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Getting back into photography
We were lucky enough to go to the Caribbean for Christmas 2021. Whilst away I used my iPhone 12 Pro to take photographs of the beautiful islands and started to post them on my instagram page. I began to get some some fantastic comments back from people and realised how much I do love photography.…
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Frog on a leaf
Thought I’d have a go at something a bit different. Once I had done the frog I thought it would be good if it was sat on a leaf. I used glass beads in the toes which gave me a nice round shape. Once baked I used the metallic paints to give it the finish.
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Woodland Walk
Its a cloudy / overcast day and I have an idea to do some fauna studies which I will do sketch work from with simple watercolour and possibly ink over the top. So instead of using google images for subjects, I took a walk in the woods and photographed fauna.
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New Inspiration
Work on the blog and in general has dropped off a little, need some inspiration… So a visit to Robert E Fullers gallery in Thixendale, Malton was just the thing. Roberts works are amazing and was great to see the studio from where he produces many of his works. He works from his own photography…
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Using a PSD template mock up frame
Hours of frustration and watching YouTube but I think I did it!! I wanted my images on etsy to be advertised in a frame and silly me thought I might have to print, frame and photograph them all. But no no no…. PSD file template and import the image in and da der!! Hay presto.
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Digital Art
Back in the day (18/20 years ago) I was pretty good at using Adobe Photoshop as this was part of my graphics project at University. So I thought I would revisit it and wow…..how the times have changed!! The basics are there but my word there are tons new stuff. Good old YouTube came to…
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Need to make more time…
After a couple of weeks off due to being busy, I had one sheet of paper left in my watercolour pad. So after an afternoon of heavy rain I found myself with a couple of hours where I could do another painting to add to the reptile collection. I chose a dart frog as this…
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Just not feeling it?…
After doing the Leopard Gecko and the Sea Turtle I just wasnt feeling it?…. So I turned to Instagram and google and spent a few days researching and looking at other peoples work and trying to get inspiration. I cam across a few artists that were using features such as plants and skulls to go…
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More work on the Reptile Collection
Its far too hot to be outside…. so I have managed to add to the reptile collection (apologise for bad lighting pictures, scanned images will be on the portfolio