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a blank sheet of paper a journey back towards creativity a blank sheet of paper a journey back towards creativity be still february 11 2018 leave a comment oil on canvas 24 x 20 61 x 51cm enquire for original artwork commissions posted in uncategorized adrawingaday reflections february 2 2018 1 comment hello blogger world does anyone read follow blogs anymore in this insane insta world of ours i know it s been a long time since i ve posted to this blog but here goes a month ago i embarked on a sketchbook skool adrawingaday adrawingaday challenge this is the first time i ve made it beyond day 2 and had the motivation to see it through to the end a drawing a day for january 2018 done here are my sketches from instagram instagram adrawingaday by ablanksheetifpaper jan 2018 am i going to continue the exercise in february no what have i learnt achieved got out of the process making time to draw each day has been a good habit to develop this part i can buy into but it does take a deliberate effort to make time each day especially at the end of a long day in front of a computer there were a few days when it took sheer will power to make it happen and i have to acknowledge that some of the drawings were rushed and thrown together not the way i like to express my creativity it felt a bit forced following specific prompts is stressful i really struggle to sketch draw paint something random if it has no meaning to me i don t enjoy drawing something just for the sake of drawing even when i know that it s all good practice i wrote an article on medium to make this point to me the process of creating must either express beauty or a convey a message that draws attention spoon and trinket did nothing for me but i enjoyed making the mental and emotional leap from erase rhino conservation and trip a tribute to the daughters and mothers of afghanistan moving from something random to a heart felt emotion and desire to express an important message on week days being compelled to sketch something specific left little time for drawing creating anything else leaving longer term bigger more meaningful projects neglected and abandoned until i had more time on the weekend i tried to use the process to experiment with different media and styles the detailed graphite drawings limbo and erase and vibrant loose watercolour mixed and trip sketches are my favourites media and processes i ve confirmed to myself that i like to have time to add detail and don t like being rushed to finish something even the simplest of sketches needs time to settle so that i can a step back and then add a few finishing touches i ve also re established that i m a perfectionist and sometimes the subject style lack of time means the drawings cannot be perfect sigh i would prefer to post only masterpieces so a good learning experience but not to be continued right now i would like to stick with the habit of createeveryday but not necessarily finishing or posting a piece of art every day i d also like to choose a more meaningful range of subjects for a week at a time e g drawing graphite portraits or practising anatomy drawings but allowing myself enough time to do each one properly posted in creative attempts journal reminiscence september 1 2014 1 comment paint my photo pmp has been running a competition to support the music man project which provides a unique music service for people with a learning disability difficulty or special educational need composer and musician david stanley heads up the music man project and has composed 8 untitled pieces of music for the competition the competition is for artists to listen to the individual pieces of music and create a painting that they feel reflects its mood i love this idea it is the along the same lines as my painted quotes series reading words or listening to music and then expressing the scene and or emotion through a piece of art i love reading i love beautiful expressive music there are so many lines from books that i would love to paint and this competition provided a wonderful opportunity to express the beauty of the music in a painting as usual i had great plans to paint more than one of the musical poems but i ran out of time and narrowly crept in with only one painting on the last day of entry however nothing to stop me from challenging myself to create the other pieces in my own time and outside of the competition just add it to my always increasing things to paint list reminiscence all the musical poems that david stanley composed are beautiful and expressive in their own right but the one that appealed to me the most had a nostalgic air a sense of time passing by of things changing nothing staying quite the same with hints of sadness and longing it captured my imagination and reminded me of daphne du maurier s rebecca who can forget the iconic first line last night i dreamed of manderley and the description of the stately splendour of this great house once so filled with life and gaiety now abandoned and only visited in dreams a photo by alison f of pmp provided the overgrown sense of wildness and impact of the effects of time that i was looking for to portray the sense of something lost something remembered a wistfulness and longing for earlier times of grandeur painted with watercolours and watercolour pencils posted in creative attempts journal painted quotes tags art creativity watercolor watercolour watercolour textures alight an experiment in colour august 26 2014 1 comment watercolour of a swallowtail on a zinnia a photo by rodney campbell on paint my photo posted in creative attempts tags art bright colours colour flowers loose style loose watercolor painting loose watercolour painting watercolor watercolour watercolour textures two seasons august 13 2014 leave a comment mountains in winter woodland in spring these paintings formed one of my assignments for the watercolor diploma at london art college posted in creative attempts journal tags art colour creativity mountains painting trees watercolor watercolour watercolour textures silent but still breathing and creating august 5 2014 7 comments in the many months since my last blog post before hibernation my creative journey has continued albeit a little sporadically and with a few detours and off road ventures sometimes it s been a question of trying to take on too much all at once or of finding that life has a nasty habit of getting in the way of my intentions over this time of blog silence i ve come to a clearer understanding for now of where i want my art to go and so i have begun to put a few things in place to help me get there i am nearing the end of my watercolour diploma with the london art college 5 assignments down 2 to go i started in january 2013 but have needed the full 2 years to complete the assignments my main problem is that i tend to get stuck on a specific painting and then spend a lot of time redoing over and over again it until it pleases me this means that there are often big gaps between posting of assignments and it has made the course drag on far too long in previous posts i ve mentioned that i want to give some feedback about the course but once again i am going to leave that for a future date fruitfulness based on one of esp s photos on paint my photo my preferred painting style remains loose or expressive watercolours but i ve realised that i need to improve my drawing skills so that i can do a better job of capturing the essence of a subject in order to portray it more loosely seems like a bit of a contradiction but it makes sense to me i have become tired of hearing the voice in my head i can t draw this or i can t paint that i need to get over that already so i am taking a deliberate detour into drawing with an emphasis on detailed drawing and of the goal of slowing down i might not be able to create so many pieces of art but i hope that there will be progress in the overall quality and consistency of my art i discovered and wandered into the drawing academy and have found it to be a rich and detailed resource for acquiring better drawing skills i am slowing working my way through the lessons and am really enjoying the change of media as well as the change of pace megan s eyes from alex lee johnson s photo on pmp we all need a little inspiration along the way and no one inspires quite like danny gregory so i signed up for sketchbook skool and having been challenged and spurred on by the various instructors in semester 1 promptly enrolled for semester 2 and am very excited to be finding a way to give my art more a more central and meaningful place in my everyday life i usually spend too much time waiting for the right moment to draw to paint to create sketchbook skool has inspired me to continuously be on the lookout for drawing moments and ideas drawing the ironing over the next few weeks i ll add some of the paintings i ve done during the silent months and start blogging about the next phase of my art journey i think it is going to be exciting and i am looking forward to whatever is just around the next corner posted in art resources creative attempts journal tags art drawing inspired online painting resources sketchbook skool sketching time to come out of hibernation august 4 2014 1 comment this blog has been in hibernation for far too long and the author feels that it is time to come back to life and to welcome the spring or summer a blank sheet of paper awaits posted in journal tags abstract watercolour art inspired getting the mood right october 9 2013 2 comments from a painting point of view the last few months have been very slow the continuous grind of work pressures plus travelling back to sa to get our china visas renewed took the usual toll on my painting time and motivation i have been working on my latest assignment for london college of art all about creating atmosphere and mood and it took a long time to achieve the right mood not helped by jet lag and my general grumpiness and moodiness from work stresses i might add but somewhere along the way i got into the mood of it all and i am very pleased with the results so here are my two moody paintings simply venice from my own photo taken from a vaporetto on the way to murano during my first visit to venice in june this year snowy day blues from a lovely photo of sint romboutstoren mechelen by esp on paintmyphoto posted in creative attempts journal tags abstract watercolour art bright colours colour loose style loose watercolor painting loose watercolour painting watercolor watercolour watercolour textures flying high august 18 2013 2 comments flying high a much looser version of a kingfisher based on a photo on pmp by chrissym it was so much easier to paint more loosely with the bird in flight colours prussian blue pthalo blue and translucent orange and i think i sneaked in some mayan blue posted in creative attempts journal tags art bright colours colour creativity loose watercolor painting loose watercolour painting watercolour halcyon days august 13 2013 5 comments kingfisher ref gary jones on pmp i knew about halcyon days but only recently found out that the term also refers to kingfishers 1 calm peaceful tranquil halcyon weather 2 rich wealthy prosperous halcyon times of peace 3 happy joyful carefree halcyon days of youth 4 of or pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher 5 mythical bird usually identified with the kingfisher said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness 6 any of various kingfishers especially of the genus halcyon http dictionary reference com i love these little birds i am sure it has a lot to do with their gorgeous colouring that lovely contrast between bright orange and blue i was hoping for a looser version but couldn t quite there so he s a little more stiff than i would like him to be i have struggled to get back into the painting zone after some time away and i seem to have lost the ability to see and interpret an image in a looser way i have found that i tend to tighten up when i lose confidence so while this little guy is not quite what i want him to be at least he has given me the opportunity to get back on the road to finding my stroke again posted in creative attempts journal tags art bright colours colour colour tones watercolor watercolour previous entries pages about online painting resources email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 80 other subscribers recent posts be still adrawingaday reflections reminiscence alight an experiment in colour two seasons july 2026 m t w t f s s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 feb art blogs andrea joseph jane minter judith farnworth laura moore watercolour art oil pastels by mary the thread watercolours vandy massey view from the oak watercolours with kaye 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