Plenty Twenty, the Exhibition…

If you can’t get to my in-person exhibition in South Australia [pandemic travel restrictions, anyone?], or you can & you’re wondering about the stories behind the 12 still lifes in my Plenty Twenty exhibition, then This Is For You! Here … Continue reading

I want to come to your drawing and painting lessons … but first, can I ask you something?

What do you want to ask, dear bold soul? I’ve replied to a few questions privately, and here are some other questions answered by students, quoted with permission. What if I can’t draw? A student from Block 1 this year … Continue reading

Picture 59 in my 100 Pictures Project: a hand-lettered quote of optimism

Greetings from early July, 2020! A significant part of Australia is back in lockdown, while other parts, mine included, are getting to stretch our wings a little again. Gotta keep up physical distancing and hand-washing though. (And then moisturising hands … Continue reading

Pictures 57 and 58 in my 100 Pictures Project: a land-lettered quote and a cat lino print

Classics today on our 100 Pictures Project journey – an uplifting quote from a monk hand-lettered by me, and a lino print of a black cat with a twinkling eye … Picture 57: David Steindl Rast quote, hand-lettered The root … Continue reading

Picture 56 in my 100 Pictures Project: Hafiz quote

“Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends” ~ Hafiz Does that quote just warm your heart right in the cosy centre? Me too… This hand-lettered and decorated quote is number 56 my #100PicturesProject! Finished last year (when … Continue reading

Bold Living 61: Time Lapse Drawing Video “… a time to refrain…”

Warm greetings to you, bold soul! Here’s a 27-second time lapse video of me illustrating a lyric line, after hearing the song Turn! Turn! Turn! on the radio recently. These lyrics were written well before they were put to music in … Continue reading

Pictures 54 and 55 in my 100 Pictures Project – Vase and Corella Feather on Sue’s Shawl, and a kitty drawing

I finished these pictures – numbers 54 and 55 – in the middle of 2019 [an eternity ago!] and am currently painting a commissioned Custom Cat kitty which is picture number 75. Let’s use this in-betweeny, where-are-we-headed, and do-we-want-to-go-back-even time … Continue reading

Pictures 52 and 53 in my 100 Pictures Project – Pears and Precious Pears

Hey beauties! The world has changed since I drafted this post! Some things are the same, and some are different… Some things are the same Here ^^^ are the next pics to introduce in my #100PicturesProject… At left a snippet … Continue reading