Sketching away the day

Been just trying out some new pens and pencils and these little sketches came out

Supernatural Portrait

I have been working on a commission which had been super fun - actor Jensen Ackles who plays Dean in the tv show, supernatural.
I started out by using some new really smooth paper I bought, but the pencils were not blending at all! Very frustrating! So I started again using trusty Prisma Favini paper and it is coming along really well, check it out

EXHIBITION OPENING THIS SUNDAY!!

EXHIBITION OPENING THIS SUNDAY!!
Fairfield Farewell - A Retrospective of 10 years of Exhibitions
opens on SUNDAY 14 JUNE 4-6pm 2015

Photonet Gallery is closing in Fairfield, but it is not the end of the gallery. They are changing from a commercial to a not-for-profit model and will reopen as MAGNET GALLERIES - a centre for photography, education and conservation.

As a final exhibition farewell, they have invited past exhibitors to display 2 of their previously shown work.
I was a part of the FOUR ELEMENTS - WATER show of 2011

Fairfield Farewell opens on SUNDAY 14 JUNE 4-6pm and is going to be SPECTACULAR!
For more information click the link below.
Hope to see you there!
http://www.photonetgallery.com.au/

Sneak Peek at the two prints I am exhibiting!

Animal Inspiration

So I have been wanting to explore some animal themed artwork and I had 3 circle canvases waiting for me to decide what to paint. A student in one of my adult art classes has started a painting copying the lovely style of Leonid Afremov - I have included some examples of his work below -

This got me thinking about colour and backgrounds and how I could approach my paintings of animals in a very different way. I painted a colourful background with no distinguishing features on two of the canvases and once dry, have started to paint a lions head. This is the result so far

I am happy with how it's going so far but it is early days yet.

The third canvas however went in another direction. I found a beautiful photo of a panda in water and wanted to reproduce it as a painting, let me know what you think.

Mosaic Cupcakes and Owls for kids!

Thought I'd show you what my class and I have been working on.
How cute are these mosaic owls and cupcakes!

Autumn art and craft for kids

This was so much fun!
First we collected Autumn leaves and then traced around them.
With clean water we painted the leaves and then dropped in watercolours and watched the colours all bleed together to make beautiful autumn leaves.
Give it a go!

The Three Bears

Here's the next installment of my fairytale illustrations