Tag: Surreal Reality
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Daybreak at the Dawn of Time
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyfive Here we are just after the Dawn of Time. At dawn. Thick, dense volcanic clouds obscure the morning Sun, and only the sturdiest of trees and grasses can make this volatile world their own. Animal life is yet to emerge on land, although there are a few tiny creatures swimming in the…
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Woodland Walk
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentythree Today’s watercolour is a view of the Martian surface as seen through – wait a minute! This isn’t Mars! No, it’s a woodland walk as found in many locations here on Earth, our remarkable home. I’ve painted it based on a photograph I found online, using only three colours, green, brown and…
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Knickerbocker Glory!
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentytwo Scrumptious vanilla and banana ice cream, blended to perfection with fresh cream, layered in a lopsided glass with strawberry, black cherry and passion fruit sauces, sprinkled on top with one or two crumbled biscuit pieces and a cherry and a chunk of pineapple to top it off. Looks appalling… but looks aren’t…
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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…