Botanical Printing on Leather
January 8, 2023
It’s good to make time to play and experiment. … More Botanical Printing on Leather
Author: lindywhitton
These are the things that excite me : well chosen words, vibrant colours that sing of summer , the compelling rhythm of nature's patterns, blank pages pregnant with possibilities. These are the things that I love: my family, creating, painting, writing, laughing, being.
Abstracting nature.
August 7, 2022
Looking for abstraction in nature. … More Abstracting nature.
Painting with emotion
July 14, 2022
Earlier this year in my pastel class we focussed on sharing our emotional reaction to the seasons in our paintings. How do we do that? What does it even mean? Put simply, painting should be more than faithfully reproducing a subject — we should be trying toshare our feelings about the subject so we can … More Painting with emotion
Classic style meets ecoprint
May 8, 2022
Some time ago I was visiting my local recycling center and spotted a chair I just LOVED the shape of. It was in a very poor condition with bright orange covering that was worn, cracked and torn but had beautiful, classic lines and great chrome legs. I bought it then had to borrow a screw … More Classic style meets ecoprint
A little Plein Air kit
May 7, 2022
I needed a portable, travel plein air kit for pastels so I made one! Saved a heap of dollars and it works great. … More A little Plein Air kit
Upcycling collaboration – Floor lamp
February 26, 2022
A fun art collaboration with my sister resuled in a nature inspired floor lamp. … More Upcycling collaboration – Floor lamp
Painting Spring Landscapes
February 18, 2022
Of all the seasons Spring is the most abundant, full of new growth, flowers bursting forth and covering the landscape with massed colour. It can sometimes be a bit of a sensory overload when it comes to trying to capture all that riotous growth in a painting. You can see what I mean here…the desert … More Painting Spring Landscapes
I’m an artist not a florist…
February 5, 2022
I can’t resist working with flowers but sometimes I take on a bit more than I bargained for!
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From bedsheets to Kimonos…
February 2, 2022
My two passions meet, upcycling and eco printing. See how to transform a bedsheet into a leaf printed kimono. … More From bedsheets to Kimonos…
Painting the wilderness
January 30, 2022
Last week my husband and I walked into Lake Judd in Tasmanian’s South West wilderness area. We’d done it before a few times many years ago when it was a very long, hard slog through boggy mudpits up to our knees. I did not have pleasant memories of the track! Joyously it has had a … More Painting the wilderness
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