Baking with paint and paper

Have been itching to paint cupcakes for awhile. I have lots of friends who are master bakers and I always envy their baking skills. So I was inspired to paint some cupcakes. Hmmm... feeling hungry now!

A Family Portrait

This one was a lot of fun to paint, using a few different family photos as reference.

Blue Wren

Watercolour and Ink on paper.

I'm back!!

Willy Wagtail bird ( based on a photo I took back in Perth) with Flannel Flowers and butterflies.

I haven't posted artwork for so a long... What with having a baby and moving twice, franticly renovating to sell (twice) and renovating to live in, plus not having a working scanner for a long time. In the last year or so I have been doing lots of sketching and collecting ideas in my journals, but haven't done any finished artworks until now. I'm feeling very rusty, but I am really enjoying drawing and painting again.

Family at Cottesloe Beach

I've been busy working on this comission piece. The concept was the idea of the client.

Illustration Friday - Plain

Mixed media (black ink, watercolours, tea and acrylic inks).

"The Crow and the Peacock"

[EDIT] I didn't realise that there was a fable about the Crow and the Peacock until Stephanie mentioned the fable in her comment. Or maybe I had heard the story before and it was somewhere in the corners of my mind.

I started out wanting to paint a crow in ink and then I thought I should put it next to something bright and colourful in comparison.

Inspire Me Thursday - Expand Comfort Zone

Last weeks topic was about being in our comfort zone. This week it's about expanding your comfort zone. I'm not confident with watercolours but I am having a good go with them lately... Here are some fish paintings in watercolour destined for the baby's room. These fish are varieties that inhabit the local West Australian waters. The one on the right is a Scribbled Angelfish, I'm not sure about the ones on the left.


I thought about this topic using the related articles and pretty much came up with some more new years resolutions! Here are some ways I can expand my comfort zones... I made a list of things that I put off doing or am afraid of doing. Goals that would make me happy or proud if I achieved them.

start donating blood
stop procrastinating
finish the baby’s quilt
visit some neighbours
join some mother’s groups
write / draw in a paper journal
organize my artworks
learn to speak Italian
study watercolour painting
enter an art show
try advertising with postcards / press
taste – cook some Indian food
read newspapers online

Inspire Me Thursday - Giving

I painted these canvases for my nieces and nephews in a bid to have at least a partial handmade-Christmas. The kids are always asking me for paintings of their favourite things.

Illustration Friday - the Zoo

Acrylic paint on watercolour paper.

This work was inspired by three photos of fairy penguins from a trip to Perth Zoo.

Inspire Me Thursday - Birds

Ink and acrylic ink on paper.

This is an ink scribble I did earlier this year, before I was pregnant. Steve calls it my "I want a baby" painting. I plan to develop it further sometime.

Water Goddess

Watercolour paint and white acrylic ink on paper

Illustration Friday - Juggle

Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper. I'm thinking about going over the brown ink with black.

From a photo I took in Paris of some kids juggling on a bridge at dusk.

Illustration Friday - Moon

Acrylic paint on paper

This is how the moon appeared to me through the rain clouds on friday night.

Fish in Net

Acrylic paint on corrugated cardboard.

Watercolour Fish

Watercolour, pencil and acrylic paint.

This painting was requested by my nephew.

Illustration Friday - Farm 2

Acrylic paint on paper

This is from a photo we took when we were staying at the Hunter River Retreat about 5 years ago.

Illustration Friday - Farm

Acrylic paint on paper

Illustration Friday - Simple

Watercolour and pencils.