Tag: Art
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It’s Poortrait Time!

As I’m having such a good time using my digital oil painting program, I thought it was about time I did another poortrait. Now, long time visitors know that I’m hopeless at portraits, but I like to have a go every now and then. They tend to turn out more like caricatures than portraits, but…
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Waterfall

My imagination has gotten the better of me again. It took me to my Place of Peace and Tranquility and gave me a different view of the waterfall that’s there. I quickly had to capture the scene from my mind’s eye, using one of my digital painting programs. I had to be quick, so I…
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Poppy

I was inspired by Jodi’s painting to have a go at painting something abstract myself. I haven’t touched any watercolour equipment for a while, and I thought now is as good a time as any. I attempted three abstract paintings, the first two being so bad they even fell far outside the ‘abstract’ category. Never…
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From Across the Miles

At the beginning of September this year, I received a very nice surprise. Totally out of the blue, and completely unexpected. Every month, Raili from SoulGifts in Australia, chooses one of her followers to be the recipient of one of her Soul Gifts, and in September she chose me. I didn’t receive the gift until…
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A Haunting We Shall Go…

So gather thine chains And start murmuring out loud A haunting we doth go Laughter through echoes And sudden temperature drops Our presence it doth show Open a door, a rickety old door That creaks and complains Open it slow Rattle thine chains And murmur out loud Then slam said door shut. Ho ho! Then…