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Tag Archives: surreal
TWIST AND SHOUT
“Twist and Shout” 80 x 50cm – Luminance and Prismacolor pencils on pastel board For the past 18 months a lot of my artwork has been about the outstanding annual display of colour at Table Cape in Tasmania’s North West, beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged bright colours, colour, coloured pencil, distortion, landscape, surreal, Table Cape, themes, tulips
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THE WILD ONE
Fantasy Landscape 2. 60 x 40 cm – Prismacolors and archival pen. I live in a conservative part of the world, was brought up in a conservative family and I led a conservative working life. Since I … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian landscape, bright colours, coloured pencil, conservative artist, fantasy art, pattern, surreal
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RESEARCH & PREPARATION
My drawing table is ready for a new series of paintings… I’m aiming to further develop images from Central Australia in a surreal way. I have completed several paintings to date, but I’m curious to see if I … Continue reading
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Tagged art ideas, art themes, coloured pencil, imagination, Outback Australia, painting, preparation, research, surreal, visual diaries
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MIXED MEDIA
Pumpkinscape 60 x 40 cm Prismacolor pencils, gouache and pastel on pastel board During the week I won the Mixed Media section of the Annual Australian Coloured Pencil Group’s Online Exhibition. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged art prize, Australian Coloured Pencil Artists Group, coloured pencil, gouache, imagination, landscape, mixed media, pastel, pumpkin, surreal
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SURREAL
Stranger on the Shore, Tatlow’s Beach, Stanley Coloured pencil on pastel board 60 x 40 cm. My latest coloured pencil painting is the third in a series featuring a pumpkin. I love the challenge of working with an everyday … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, coloured pencil, landscape, light and shadow, pumpkin, sand, seaside, seeds, surreal
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BLOG POST 1,000.
Mystery Image – what is it? Answer in Wednesday’s blog post. WHY BLOG? Initially when I commenced this blog in October 2008 I saw it as my personal visual diary, but one that I wanted to share … Continue reading
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Tagged alphainventions, art prize, art reviews, art teaching, art worth, artblog, biro, blog posts, coloured pencil, Derwent Coloursoft, digital art, fineliner, landscape, mystery, reading, supporters, surreal
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A LITTLE BIT SURREAL
It’s nice now and then to break away from the art you are doing and ‘push the boat out’. During my series, ‘Bread’, I combined my love of (at the time) all things bread and waterfalls. Today’s featured work is … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, coloured pencil, series, surreal, theme, water, waterfall
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