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I painted this last November and forgot to upload it. I’m not used to painting on a square and I struggle to occupy the space. The picture was a birthday card and the intention was to come up with something abstract using liquid water colour on we…
I painted this last November and forgot to upload it. I’m not used to painting on a square and I struggle to occupy the space. The picture was a birthday card and the intention was to come up with something abstract using liquid water colour on wet and dry paper. I can’t decide which way round it should go!
A short while ago I’d asked Susan Avello if she would be willing to spend some time talking with me about her experiences of the conference scene in America. I’m off to the US next week to speak at the Ohio State HR conference and I was after some…
A short while ago I’d asked Susan Avello if she would be willing to spend some time talking with me about her experiences of the conference scene in America. I’m off to the US next week to speak at the Ohio State HR conference and I was after some tips. Susan kindly agreed and so recently we spent a fun and very useful half hour chatting on Skype. At the end of the call I promised to send Susan a small thank you in her favourite colour.
I sketched this on a train journey into London a few days later and posted it to Susan over in Illinois and it has now arrived so I wanted to share the picture here. Painting this was tricky as the train hurtled along the tracks but I’m pleased with the result and managed to resist the temptation to add more to it.
This is the last card in my 2012 holiday set. Through our time in Spain I attempted to sketch and draw and paint something to do with flamenco. I was inspired by a group of ladies who just started to dance spontaneously in a Malaga street on the s…
This is the last card in my 2012 holiday set. Through our time in Spain I attempted to sketch and draw and paint something to do with flamenco. I was inspired by a group of ladies who just started to dance spontaneously in a Malaga street on the second day of our visit.
I didn’t try and recapture what I saw in Malaga, but the harder I tried to make something happen the quicker I got nowhere – save for the odd line and swish swoosh I couldn’t get to grips with how to show flamenco at all. I got stuck and temporarily abandoned the idea. Towards the end of our break I was playing with one of my favourite colours, Windsor Violet, and something took shape. This wasn’t what I’d originally set out to achieve but there is something about it I like. I hope you can find something in it for you too.
