Tag: Blogland
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Elusive Martians
Driving around a dusty old planet looking for anything unusual, anything really out of the ordinary, takes its toll. Day after day of dry, red clay, and amber skies followed by freezing cold nights adds to the monotony. With large and very still dusty plains, and mountains that offer hardly any protection, yet also comfort…
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It IS Lynda!
So, at long last, I can reveal who it was in my portrait that never was. But before I go on, however, just a quick word about the history. Although I have only recently started painting in watercolour, many years ago, I used to create my own caricatures of folk. I used to draw what…
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Monsters in the Closet
***Please be advised that this slightly longer than normal blog post may contain spiders, if they’re still there.*** A short time ago, Diane mentioned her imaginary closet, and what it contained, and she asked her visitors what would or wouldn’t be in their imaginary closet. Well. This Mansion of mine has such a huge closet…
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Dreamwalker
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Three I’m still experimenting with watercolour (and I think I will be for a while!) and ideas for said watercolour paintings to be somewhat different from the previous one. This painting is meant to have a dream-like feel to it. As with yesterday’s post, I simply painted (although I did pencil in the…
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World Watercolour Month is now on!
Only twenty-nine more days left! The thought of creating thirty-one watercolours in thirty-one days at first seems a little daunting. We’re now on the second day of July, and I’ve done two already. At this rate, it’s easy to accomplish! I’ve only recently started again painting in watercolour, after decades of not doing so –…
The Mansionic Perspective 