En Plein Air

Enjoyed a great day painting at Stony Point yesterday. The weather was perfect and the views were amazing. There was a large group of black swans and pelicans feeding in the mud flats. I took my sketch book and watercolour paints and made quite a few quick drawings.

Ilustration Friday "Detective"

You don't need to be a detective to know who stole the chickens!

Chilli peppers

We seem to have an abundance of chillis this year, any ideas on what we can do with them!

Weekend break

Just returned from a few days in the country. We had a great time with friends and perfect weather too. Our other friends the kangaroos came down to the creek each evening to feed on the grass. This old pepper tree was so gnarled , I had to take a pic of it. One of the days was spent at the Chinese" Awakening of the lion " festival in Bendigo. We really enjoyed the Blues festival too. It was a great atmosphere with people dancing in the street.

Illustration Friday " Expired"

Canberra

Just returned from a few days in Canberra. It was a group trip  associated with the course I'm doing, to see the exhibition of the post impressionists from the Musee D'orsay in Paris. We had a great time as the exhibition was well worth the ten hour trip on a bus. One of the highlights was seeing a couple of fruit bats outside our bedroom window. It's a shame I coudn't take a better photo of them as they were too far away for my small camera. The other photos are of the war museum in Canberra.

Illustration Friday " Perspective"

When you are looking for a mate, it puts life into perspective.
The blue wren is one of the smallest birds in australia. The male changes colour to blue in spring, to attract the female. They are sociable little birds and I love watching them hopping around in the bush.

Inspiration

I often take photos to give me some ideas for paintings. These are some of my favourites.

Small paintings for the new exhibition at the Continental Hotel Sorrento

Focused for Illustration Friday

This week's word is Focused. Thought I would enter my rabbit sketch and watercolour as rabbits tend to focus on the food they eat and nothing much else except perhaps other rabbits.

The illustration was used in my small book, the subject being environmental issues facing Australia. The rabbit population being a real problem as an introduced species, that causes erosion to the land.