busting out
drawing classes are coming to an end at the end of next month.. our skills are slowly being honed towards drawing the human figure.. its been a hand, or a foot.. then hair, then the face.. last week it was a plaster cast of the upper body.
jumping jack flash
was so chuffed when the rain stopped for an hour, he headed outside to cut sic on the jumps. looks fully sic large on black
can you see me?
this is a new species (not) of praying-mantis only found in Garden Du Halyard.. having lost its sense of touch and smell, it developed rather large ears… Mantises are masters of camouflage and most species make use of protective coloration to blend in with the foliage or substrate, both to avoid predators themselves, and to [...]
desk-of-zen
i often get in the zone working on my photos, and before you know it, i’m floating on air. the genie says look HERE cause it looks better larger (and on black)
you are what you eat?
if the saying “you are what you eat” is true, then the refrigerator must be “a window to our soul”….
rock-jetty
this is the rock jetty which reaches out into waterloo bay.. but today the tide was out.. do you ever have the feeling the tides gone out? i feel like the tides been out for the last few months, but thank godness for the moon.. the tide’s coming back in…
foot-sketch
tonight’s drawing class was all about the foot.. we did about 10 sketches of the foot, and the only angle i had any clue about was this one.. from underneath.. the sole.. i don’t understand why…
let me eat cake
just got my copy of “Let Me Eat Cake” by Leslie F. Miller thanks for a great read leslie
stormy-castle-hill
this is one part of Castle Hill, Townsville.. there are amazing views from Castle Hill, you can look over to Magnetic Island, and inland the Mount Stewart.. here is some more information on townsville
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-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 [...]
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 [...]
2nd birthday
here i am, inspecting my 2nd birthday cake.. my mum always made a theme cake, they were sensational.. obviously humpty dumpty was very big back then, wiggles kinda big.. right? as you can see, i was obviously flush with friends wanting to celebrate.. i still have that red tractor, and trailer, 36 years later.. oh [...]