by Evelyn Antonysen | May 26, 2014 | art, Silk painting, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
Back to silk painting today up at Burnie Makers’ workshop. It is winter time, so mists are creeping into my paintings. It is interesting how the weather conditions of the day often unconsciously find their way into my work.
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 23, 2014 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
The flame robin is one of our beautiful, colourful small birds in Tasmania. Although we do not get them in our garden, a friend, Natalia, in nearby Wilmot has resident, chubby, “robin red breasts”. Natalia, took the photo from which I have painted this...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 13, 2014 | Art Classes, demonstrations, painting, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
Well my “under 20 min a day “watercolours have gone by the way as other things have cropped up. Getting more silk and encaustic pendants done for a couple of galleries has been a high priority and of course classes and a few family things like...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 3, 2014 | art, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
What inspires your art? Studying to be a Maths and Science teacher at Uni I loved Geology (well I loved it all actually). Now, as an artist, I often think about how much art was within the geology I studied. Drawing crystal shapes with their faces represented in 3D,...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Apr 24, 2014 | All things Coastal, Art Classes, painting, seascapes, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
The quarter sheet is a wonderful size to work on in watercolour (in my opinion). Watercolour was not originally a medium for large works. On the quarter sheet one has enough room for broad sweeping strokes with a one or 2 inch hake brush and to allow watercolour magic...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Apr 19, 2014 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
My husband is a keen fisherman, especially loving fly fishing. I enjoy painting landscape, mostly scenes with water in them. What a perfect match as we live in Tasmania, the most wonderful location for both of these activities. This watercolour is still small, being...
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