Author: CreativePagesNz
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A Window In Time No 6.
Another of the Mysterious Women. After a little research, I think this was taken around 1880’s. She is wearing Mourning attire. Death was a big business, social etiquette and especially photography around this subject was popular until WW1 when due to the amount of deaths and women needing to work in positions usually filled by…
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Doodles.
Drawing eyes fascinates me, a window to the soul. Drawing someone else’s eyes is quite intimate and often brings me to tears with the sense of connection. Although these people are not in the physical anymore, their presence remains when we tune in to it. Doodles are different, and doodling with other mediums is refreshing,…
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Window In Time No 5
This photo has a name! It was signed, ‘From your dear friend, ‘Islet’ and was addressed to Alma, John’s Grandmother, this would have been taken in the mid 1920’s. Although these are not my blood relations, the sense of connection I feel with them as I draw is fascinating. I receive prompts of how to…
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Window In Time No 4.
Drawn from another of the Mysterious Women photographs. As I was drawing her I could sense the similarities in her to some of the women I had already drawn. Could they be the same person at a variety of ages? There is a soft innocence to her which captivated me.
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Angels at Work.
There is so much more to Life than what is visible to the physical eye. So much more is going on behind the scenes of our daily routines. Oblivious to most, our angels and ancestors support and guide us regardless of who we are or what we are doing. ‘Hinemoa’ has found a new home,…
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A Window In Time No 3
Another of the Unknown Relatives, I have used this beautiful woman to illustrate ‘Daisy’ in The Attic – Lost Souls and Forgotten Stories. Book 2, Chapter 27 – Daisy & Tom. Excerpt: “When my husband, George, became ill, he said to me, “Daisy, when I am gone, get yourself a dog. Know that he’ll look…
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Clarity through Doodling
I have started a new portrait in graphite and to have a break I frame some of our art. Yesterday I could not get the measurements to fit for a mounting. Feeling frustrated I turned my focus to making pizza dough and playing with soft pastels. It is such a good feeling, not actually knowing…
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A Window in Time No 2.
From the Unknown Portraits in our archives, I selected this lady to illustrate ‘Lucy’, housekeeper at The Muse, in The Attic – A World Between Worlds, Book 1. Lucy is the sister of Patrick the gardener and also a Time Traveller. She has never spoken out aloud, but has a clear, powerful way of communicating…
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A Window In Time
John and I are sorting through an archive of old family photos, many dating back to the mid-late 1800s. These have fascinated me, the clarity of most of them is extraordinary for glass plate photography. I have started a collection of drawings from these, letting the ‘talk’ to me. Some of these are labelled, most…
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Doodles
I found these graphite pencils in a local store in Feilding, the darkest one is a 50-50 combination of graphite and charcoal, perfect of passive highlighting. Hmmm, am I ready for a big charcoal drawing? I do love the freedom of the big page doodles and a stick of charcoal. And I look forward to…
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