Blog Stats
- 1,105,791 hits
Recent Comments
Blogroll
Links
- MY ART ON REDBUBBLE My art in cards, T shirts and prints.
- PENCIL ART Top listed pencil artists
- WEBSITE Examples of my coloured pencil art.
- WEBSITE 2 My FASO website
Archives
- August 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- December 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- January 2015
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- abstract
- abstract art
- abstraction
- abstracts
- Art
- art class
- art entry
- art exhibition
- art ideas
- artist
- artkleko
- art market
- art prize
- art teaching
- art workshop
- Australian ARTIST
- Australian landscape
- beach
- bread
- bricks
- Caran D'Ache
- challenge
- character
- colour
- coloured pencil
- coloured pencil drawing
- coloured pencil painting
- coloured pencils
- colours
- composition
- design
- detail
- digital art
- drawing
- exhibition
- framing
- Glover Prize
- ideas
- imagination
- landscape
- landscapes
- layers
- leaves
- light
- light and shadow
- marks
- medium
- mood
- painting
- paintings
- pattern
- patterns
- photos
- planning
- realism
- rejection
- research
- rocks
- semi-abstract
- shadow
- shadows
- shapes
- silence
- sticks
- still-life
- stones
- surreal
- Symbolism
- Tasmania
- texture
- Textures
- theme
- themes
- tone
- tropical
Top Clicks
- None
Top Posts
-
Recent Posts
RSS Links
AWARDED TOP 25 COLORED PENCIL BLOG
Follow Us
Tag Archives: detail
TEACHING AT TOOWOOMBA
We are all different; we look at the same things, but we all see things differently. At the beginning of July I had the pleasure of conducting a five-day coloured pencil workshop at the McGregor Winter Arts Retreat in Toowoomba, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged abstract art, art teaching, art tutor, art workshop, artkleko, Canson, Caran D'Ache, challenge, character, colour, coloured pencil drawing, coloured pencils, composition, design, detail, drawing, ideas, imagination, landscape, light, McGregor Arts, patterns, planning, realism, research, shadows, Toowoomba Winter Arts Retreat
4 Comments
DEDICATION OR OBSESSION?
For as long as I can remember I’ve based my artwork on the study and interpretation of themes. This has enabled me to come to know my subjects on a deeper level. I enjoy collecting, analyzing and at times, investigating … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged art themes, artkleko, Australian ARTIST, collecting objects, coloured pencil, coloured pencil drawing, coloured pencils, composition, detail, drawing, ideas, patterns, photos, planning, research, Scribbly Gum moth, shadow, shadows, stones, Tasmania, Tasmanian Midlands, tropical colours
6 Comments
ART IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
“Darwin Landscape” 40 x 80 cms, Luminance pencils on pastel board In the world of coloured pencil art, abstraction is rarely featured. The majority of Cp artists prefer realism, photo-realism, intense detail and acute rendition of photographs as the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged abstraction, brave art, coloured pencil, colours, Darwin, detail, landscape, mark making, patterns, Pollock, realism, shapes
9 Comments
ROCK FACE
Today’s featured painting is actually a portrait that I’m currently working on in between bouts of oil painting. This is the first of two entries that I’m contributing to a major exhibition in my home city of Launceston next May. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged art exhibition, beach scene, coloured pencil painting, detail, landscape, rocks
Leave a comment
THE OPERATING TABLE
I have 3 easels and a large drawing table in my studio and I often have at least 3 paintings, or more, ‘on the go’. I need variety as working with coloured pencils is extremely demanding both mentally and physically. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged coloured pencil, complicated, detail, drawing table, easels, intricate, painting, pastel, scale
Leave a comment
ZEN LANDSCAPE
My 6th pastel painting in my Midlands series is devoid of the usual detail that my work contains. It is true to say that lately my work has been about ‘less’ rather than ‘more’. On the way to Hobart (Tasmania’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bright colours, detail, meditation, Midlands, pastel painting, simple arrangement, Tasmania, trees, Zen landscape
8 Comments
TIME TO CHANGE
After 43 years of art practice, it’s time to make a change (or two). My trip to Central Australia reaffirmed what I had been thinking for sometime – my style of art needed to change. I was getting complacent, even … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged character, computer art, detail, emotions, expressive, feelings, histrory, line, new pathways, pen drawing, plein-air, quick drawing
14 Comments
SMALL
Most of my coloured pencil art is fairly large compared to a lot of work that I see on the Internet. My standard size is 60 x 40 cm, but I often go to 80 x 60 cm, even 120 … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accuracy, coloured pencil, detail, scale, size, small paintings
6 Comments
SINGLE SUBJECTS
I am currently working on several paintings that feature single rocks. Some are for symbolic reasons, while others are due to their patterns or textures that (in my eyes) were stand-outs on my recent 12 month stay on the mainland. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged abstract, accuracy, coloured pencil painting, detail, easel, exhibition, Hervey Bay, light, patterns, rocks, shadow, single subjects, small stones, texture, Trinity Beach
Leave a comment