I didn't manage my weekly goal of 1 painting a day last week, but that doesn't mean I've stopped creating. With so many creative ventures...

Charlie Chaplin Contemporary palette knife portrait. Acrylics on canvas pad. Here's another one of those messy, mess with my brain...

Trains & Spring Blossoms This week's acrylic on canvas pad came with a variety of new techniques with various layers of paint. Start with...

Matisse This week we looked at the work of Henry Matisse. This is acrylics on canvas pad & done mostly with palette knife & lots of...

Swans & Cygnets Semi-Abstract Well this was quite a fun project. Acrylics on canvas pad. We used mostly palette knives & also added some...

This week we had our final art class for this year. Due to lockdowns we started much later that originally scheduled & will complete the...

Antique Silverware This week we did cutlery in watercolours. That’s a tough one & probably not something I'd easily volunteer to paint...

Topiary Study This week we did a topiary study in watercolour. I also learned that sometimes it's just easier to get the finer details...

Spring Flowers This was our last week working with pastels & a very ambitious project at that. Because pastels are similar in size as...

This week we started oil pastel painting. Tuscan Hills It always amazes me how we all use the same reference but our final products are...

Country Cottage Last week we did a cosy cottage in watercolour pencils. Well that quite a challenge & tested my patience to the utmost. I...

Seasons Art Class Last night we had our student exhibition for completion of this course.

I had another session of drawing lessons with watercolour pencils yesterday. Sweet Peas These sweet peas turned out ok, although my...

It's been a while since I've been able to go to art class. This one started 2 weeks later than initially anticipated due to the second...

Today we tried to recreate some landscape images. I must admit this was a bit overwhelming & frustrating because trying to mix matching...

Today we did some new techniques for trees in acrylic. I must admit, I'm still lacking the patience to wait for the background paint to...

This week we learnt how to do an abstract painting with acrylics. I'm not so sure about this but I kind of like the unintentional...

This week we learnt some acrylics techniques & then finished a seascape painting with acrylics.

This week we learnt some more watercolour techniques. First we created the sky & foliage for background & then we added the bird on top.

Some more watercolour techniques & a pansy. Mixing your own colours & managing the water levels on the brush are not as easy as it looks.