denise lawson
here is mum in her younger years B.K (before kids), as bridesmaid at a friends wedding.. 20.1.1948 – 29.03.2007.. sunday was two years since mum passed away.. i love you more than ever mum, and miss you dearly. parting is temporary, you will be in my heart for eternity.
5th birthday
i was up in bundaberg on the weekend with my grandamother, and I found a family photo from 1975.. it was my 5th birthday party.. back row: Mum (Denise), Dad (John), Nana, Grandma, Uncle Ian front row: Jason (friend), ME, Kim (sister), Jody (sister)
legend of black skull
more tone drawings this week at art class i think i’m progressing… its still not perfect but its progressing..
crazy yellow flower
at the sunday mt gravatt markets last week, the sun was shinning thru this amazingly crazy yellow flower.
the universe in a nutshell – stephen hawking
publisher’s summary from audible.com One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas, but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new work, Hawking brings us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth [...]
the-dark-apple
this weeks lesson was tone drawings.. firstly we had to practice the art of shading from dark to light.. to do that we attempted to gray scale with 11 steps.. secondly we had a black and white photo of an apple with a dark background.. the light shone on the top left of the apple, [...]
rock-sun
wandering through the roma street parklands you will notice how amazing this place is. there are so many things going on there.. Roma Street Parkland covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Roma Street Parkland is adjacent to Brisbane Transit Centre and the Roma Street Station, and is the world’s largest [...]
stone cold steve toadman
Stone Cold Steve Toadman was last friday stone cold on the pavement.. steve toadman was in preparations for what was to be his last match up with long time rival The Rock.. on his daily training run (jump) stone cold was making his way around the uni walking track, when, from out of no where [...]
sketching with negative spaces
drawing an actual chair, as opposed to a photograph of a chair, is a good way to summarise all the skills learned to far in art class.. first you must flatten the image by viewing it thru a viewing frame, and close one eye to remove the binocular vision. then you will chooose a basic [...]
eye on brisbane
as all the major city’s of the world have now, so does brisvegas.. brisvegas has its own version of the London Eye, to tower over South Bank during the state’s 150th birthday celebrations. this 60m-high Big Wheel will give brisbanites amazing view of the brisbane city skyline, southbank, and the brisbane river, from one if [...]
daredallion week – get silly
Get ready to get silly, because Daredallion Week is here.. March 2nd – 31st 2009, the Cancer Council is asking men to challenge themselves, their friends, their colleagues to do a dare at work and raise money for the Cancer Council and the fight against men’s cancers. For more information go to www.daredallion.com.au Go on, [...]
melanoma awareness day balloons
sunday, march 1st 2009 was melanoma awareness day (MAD).. MAD was started by the the Melanoma Awareness Foundation (MAF). MAF is dedicated to the increased protection and preservation of you and your family’s skin. The Melanoma Awareness Foundation is committed to raising awareness and education to the public about Melanoma Skin Cancer. The Foundation’s aim [...]
city beach southbank
ok what town do you know has a beach right down town? brisbane town does… brisvegas.. it’s so cool.. you want the sand between your toes, you want the taste of urinated water, why head to the coast when you can come downtown, brisvegas.. southbank . . . . . . title . city beach [...]
southbank reflections
i love morning happy hour… wake up 5am, act like a zombie for 20mins… have a hot cup of coffee.. 6am arrive southbank beach.. 6:15am photo taken, no-one about, absolutely quiet.. 7:05 back home for that well deserved sleep in.. actually there was no go home early for that sleep in, today i volunteered with [...]