I love Autumn. That change in the air from the humidity in Northern NSW to the ever so slight chill and 'freshness' of a new season. It is my favourite time of year with mild days of sunshine (and currently almost daily showers of rain in this 2012 Autumn) and the shorter days leading into... Continue Reading →
I must apologise for the long 'break in transmission' - sometimes it is hard to keep up with everything. I actually have 2 studios - one is my print studio where I sometimes go to do work besides actual printing, as it is quiet and is outside the household so I can 'hide' there!! Well... Continue Reading →
I have finally finished a new botanical illustration - with many interruptions and just in time as it was a gift for one of my sons for Christmas. It is made up of a series of very small dots and lines using a very fine nibbed rotring pen. Banksia serrata - Saw Banksia - Botanical... Continue Reading →
Banksia serrata - Saw Banksia Cape York Lily - Curcuma australasica Midyen - Austromyrtus dulcis Powderpuff Lilly Pilly - Syzigium wilsonii subsp wilsomii River Lily - Crinum pedunculatum Paper Daisies = Strawflowers
After working through design ideas and adding them lightly over the template (size/shape of the basic linocut from the DESIGNART series) I settled on the seedpod over to the right of the template and spilling off. It needed something else so after consulting my plant and photos I decided to add a more 'ragged' representation... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 