WOYWW - crushed granite apparently

 

Nothing pretty on my desk this Wednesday.  Unless you 

like crushed granite that comes from an area in central NSW called Cowra.

Given a bag of the crushed granite by a Geologist who knows that I make paint.

Quite unusual to find a core of crushed granite according to the Geologist. 

So after sifting, grinding, washing etc. 

I will be making some watercolour paint over the weekend.  

So far it is looking more like face powder than watercolour paint and that is fine. Plan to paint 

the kitty and a little ginger/apricot tones will suit her furry complexion.  

Have a lovely woyww peek and a creative week. 

woyww Obi and a few ATC

 

"Obi" is now off my desk and had a quick trip outside for a photo in good light.  

I will probably add a bit more shading to his tail and then it is done.

With the sad news about  Shaz I pulled out the WOYWW folder  and had a look at the  beautiful ATC's

I received from Shaz over the years.  

She will be sadly missed and my thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Slow and steady progress on WOYWW

 

Apologies for the late post but I forgot about Wednesday until it was Thursday! I could also mention the phone shadow but by this stage I am posting and moving on.  

 Once I painted "Obi's" eyes I felt his lovely character started to shine through. Slowly working on

his body and thinking about how to apply a subtle background.

Maybe I just think too much. LOL

Wishing you all a creative week.

WIP on WOYWW

Six months certainly goes by pretty quickly. 

  

 Adjusting to the new normal meant a lot of things went by the wayside and posting on woyww

got replaced with Insta.  But, I am getting a little tired of Insta and the constant push to sell me things I don't want, need or even like.   If I think about Insta it feels like I  spent more time on settings trying to disable everything and falling down a rabbit hole of memes which occasionally made me laugh.

Back to Blogger and there have been a few changes. After a year of constant changes what is one more in the big scheme.  

This little WIP is the beginnings of "Obi".  So far he is  behaving nicely and has the sweetest disposition.  Will see what happens when I work on those eyes over the weekend.

Hope all well for all the lovely people in WOYWW.

WOYWW - silver princess and it's not my hair

Referring to the  Eucalyptus caesia  commonly known as the "Silver Princess" rather than the state of my hair.  

 Signed up for quick online workshop with David Reynolds and was really pleased to learn his techniques for painting the chalky finish on the thin branches.

 

Still a work in progress but relatively happy with  the result so far.  Need to finish up on some details and then I'm calling it quits.

I won't be around WOYWW for several of weeks and will desks visit on weekends.  Starting another online workshop which runs on a Wednesday.  Hopefully will have some photos to post.  

Have a safe and creative week 

woyww - Coral and more paints

Finished a small coral painting to join the sea urchin from a couple of weeks ago. 

I plan to experiment different ways of framing watercolour paintings.  As you can imagine a considerable amount of time spent googling and you tubing for ideas.

Hopefully I will have something to show in the coming weeks.

Did manage to complete a small handmade watercolour set for a gift.

The painted lid gives you an idea of the colours in action.  

The top 3 colours are store bought pigments and the triad have a fine consistency.

The bottom 4 pigments are made up of:

 Vivianite (Australian Blue Ochre), 

Terracotta clay pipe 

Brown/Pink ochre found in Tumut (NSW)

Sea urchin quills 

 No matter how much I hand grind the stones/quills I can never seem to get a super fine consistency.  Now that is OK as it makes them handmade LOL.

Hope you are having a safe and creative week.

WOYWW - Blooms and a treasured gift

I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to have a beautiful collage work from Diana at Velvet Moth Studio.  The photo of course does not do justice to her art work.  Thank you Diana it now hangs on my studio wall and I can admire your work to my hearts content 

Our  camellia has bloomed and bloomed this winter and I had to share a photo of the lovely carpet of petals.  

The completed Acacia pycantha, most commonly known as the "golden wattle ".  From memory it may even be the official floral emblem of Australia.  

Hopefully the recipient will like it.  

Have a safe and creative WOYWW week.