by Evelyn Antonysen | Jun 22, 2013 | All things Coastal, art, painting, seascapes, watercolour
Some of my earliest drawings and paintings are of birds. It is a subject to which I often return both with painting and drawing and with photography. This, pied oyster catcher, is my most recent bird painting. My reference was a photo I took at the end of 2011 while...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Jun 17, 2013 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
Like many artists I love depicting light in my paintings. This work was started by flooding cool yellow on the paper from the top right then cyan, ultramarine and a little Maimeri permanent red light (not light red which is more opaque) in varying amounts from the...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Jun 16, 2013 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists
This is the first of some older commissions which I intend to add to my blog, which show a little of the variety I have completed over the past 20 years. The large sign is a donated work for Tasmania Regional Arts Kentish and Sheffield Inc, so I guess it is not really...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 27, 2013 | All things Coastal, art, painting, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
Last night I came across this photo of a watercolour of a pelican which I did a year or so ago using the same process mentioned in the previous post. This one sold rather quickly but I had intended to do a seies of birds in this manner. As often happens other things...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 26, 2013 | art, painting, watercolour
I started this watercolour by drawing then painting (initial washes) the bird in flight. I then used masking fluid on the bird to protect it so I could work freely on the background. Next the 3 cool primaries were poured on the randomly damp surface. Dropping extra...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 24, 2013 | All Blogs, art, painting, Silk painting, Tasmanian artists
I have finished and framed my latest silk painting, inspired by the autumn tree outside the studio window. I used a combination of outliner (gutta technique) and watercolour style…… the latter because I like free flow in my works. I must admit, however,...
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