Finishing the work – coloured pencil artworks

Aug 13, 2017 | Coloured Pencil, Contemporary Artworks, Portraits & People, studio | 0 comments

Today, I am nearing the end of this coloured pencil piece, it’s one of my larger coloured pencil works 61X 46cm (not framed) and for coloured pencils this is quite large! Those who are familiar with working in pencils will appreciate the layering, time and...

5 Reasons why you FAILED at your adult colouring book!!

Jun 18, 2016 | Art Techniques & Tips, Coloured Pencil, Drawing, Featured, Mindset, Personal Growth, Popular, studio | 0 comments

You know the art colour by numbers … if you just colour these numbers you will create a fabulous piece of art!!! Now just colour in between the lines in the adult colouring books you will create a lovely coloured page!!! – It happened that way for you didn’t it?...

NEW Still life Artwork – Blue Swirl Pot 2

Jun 6, 2016 | Artwork, Coloured Pencil, Still Life Art | 0 comments

It’s been a bit of a while between posting artworks here on the blog.  Here is a behind the scenes look at the creation of this contemporary still life artwork – Blue Swirl Pot If you have been following me for a while you will have no doubt seen this one...

Coloured Pencil Demonstration at Yarramalong Art Show

Oct 1, 2014 | Coloured Pencil, Coloured pencil Classes, Exhibitions & Events, Workshops & Classes | 0 comments

During the course of last weekend’s exhibition at Yarramalong, I was asked (and very much enjoyed) demonstrating my work with coloured pencils. Here are some photos from the weekend. For the demo I chose to work on Art Spectrum Colourfix Board, which is a black...

New Way to organise coloured pencils – #pencils

May 26, 2014 | art supplies, Coloured Pencil, studio | 2 comments

I have just found my new pencil organiser/s –  Woo hooo I have been using another pencil organiser for about 10years now  (it had drawers) which was great but I was outgrowing it and quite often in my workshops my smaller pencils were getting stuck in the...

Gathering Strength – Coloured Pencil Portrait for Mums #colouredpencils

Jun 1, 2009 | Coloured Pencil, Featured | 0 comments

This artwork is such a special one for me as it was of such a difficult time in my life and is so much part of my journey in so many different ways, not just in life but also as an artist, this is a large coloured pencil piece that took over 70hours and 2.5 months to...