Category: Tools and techniques

  • Perpetual Blooms

    Perpetual Blooms

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    Liz

    Some time ago I planned a series of small paintings with the theme of ‘Perpetual blooms’. At the time, I only painted one, but now several years later when I’m looking for an avenue to get back into my painting practise, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity.

  • Red-capped Plover encounters and a painting

    Red-capped Plover encounters and a painting

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    Liz

    I had the awful experience of nearly stepping on an egg.

  • My five favourite colours – part 2

    My five favourite colours – part 2

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    Liz

    Now for the remaining three colours in my favourite five.

  • My five favourite colours – part 1

    My five favourite colours – part 1

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    Liz

    Well, this is a pretty obvious favourites choice.

  • Speeding up the painting

    Speeding up the painting

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    Liz

    After a long drought on the painting scene (I’ve been beading instead), I finally jumped back into my acrylics with a couple of little paintings.

  • Pen

    Pen

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    Liz

    Hey, look everyone, I can do pet portraits! And I’m available for commission. Contact me now to paint your gorgeous loved one.

  • Exploring paper mosaics

    Exploring paper mosaics

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    Liz

    I had a great day today. I held a paper mosaics workshop at Goodwood Library. Eleven eager artists attended and had a good time. I gave a quick rundown on tools and materials and let them have at it 😀 It was great fun to see the different interpretations and experimenting going on and I…

  • Exploring butterfly paintings

    Exploring butterfly paintings

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    Liz

    This is an updated version of a previous exploration. I’ve updated it and reposted it here for today’s workshop participants and anyone else who might be interested. A new exploration on paper mosaics will follow shortly 😀 Do you remember those fun paintings we did as a kid in school – blob some paint on…

  • Creating a painting – Part 1

    Creating a painting – Part 1

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    Liz

    I’ve just started a new painting. This isn’t anything new for me, I start paintings all the time, but it suddenly occurred to me that it might be interesting to document the process from the beginning.

  • How to finish an acrylic painting – part II

    How to finish an acrylic painting – part II

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    Liz

    In my last post about this I spoke about the procedure as a whole, with a few whys chucked in for good measure. Here I would like to talk about the nitty gritty how.