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Barnyard Chooks
I have always wanted to have chickens, known as chooks in Australia. My husband was not convinced, but after quite some time I finally talked him r... -
Love and Blue
Love and Blue was the first live Guided Painting class I ran at The Art Train, so I will always be fond of it. The image originates in the whimsical practice of my early career. I used to draw little birds endlessly, they would be on branches, in trees, balancing on top of one another, in birdhouses. My early sketchbooks are filled with drawings of these little birds, which have so much character. The slightest change in the shape or position of a beak, eye, tail or wing can alter the personality radically. Little birds and leaves were imagery I used constantly in my embroidery work too. -
"How Does your Garden Grow?"
This painting was inspired by the classic children's nursery rhyme, "Mary Mary". I loved this rhyme as a child, my mother was called Mary and I would wonder if she was Mary of the rhyme. She was always out in the garden so it seemed perfectly plausible. I also thought my Aunt was Princess Margaret, I had a colourful imagination or I was just easily confused. -
Hydrangeas : Guided Painting
"Hydrangeas: first ran in May 2014 and proved to be a massive learning curve for this fledging style of class. I have learnt so much since the early step by step classes and you get all the benefits of that knowledge. I have ironed out all the problems my " live" class encountered.
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Kid's Holiday Workshops : Famous artist themes
Before I had kids I taught at an art summer camp in Bermuda. Each day was themed with a country with lots of activities. There were also beach mornings, with swimming and coloured sand sculpture. Bermuda is so hot and humid and I was exhausted at the end of each day. But it was great fun. My daughter went along for a week of the same camp many years later. She had a ball. -
Kids Holiday Workshops: How I got started with Mosaic
I have been running workshops for kids during the school holidays since 2010. Each School holiday I run a series of all-day workshops which are themed with a famous artist or art movement. I was thinking back to when I first started and realised just how far I have come. -
Custom Canine and Equine : the evolution of animal imagery in my practice
Custom Canine and Equine is a new body of work which I started in 2019.
I love dogs and I started to think about how they had often featured in my work. Then I had a look back at my old work and remembered that animals have been part of my practice virtually since the beginning. My BA thesis was about artists who used animal imagery, something I had completely forgotton about.
So here is the stroy of how I have used animal imagery throughut my career.
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Blue Jug , Downloadable Guided Painting, new for November
Blue Jug, Downloadable Guided Painting November 2019
I first painted this image in early 2018. I love blue and white and as a child had loved the Cornish ware pottery we had at home. Cornish ware is blue and white striped earthenware.
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Paint your Own Van Gogh
On Saturday I ran this term’s Guided Painting class. This time I tried something different. I offered two images to choose from, my take of Van Gogh’s Starry Night and his Sunflowers.
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Drawing for Adults
When a new adult student comes along to my classes I encourage them to start with my back to basics drawing course. The aim of the course is to int... -
Term Three Drawing with Children
This term the After-School class will be working on drawing and I have been busy putting together some great lesson plans for the girls. I will also be running a drawing class at Samford Sate School as part of the SEEP programme.
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Guided Painting Live
Term Two Guided Painting 2019 is a little different. I ran a Van Gogh kid's workshop over the Easter break which was a huge success, so I thought why let the kids have all the fun. Students paint their own Van Gogh with a choice of two of his most famous paintings, “Sunflowers” or “Starry Night” in a step by step style class.
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