Category: Art
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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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Big Page Doodles
Playing with soft pastels and exploring charcoal sticks. Such a difference in smooth paper and a small canvas. One day I will challenge myself with a BIG canvas… the difference in this doodle is that my mind wanted to do it in a particular way, and my creative intuition said, ‘You my dear, may leave…
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Have-A-Go Art Exhibition
The beginning of my artist story began a one of these classes, actually I attended them every weekday for a month back in March 2023. I have since drawn over 80 portraits and framed about 40 for John and myself which are hanging around in our home, kind of like the resident ghosts of relatives!…
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Doodling – FreeingThe Mind.
This week I immersed myself into being an artist. I attended three different art groups at Feilding Art Centre and turned my focus from fine detailed graphite drawings to playing with soft pastels. This first drawing I did was on A2 butcher paper, flat on a large table. The paper was not so flash in…
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