Welcome to Copenhagen for todays Art Every Day Month (AEDM) painting. Copenhagen is about a thousand years old and a thriving green city-it’s one of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world AND the harbour is clean enough to swim in, just ask the Little Mermaid statue. Of course we wouldn’t expect anything less from a… Continue Reading
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You And Me and Napoli
So, Napoli. It’s Italian for Naples and the city has been around since 600BC. Also: pizza! Napoli / Naples is the destination for todays Art Every Day Month offering. I was originally drawing my planes in with a micron pen, but after some smudging problems with the ink sitting on top of the glossy acrylic… Continue Reading
Red Dragonfly
I used to belong to a writing group a few years ago, and our main focus was on exploring emotional issues through metaphor, story, and poetry. One day in response to the writing prompt I wrote a piece about an experience I had with a dragonfly. I found out later that some cultures saw dragonflies… Continue Reading
Gypsy Fire (work in progress)
This is a painting I’m working on for the Creative Every Day challenge. The theme for the month is ‘Fire’. I’m enjoying this one, I’m really trying to play with vibrant colours and more movement in the figures. This one started with a beautiful fiery orange underpainting and then I layered that buttery blue all over…. Continue Reading
Scribble to Image: Heart-Door Guy
I’m an obsessive filler of notebooks. One of the great things about this is that I have a great store of quick scraps and sketches to draw on for inspiration whenever I need it. I’m kind of a Moleskine nut too. I know they’re overpriced, but the main difference for me is that little pocket… Continue Reading
Intuition
I’m excited by this month’s theme over at Creative Every Day it’s ‘Intuition’. I look forward to a month of giving my inner control freak a rest, as I relax into pushing paint around and letting images arrive as they see fit!… Continue Reading