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lumber i must have been dreaming about our wonderful rhino who are in desperate need of intervention by us from the incensed poachers and users of rhino horn seen we had just celebrated world rhino day i thought it might have been the reason that these shy prehistoric looking beasts were playing on my mind i made a concious effort to hold onto my vision so that i could portray the idea on paper the next morning i did something out of the ordinary and rummaged around for a box of willow charcoals i have had around for about 40 odd years i think the last time i picked up a piece of charcoal was 38 years ago but i knew i had to use with them for my idea a few weeks ago i attended a fantastic demo on using blacks with south african artist meriel may in which she showed us various mediums using only black one demo was with charcoals which i thoroughly enjoyed and thought i d try my hand at my rhino subjects with this medium i am still a bit rusty at this but was so please when my rhino came to life on my paper i need to play and experiment a little more with texture but all in all i think these are pretty neat for someone who hasn t held a piece of charcoal in all these years i d also like to try and mix this medium with watercolour and see what effects i achieve but for now i d like to just sit and admire this work for a while and think of how i can make it more appealing first attempt without a preliminary sketch of a rather long rhino no pre sketch just straight in with the charcoal bye for now i m off to sketch another animal posted by debbie at 3 44 pm 11 comments monday august 22 2011 picking up my bushes i was a bit horrified to see the date of my last post i can t believe it s been this long since i added something on my blog i ve really neglected my wonderful blogger friends and owe you an apology shall i just say that i had an extended hiatus life off line has been somewhat busy besides the day to day distractions ailments home and family matters i ll spare you all the details although i have managed to stay in touch via facebook i simply ran out of hours and days to paint and post my work here i have also been a bit distracted with other on line matters involving the watercolour society of south africa i m thrilled to be part of this terrific organisation as an artist and and member of the executive committee being involved with the behind the scenes running of this organisation has been quite enlightening and enriching managing the social media division and website are a few of the tasks i ve been allocated to help with the wssa is in the throws of some exciting changes and are expanding their horizons with this come a few challenges hard work and time in addition to this i set up and policed a blog for my son s school rugby tour to argentina this month so all in all this deluge of events has resulted in information overload something i m not used to as a stay at home mum snow capped mountains of the maluti s welcoming a much needed break i decided to take a trip to a gorgeous part of our country where many artists have settled and made their home clarens a small town with plenty of galleries restaurants and craftshops it s situated in the clarens valley in the eastern free state highlands and nestled in the foothills of the great maluti mountains many artists and photographers have marvelled in her beauty which boasts an all season wonder spring and summer is aglow with light green willows and colourful blossoms in autumn the poplar trees cast beautiful yellow contrasts against the orange sandstone formations of the mountains the winter months might encourage visitors with the possibility of snow which i was fortunate too witness the golden gate nature reserve is situated close by this spectacular mountain range derives it name from the breathtaking glow of gold from the sun against the sandstone cliffs clarens is a quiet town and possesses an air of tranquillity which is why it s named the jewel of the freestate the rich colours of the sandstone cliffs i stayed in a bed and breakfast called cottagepie the little cottage is situated below the cliffs of the mountains alongside a stream i enjoyed the peace and quiet of this wonderful place but found it incredibly cold once the sun had set a sketch of the little stream at cottage pie bnb in clarens if i wasn t sipping warm cappuccino s at the local coffee shops and restaurants sketching i was out driving around experiencing the sights and spectacular views of the area i have never been fortunate enough to experience a snow fall so my highlight was finally seeing it driving in it was the eeriest experience too such a novelty for me it was so quiet as the snow fell on my windscreen so unlike rain sadly there was no snow in clarens and i had to drive into the mountains to see it it had started snowing there the morning i left joburg but by lunch time it had stopped south africa has a very warm climate and rarely sees snow except in a few high lying mountainous areas in winter the occasional snow falls don t really last long and the snow had already started diminishing the next day by the time i d left clarens 4 days later there were only small patches of snow on the highest peaks i have to say that these will be special memories for me cherished for many years a quick sketch of the first little friends who welcomed me to clarens driving towards golden gate where the peaks were covered with snow a little scene next to the post house restaurant another sketch on moleskin of the formations found in the maluti mountains so with these few sketches hope i made up for being so scarce around these parts till later posted by debbie at 3 59 pm 6 comments wednesday june 15 2011 bo kaap bargee i completed this painting today bo kaap bargee cape malay sailor this gentleman was just a site walking around with his gummy smile in the streets of cape town i was fascinate with his facial features the cape coloureds of the western cape have their front teeth surgically removed and the real reason has long been forgotten coloured people have been doing it so long that they forgot the real reason why thay do it you know when you do something that your parents and your grandparents where doing and you ask why are you doing it they answer i don t know because my brothers did it was a quote from a coloured man some say its a sexual myth or fashion victomhood it portrays their identity and is called the passion gap or cape flats smile i certainly don t think it s attractive at all the bo kaap or cape malay quarter belongs to the culturally and historically most interesting parts of cape town many of the inhabitants are decendants of the people from indonesia batavia sri lanka india and malaysia who were captured in the 17th and 18th century and enslaved by the dutch east indian trading company many were mulims and others were converted to islam by the cape muslim community the cape malays and their religious leaders played an important role in the development of the language and culture of the cape colony the afrikaans language evolved as a language of its own through a simplification of dutch in order for the slaves to be able to communicate with the dutch and amongst each others since they all came from different countries and cultures educated muslims were the first to write texts in afrikaans southafrica travel net hope you enjoyed this little bit of fascinating information and the reason i find them an interesting race xx posted by debbie at 12 14 am 15 comments sunday june 12 2011 making up for lost time oh my word has it been 3 months since i posted here on my blog i sit here and wonder if any of my wonderful blog friends will forgive my absence i have been been online but doing things for another blog which has kept me away from painting a few months ago i was elected a national committee member for the watercolour society of south africa with it came my task of keeping the website blog and facebook pages updated this has been a time consuming process but have loved being involved the website was outdated and needed updating with the new committee members our blogs were asleep and have slowly got one running to schedule now with the latest news and happenings last week i decided that i was going to paint no matter what and started this painting morning nap morning nap i thoroughly loved the subject but i was a bit disappointed with the paper i used it was a piece of a full sheet of fabriano 300gsm i cut up i bought a couple of sheets a while back which i was saving to do a large painting at a later stage it didn t allow me to be loose and wet as i d wished and i ended up overworking some parts to get rid of the lines made by the first wash i d love to hear your feelings on using this paper as i don t think i am enjoying it at all i also managed to complete a commission for someone whilst i was busy with the wssa something i am embarrassed to say took a bit longer than intended but the owner is thrilled these are a few sketch studies i did for her silly me i forgot to take pics of the final two i painted for her will have to ask her to take some for me a few of you might have seen the next painting on my fb page i played around and had fun with the idea of little goats this and the painting above were photos i took at a wonderful farm i visited last year in the swartland near darling called lelieblom english translation lily flower this farm is a restaurant farm which is run by a friendly warm lovely lady karen and her husband michael the oldie worldie shabby chick style old barn is the setting for this wonderful restaurant boerbokkies hope to post here again soon and not neglect my painting so much till then posted by debbie at 10 45 am 18 comments labels coast landscapes goats lelieblom lighthouse sketches watercolour monday march 28 2011 all pretty maids in a row over the past few weeks i ve been getting ready to host an open day which is taking place on thursday a friend and i have decided to put our talents to use and start a little venture she makes jewellery and has wonderful contacts for hand made frames sterling silver jewellery and dresses i have mountains of paintings and have also started a small handmade jewellery line on thursday we have invited a few other girls to sell wonderful goodies with us and will bring along their gorgeous pewter home wear sea grass mats throws handbags and designer clothing i hope it ll be a success as i enjoy ladies events like this where you can breeze around with a cup of tea or champagne and enjoy a lovely afternoon in a relaxed market feel environment at the moment i need to work out prices for my art which is not easy as i have no idea how to charge but i m sure i ll work out a formula which will be appealing to the ladies in between pricing and labelling my jewellery the other night i painted a painting of an idea i ve had in my head for a while and thought i d get stuck in and paint it not too sure that it s exactly what i wanted to achieve but but i thought i d post it anyhow for you to see and comment on i was hoping for messier loose strokes but the style of art i do wasn t able to achieve it this might just be a good exercise for another have a great week every one posted by debbie at 4 05 pm 13 comments labels flowers watercolour wednesday march 16 2011 under the sea treasures well i m having a break from painting mini paintings for my upcoming open day at the end of the month the other night i was just splashing around with three colour pigments and salt on a scrap of paper i had left over from the full page i had i let it dry overnight and was surprised the next morning to see how it had dried i m sorry that i didn t take photos of the different stages i painted as you would have been amazed at what it looked like before i added structure to it not knowing what i was going to do with this sheet of paper i put it away finally i found shapes that looked like a reef in a way fishes eyes and coral shapes appeared out of nowhere so i set about creating an underwater theme using all the negative shapes to make it look a bit realistic i thoroughly enjoyed painting this although it took me ages to capture the scene making sure that it didn t end up looking like i had stuck the subjects on paper i tend to work quickly and like to finish paintings within a few hours normally but i found this particularly therapeutic and didn t want it to finish love to hear what you think also how many little creatures can you find posted by debbie at 1 35 pm 12 comments labels fish wash watercolour monday march 7 2011 bloglist thumbnails not showing on blogger for those who are a somewhat confused by the missing images in your bloglists in your sidebar of your blog an on the ball fellow blogger friend rhonda carpenter has posted a good explanation as to why and what you can do to alleviate this thank you rhonda posted by debbie at 1 27 am 9 comments wednesday march 2 2011 done and dusted why is it that some artists do not feel brave when choosing painting submissions for a juried exhibition i find this the most daunting and nerve wrecking part of painting i m so critical of my own work as most artist are and can never decide which one to submit choice of subject is also a factor i believe if you choose an exciting subject and one hopefully that the judges can relate to then half the battle is won the last two months have seen me feverishly painting for the upcoming 85th national watercolour exhibition but not all of them were in my eyes good enough i put myself under such pressure trying to paint thee best paintings and end up being disappointed specially when i have left it to the last minute but supposedly that is my own fault as i dabble too often in smaller sketches and studies and not expanding myself and pushing the boundaries i don t spend enough time painting larger completed paintings much to my surprise this morning i was informed that all three of my paintings were selected two of which i thought were mediocre and one of those i had no hope for time forced me to make a choice which thankfully worked in my favour don t get me wrong i am over the moon and i m slowly getting closer to my associateship with all my submissions i can t wait to take my paintings to the framers now ready to be hung for the exhibition here is a sneak preview of the paintings posted by debbie at 6 36 pm 13 comments labels animals landscapes watercolour wssa watercolour society of south africa friday february 11 2011 trip into town i ve had a lull with watercolours of late but have found some inspiration to get some paintings ready for the 85th national exhibition coming up in march the paintings have to be submitted next week this is a sneak peek of one i m quite excited about have a long way to go but i m taking my time on this as i m enjoying it so much started of with a wet in wet wash of fum indigo and y ochre let that dry and have 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