Let's Talk Art Blog

I started this sketch with blind contour drawing, just looking at what I could see from my workbench to get some shapes down on the paper. And then this one went for a real wander! There is a long messy middle to this one as I played around with balancing the colour triad of Yellow-Green, Red-Orange and Blue-Violet. The challenging colour palette and very few printed collage papers in my stash in these colours, led to me using plenty of paint on this one.

How do I know where I'm going? Navigation isn't my strong point, but having a map does help! With my 'Portal' Series out there now and hanging in the gallery, I'm taking some time to reflect......

I had a session playing around with the gelli plate, with no set intentions to create anything other than interesting experimental prints I could use for collage. You might recognise some of these as pieces as I used some of them in my 'Dusty Summer' Sketch. I used wet strength tissue, cartridge paper and copy paper, in no particular order!

I was feeling like a quick dabble in something other than greens today. I also dug out my paint pens for some of the details. I'm not sure if I really get along with them, but these sketches are a great place to try them out. Are you a fan of paint pens? Maybe I just need more practice with them.

Who doesn't love colour?! I'm definitely a 'saturated colour girl' and sometimes I'm tempted to have every colour under the sun on the palette....think 'kid in a candy store'.

Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre was abuzz on opening night with not only 'Earthly Nuances' opening, but also 'Mirror Mirror' to mark International Women's Day, and 'Arboreal Connections'. What a diverse celebration of creativity across the three exhibitions, which included a fantastic projection installation by the 'Mirror Mirror' exhibition and live music....