Just a little Blue

Been a busy week this week the time shore fly when you having fun

This is just a little colligraph plate I proofed looking at textures

A Non-Toxic Weekend

Wow what a great full on weekend. Just spent a long weekend in a beautiful corner of our country, KeriKeri Bay of Islands at Mark Graver’s Non-Toxic Printmaking Studio set in the amazing gardens of Wharepuke. We had a hands on 2 day Acrylic Resist Etching - non toxic intaglio work shop.

Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink

Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink



Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink

Play Time at Art Group

Well its May allready this year must have its Roller-Skates on it will be October befor you know it.

At art group I played around with making some monoprints so the other could see how i make my monoprints

MonoPrint W/B ink

May 2010

MonoPrint W/B ink

May 2010

MonoPrint W/B ink

May 2010

MonoPrint W/B ink

May 2010

Open Studio Printmaking Workshop

This weekend was a long Easter weekend four day off so I had an open studio printmaking workshop. It was great fun and a lot hard work and the place was a buzz with creative energy. Boy was I tired on Monday evening. Think I need to find a larger studio it, will come.

MonoPrint

April 2010

MonoPrint

April 2010

MonoPrint

April 2010

A 2 day printmaking workshop weekend

Have just spent the last two day in a weekend printmaking workshop with Bev Turloff, a very talented printmaker and artist. It was Bev’s first workshop in her new studio. It was a full on workshop, lot of thing to think about, a great group of people and the view out side the studio window was to die for.

monotype/monoprint

Feb 2010

monoprint

Feb 2010

monotype/monoprint

Feb 2010

A Week of Life Drawing

What a great week I have just had 20th – 24th April five days of total immersion in high energy life drawing. I was lucky to take part in a block course run by TLC in Te Aroha with 13 other people, the tutor was Christina Earl a lovely lady full of beans and high energy. Over the five days we had three different models (Sally, Christine and Tina) who worked hard and injected more energy in to the mix. We were drawing from 9.30 to 4.30 each day, learning life drawing techniques i.e. left and right handed blind contour, positive and negative space block drawing, line weight drawing, weighted block drawing, drawing with other mediums and drawing, painting implements, by the end of the week there was more than a few of us that could hardly lift our arms above our heads but it was still an amazing week and I’m so glad that I had the opportunity to take part in it.

The Dust did Fly

Just spent the weekend on a two day pastel workshop the tutor for the workshop was Lyn Diefenbach. She is a highly regarded and award winning pastel artist from Australia, and she Came to New Zealand to do a number of workshops, the main one being at the Pastel ConventionLyn is a great tutor, on the Saturday she explained the 4 thing that make up a painting plus the 10 thing you need to make a strong painting. Then she did a demo on sky’s and clouds. And then we had time to complete a painting for ourselves with her coming around and offering constructive help. Sunday Lyn started with a demo on waves and again we had time to complete a painting for ourselves. In the afternoon we had a talk and Lyn did another demo this time on trees

All in all it was a great weekend and a brilliant workshop

Here are the pastel paintings I did

Clouds soft pastels on Rose grey Colorfix board (7”x 16”)

Sea scape soft pastels on Rose grey Colorfix board (14”x 5”)