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Random thoughts about life.
Books and their impact.
Living creatively.
Sketching the things I love about New Zealand and being a New Zealander
art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-35013301395189343202014-11-04T11:38:00.000-08:002014-11-04T11:38:05.453-08:00tulips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally back to blogging - apologies to anyone who actually follows this blog. Been spending my days painting - but not the stuff of an arty type - just finished painting a house inside and out and finally I am starting to have a life again....<br />
It's Spring here in New Zealand and our Botanic Gardens are just gorgeous - love the beds of tulips.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-26217545593707574832014-04-02T12:36:00.000-07:002014-04-02T15:11:16.170-07:00" Back on Track" collage technique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Christchurch tram - tried to describe it abstractly and attempted a new technique of collage over the top of a drawing. I wanted to capture some of the emotion I'm feeling about central city - trams are running but it still feels far from buzzing in town. New life is starting but it's a bit hazy as to what things will look like yet. All a bit messy still.<br />
Technique wise - I put down a drawing and then layered collage over it with both opaque and translucent papers and then brought back the elements of the drawing at the end by inking over the drawing where I felt it needed to be strengthened.</div>
art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-33632922661032846652014-03-30T14:33:00.003-07:002014-03-30T14:33:49.173-07:00Alphabet fun letter B<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another blog's theme for this year is using the alphabet - I have some catch up home work to do as the letter 'D' I have currently done I don't like, which means a redo!<br />
Sometimes it's great to have a starting off point to go from so I've decided to try for a botanical theme with decorative letters.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-20323711451125485702014-03-25T17:34:00.003-07:002014-03-25T17:34:58.240-07:00Strathmore 2014 homework week 2 completed <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just in case you don't know, Strathmore have a free tutorial/workshop that is great. Found it a bit hard to get onto the site but the nice lady at Strathmore fixed it up and I can now access the classes.<br />
Having a window of opportunity with older family members at a drama production and littler ones in bed early, I finally got a chance to attempt the homework.<br />
Well worth the time to review the basics.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-35081963100930131912014-03-02T22:14:00.000-08:002014-03-02T22:14:23.443-08:00Art journal start page<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ten minute sketch at a TaiTapu farm</div>
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art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-81011926098098278622014-02-08T16:04:00.002-08:002014-02-08T16:04:27.833-08:00Taylor's Mistake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another ten minute sketch at Taylor's Mistake - <u>one</u> of the sunny days we've had this Summer ( slight exaggeration - maybe we've had a couple more).art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-79604161779971585292014-02-01T21:51:00.000-08:002014-02-01T21:51:46.430-08:00Sandpapering water colour pencil into a wash technique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trialing a new technique - sandpapering water colour pencil over a wet watercolour wash. It gave a nice speckled effect on the petalsart alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-60320310984505899402014-01-28T20:32:00.003-08:002014-01-28T20:32:51.283-08:00It finally feels like summer!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Summer roses in a new technique/style - trying more abstraction and using a white pen as well as a black ink pen </div>
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Quick sketch of stream at Riccarton Bush off a photo I tookart alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-46356794999863296572013-10-28T18:03:00.001-07:002013-10-28T18:03:43.098-07:00 Tip on how to get lettering straight from a blog I followIn this article there is a picture of a grid Liz places under her work to get lettering straight - great idea that came from her architecture background.<br />
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October's theme for the sketchbook challenge - animal companions.</div>
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Fantails often are company on bush walks as they love to feast on the disturbed insects from the track. One of the friendliest little birds around.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-17448369534294347742013-10-22T17:28:00.003-07:002013-10-22T17:28:32.977-07:00Arty photos for inspirationhttp://www.karlblossfeldtphotos.com/photos_list_live.asp?ID=14art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-86121941640301125462013-10-18T20:19:00.001-07:002013-10-18T20:19:45.876-07:00Peacock Fountain Christchurch Botanic Gardens<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/10355567983/" title="Peacock Fountain Christchurch Botanic Gardens"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/10355567983_1cd490120c.jpg" alt="Peacock Fountain Christchurch Botanic Gardens by 1artalive" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/10355567983/">Peacock Fountain Christchurch Botanic Gardens</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/">1artalive</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Sketchcrawl 2013<br />one sketch is better than none I guess</p>art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-72421337043494520242013-10-13T14:32:00.001-07:002013-10-13T14:32:31.778-07:00Milford Bush Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-91419351853988820632013-10-13T13:25:00.000-07:002013-10-13T13:25:17.504-07:00The Budget Bus Trip sketch #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nine hours on a bus trip. I definitely needed to do something to break the boredom! Apart from endless sketches of sheep, hedges and cattle, there were 5 minute sketching opportunities now and again - it was a great challenge as whether I had finished or not the bus was moving on - no completeness here - just a general idea.<br />
This was from the bus stop at Timaru.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-10704908959890708712013-10-08T13:04:00.003-07:002013-10-08T13:04:44.902-07:00sketchcrawl 2013Sketchcrawl.<br />
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A bit of urban sketching - i.e. not relying on my camera and getting something down in the sketch book in public. Still a challenge but fortunately Table Talk cafe was slightly deserted early morning and the coffee was excellent. Got this down very roughly in about 20 minutes as I ran into a new friend and it would have been rude to keep drawing!art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-10140425110067202142013-07-23T22:42:00.003-07:002013-07-24T22:07:45.988-07:00Frugal stamping idea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you with access to anchor products (go New Zealand made!) their containers often have anchors that are 3 dimensional and so make excellent little stamps. I just cut a square of plastic around the stamp to make a square shaped print. A technique that works well is stamping on tissue and then attaching the tissue onto whatever you are working on with gel medium or PVA glue (if you want the stamp to be semi- transparent). Happy stamping!art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-37934514382889432022013-07-21T21:25:00.001-07:002013-07-21T21:26:27.019-07:00Art Journaling Practice<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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Dina Wakly's "Art Journal Freedom" tutorial book has been fabulous. This is a practice exercise from the book. Finally creating some art journaling that I love.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-37132705055938123762013-06-05T16:33:00.001-07:002013-06-05T16:33:17.427-07:00SuppliesWell, I have just bought a new pentel waterbrush having searched some of the supplies of bloggers I follow and am so looking forward to having it on hand - I am still very self conscious about using my paints while out and I'm thinking this will help (discretely tipping some of my water bottle's contents into my palette is always tricky) having never heard of them before it will be interesting to see what they are like and how much I actually use them.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-1839456220618319682013-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:002013-06-04T15:30:00.257-07:00May's sketchbook challenge complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blogged this fully at my other blog - enjoyed playing around with wax - it achieved what I was hoping for in describing the bowl's rough texture.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-90338118031378749522013-06-03T18:43:00.001-07:002013-06-03T18:43:51.551-07:00EDM #28 draw a jug<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/8873264881/" title="EDM #28 draw a jug"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/8873264881_36e1227f3b.jpg" alt="EDM #28 draw a jug by 1artalive" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/8873264881/">EDM #28 draw a jug</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/">1artalive</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>My favourite red jug full of sweet peas</p>art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-88038885538609879962013-06-03T18:41:00.002-07:002013-06-03T18:41:40.642-07:00Every day in May challenge outcome27 out of the 31 challenges done, great challenge to get regularly sketching - and discovered how to make the new flikr work along the way, fun too to see other people's styles of sketching. Glad I gave it a try - makes me aware that there is always a few minutes to sketch and even if the outcome is not great I will learn to capture ideas and what works or not for me.art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280517344370160923.post-92116253033543476172013-05-23T14:25:00.001-07:002013-05-23T14:25:00.204-07:00McLean's Mansion, Manchester Street<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/8799473802/" title="McLean's Mansion, Manchester Street"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/8799473802_07a2590cc4.jpg" alt="McLean's Mansion, Manchester Street by 1artalive" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/8799473802/">McLean's Mansion, Manchester Street</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1artalive/">1artalive</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>art alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03666270332993202057noreply@blogger.com0