Monday, September 28, 2015

Spring is here

hello world on this bright sunny day
these emu bushes have had a brilliant year,only ever saw a few flowers in previous years but look at this years efforts




 gorgeous billy buttons suspended on almost invisible stalks





 Climbing native lilly

local orchid,insect lipped orchid,apparently theres alot here,will be venturing out to see if i can find some more in next week or so



there go,a bit of colors for today

Saturday, September 26, 2015

a little update

 I framed the small print, love it, And below is the latest drawing nearly done.I put under a mat just to see how it looks,it cuts off the bottom a wee bit but I can see if its worth finishing. The next etching will be started this week if I can drag myself away from the new pastels i picked up on Thursday

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Drypoint etching

look what I did,one at least is heading to NSW for show in a friends gallery

Love printing,next will be taken from a photo of a frog from Dunlop,I aim to send one to my Mum for Christmas,I wonder if I should source some green ink....
 just because..love these,they warm my heart of sad days

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Spring finally

We have warmer weather at last, actually had shorts on yesterday and sandles ,so nice, the warmer weather is great for my shoulders too. The physio is helping and sometimes ,just sometimes i can almost forget.
On study break,no holiday rhough even after all my planning im stuck at home waiting for specialist next week, so bored, but have more of it as i suspect my right shoulder is in for a bit reline and polish, ill have to endure hubby plaiting my hair for a few weeks after but i should be back at work by Christmas
Onto something nicer,a continuation of my love affair with pastels
donkey orchid
And once again the earlier pastel,im aiming on a series as a fellow student has a small galery has asked me to contribute some works, prints mostly but I thought a small set of WA florals might be good too, i must get some more native prints like the one previosly i did of the Banksia as last Christmas print swap, the magpie one made it to the Milk Gallery in NSW, they are selling the extras to raise funds forvthe Animal  Foundation, so happy I was able to participate.


Swainsonia bailyiani
 Grass trees, my very first etching, I made a few mistakes,used all my hoshi paper up ,when I can Ill get some more of it as I like the Japanese papers.
And below my new art studio area,only small but I can work now without hindering others,if I can work its wonderful,just so much happening at moment,a bit stressful,very glad Im on study break, only four uñits to go yay, then I have a Bach of Art in hot little hands


More flowers both my garden and in the wilds of Kambalda



The blue of this little shrub if magic,they glow, a smudge in the distance but as you approach the blue just bursts



That Blue!!!!







 Havent seen these yellows ones before
 I really must ID these
I think a straw flower type







From my own garden at moment,I cant do much accept look and pat
so excited to get these burgandy red oesteospernums going,close call only plant of that color ive seen in Bunnings,i nursed it along repotted in end of last summer and bingo,here its mixed with the purple and white,ive a yellow and white still in nursery with a new one that yellow with a purple centre





 Excited about these too,havent grown them for years, Ive spent a lot in my garden over this last 6 months,potting mix and plants etc but cheaper and healthier than drugs and meds.


The nasties happening last Christmas had me taking cuttings and striking everything including these pigfaces,also had numerous seedlings ready to go,Ive potted up most  and so glad I did as theres not much left there now, next year if we re still here my garden will be a mirage of color,I have all the right plants to do it


 Love the way the light filters through this



Monday, August 17, 2015

Bush walks and flowers

To help free up my body re shoulders back Ive started walking for an hour every couple days,there s a great dirt road out the back of my home,,I can get a good pace up and hear cars and motor bikes with enough time to get into bush.I feel better on top of the new routine Phyiso has outlayed. On these walks Ive come across some wonderful thIngs , heres one, a variation of the Swainsonia, normally purple,this individual is more blue, gorgeous in real life, S beaselyani I believe.
When I got home I played with some soft pastels
Took a while and I dont think its finished but the act of creating soothes the mind. I think it will be destined as a gift when I m happy with it.
Something i did...
These wrens live around here too, Splendid Fairy Wren

I did another smaller one but not happy with it.pics crooked but u get the idea. I recieved another bundle of antique pages so I can do more of this style, maybe a willy wag tail next
The flowers.....





Sunday, August 09, 2015

Pochoir

What is Pochoir!
  1. Pochoir (French: “stencil”), as distinguished from ordinary stenciling, is a highly refined technique of making fine limited editions of stencil prints. It is often called hand colouring, or hand illustration. The 20th-century artists Pablo Picasso and Joan MirĂł made prints in this technique for book illustrations.
  2. curtisy of Brittania www.britannica.com

  3. My effort is certainly not good but Im inclined to buy a frame cheap one lol and display it,theres a quality about it I love....
  4.  another link or two to show something towards process
  5.  http://www.annieday.com.au/#!printmaking-techniques/c1vt3  just roll down the page to this technique
  6. http://www.grayswatercolors.com/pochoir.htm
  7. other than that Im still suffering much pains and aches due to work injuries,,if anyone can give me some uplifting stories of survival from bursis?
  8. just some other stuff to add,previous bits from the crafty corner
  9. yes i jumped in an am weaving Wolmiese lace in Black,just looking at it currently but it ready when i am


  10. This has been a draft for a few weeks,well since my birthday, im still off work, both shoulders arms and upper back are done an fried,waiting for specialist visit, physo is boosting confidence with telling me Im not a lost cause...we ll see,loads of pilate exercises,

  11. Something not right with blogger lol but i will press on...
  12. Looking forward to a three month break from uni,as soon as I can get this current submission done,pretty hard when brains died, lol
  13. No spinning,knitting,or any physical work at all. Im trying to keep up the exercises and brisk walking along the bush tracks where I have to dodge the motor bike riders lol.
  14. Boys shifted  into town so they rigged out spare room as my art studio, cant do much but its quiet and a great meditative space


  15. I thought i had more brushes.. 
  16. To finish heres some pretty shots of the garden,we ve had some lovely rain and the moth orchids loved it
  17. Theres more pics but they are on main computer, using the tablet is easier on me ,some reason sitting at that  computer has me in pain fast. So next time Ill see if I can get them