Ink and Brush: Camilla

December 17, 2010

It’s been a long time between postings, I know. This is a portrait with Indian Ink and a watercolour background.

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Digital Scribbles

December 2, 2010

I decided to give the pencils a rest and get my Wacom graphics tablet outside. They’re quite rough and ready… but oh well.
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The Family That Creates Together

December 2, 2010

Mary Richert recently celebrated Thanksgiving with her family. Now Thanksgiving is not a celebration we observe in Australia though Martha Stewart has made me aware that consuming Turkey is a major element of this custom. Something that is perhaps less widely observed is getting together as a family to make stop motion movies, though this is exactly what Mary and her family did.

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Creative Bribes

November 30, 2010

In The Right To Write Julia Cameron describes them as ‘cheap tricks.’

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Pencil Sketch: Ewan

November 19, 2010

I went out and bought a pack of 50 blank greeting cards. Unfortunately they are glossy on the outside which makes them hard to draw and paint on. So I decided to draw on the inside instead.

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Permission To Want

November 19, 2010

Sometimes it can be hard giving yourself permission to want things, giving yourself permission to pursue those things for no better reason than you ‘want’ to.

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Moving Beyond ‘The Talent Quest’

November 15, 2010

At some point you have to stop obsessing over things and just make a mark.

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Sketch Studio Software

November 6, 2010

Nintendo DS has a great thing that teaches you to draw/paint called Art Academy. It is really awe inspiring. Though I don’t own a Nintendo DS. It got me thinking… I do own a graphics tablet that I never use, perhaps there’s some PC software that is similar? I found this program called Sketch Studio.

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