’ 70x70cm acrylic painting
Some of the willow trees in the wildlife conservation area of Hotham Park have had a real hair cut. I was delighted to see this cat who seems to be a bit of a local character as I have spotted it before.
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Justice not done!
I joined the fortnightly Hotham Park Sketchers today. It was cold sitting under the trees and I certainly didn’t do this scene justice, took a photo to prove it, but at least I did something before escaping to the cafe for hot coffee. I used felt tips and pastel to create this glorious mess.
‘Summer Leaves’
Part of a series ‘Into the canopy’, acrylic on box canvas 60×60 cm. I think its finished.
Improving a muddy watercolour
Yesterday I did a plein-aire watercolour in a small sketchbook and added to the ranks of thousands of muddy watercolours already in existence. Watercolour is not my best medium, however I do like the digitalised version below.
Green Canopy
This 60x60cm work is the second in the series inspired by looking up into tree canopies though it still has a long way to go. I have done 4 sessions so far and here are the last three, I failed to record the first. I failed to record the first.
Dappple, stage 3
Had another session on this yesterday and realised it needs to be the other way up. Will have one more go at it then move on to the next in the series.
‘Dapple’ stage one and two
In the last post I shared some of my reference shot for a new set of paintings inspired by looking up into trees. These two photos are of atage one and two of a painting in progress called ‘Dapple’.
Fresh start for a new year
Always looking for fresh ways to depict the Park I started the first painting of 2018. Last year I decided to do a series of works inspired by looking up into the trees in the Park. I took a set of resource photos to use. Some of them are deliberatly out of focus but I…
Last Sketch of the year.
I met with the sketcher’s group today, it was COLD but here is the result. 2017 has been a very unproductive year artistically for various reasons which I won’t bore you with but I’m ready to roll for 2018. As I have given away or sold quite a lot of my paintings I need to…
Long time no post!
Its been along time since I’ve been able to go to the Park or anywhere as we have kept ourselves away from people to avoid my husband getting an infection before a big lung operation. The operation is now over and very successful. Today I was able to join the sketchers in the Park. It…
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