My Birthday Girl, a Watercolour Portrait of my Daughter and a process video

On my journey to learning watercolour, and while last week was my daughter’s birthday, I thought I would have a go at painting a portrait of her to surprise her, pleasantly I hope!

How I got my joy of painting back and learning gouache with Lena Rivo

About a couple of years ago I was looking for an easy and practical medium that I could use when travelling in our camper, so I decided to try out gouache as it resembled acrylic and oils in its opaqueness, which I was mostly into at the time. Now, you might think watercolour would have been the most obvious choice as a travelling medium, but I was still a bit wary of watercolour, imagining it to have a huge learning curve for me and something I would find hard to tackle. Additionally, I come from a predominantly designer background so I thought gouache would suit me better.

Discovering Baya Mahieddine’s iconic art

As I write this I am grateful for friends of a kindred spirit like Leigh, especially at a time of extended isolation and where friends I thought were friends have all but slipped away. This form of imposed isolation has shone a light on what is true and important, false and unnecessary, genuine and, well, what isn’t.

Portrait Painting: A Girl and Her Dog and a progress video

Always happy to paint a portrait of my number one muse, my daughter, and her dog! I had heaps of fun creating this painting!

19/100 Portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge

For #19 of my 100 Portraits Challenge I created a portrait of Maria, daughter of a very good friend of mine. I loved working with bright, happy colours.

20/100 Portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge

For #20 of my 100 Portraits Challenge I created a portrait of Xristianna.