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 26, 2014 | acrylic on canvas, art, Exhibition, Floral, painting, Tasmanian artists
I am really pleased that for the third consecutive year my entry in Tasmania’s Material Girl Exhibition has made the finals. This year’s theme is Tall poppies…. late bloomers. I pondered a portrait of “tall poppies’, Mother Moses being a...
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 21, 2014 | All Blogs, Silk painting, Tasmanian artists
Continuing on my quick painting in under 20 minutes a day (day 11) I have returned to my love of the flow of silk paints on silk in watercolour technique (no resist or anti-diffusant). The card is painted on a thick satin silk and the paints do not move freely on...
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