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Another possum has snuck into my sketchbook!
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This time it’s a leadbeater’s possum, or fairy possum. They’re a special little species that’s very, very old – estimated at 20 million years! Their homelands are in the Highlands where I used to hike, and I’m pretty sure I never had the good luck to see one in person. These little beans are critically endangered, and have been presumed extinct a few times before. Here’s hoping they can hold out against logging with the help of conservationists! They’re also the Fauna Emblem of Victoria
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Public Service Announcement: Op Shops are awesome, and so is my new mixing plate
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❤ Gf Choc Raspberry Pancakes! ❤
Damn it’s hard to photograph choc pancakes! I totally made this for breakfast this morning and then loved it so much I painted it – but forgot that I’m allergic to latex masking fluid (the blue stuff in the third pic) so now I have an itchy arm and face, because I nibble my brush handles sometimes and uggghhhhhh Taters is no help he just sits there
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A Bilby for your Sunday
Happy Easter for the friendos that do, hugs for the friendos that don’t, and abundant cheap chocolate for all!!!
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And for those friendos not in Australia, this is a Bilby! What a cutie, these native marsupials are a hot contender for the Easter Bunny’s job Or perhaps it’s the other way around? Rabbits are an invasive species here, and compete for food with these little beans (and are generally better at it, too). Buns are lovely, but they’re friends for life not gifts you can leave in the wild when you get bored! May your buns be well loved or chocolate this Easter
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Oh, a little plant baby!
My snake plant has finally sent up a new shoot – from a single leaf a little family is growing. How cute! It’s been loving the new spot in my bathroom I moved it to last month. Plants are so rewarding
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Oh, a little plant baby!
My snake plant has finally sent up a new shoot – from a single leaf a little family is growing. How cute! It’s been loving the new spot in my bathroom I moved it to last month. Plants are so rewarding
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Oh, a little plant baby!
My snake plant has finally sent up a new shoot – from a single leaf a little family is growing. How cute! It’s been loving the new spot in my bathroom I moved it to last month. Plants are so rewarding
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#snakeplant #sansevieria #plantlover #plantbabies #newshoot #indoorgarden #indoorplants #deskplants #greenthumb #greenery #watercolorart #onmydesk #paintingpractice #painteveryday #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #ilovetopaint #carveouttimeforart
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Lakeside Cabin
This one’s entirely unreferenced, that was hecking tricky! I might need a bit more practice before I feel confident trying other landscapes. What type of place should I paint next? Where would YOU like to be?
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Tiny tiny trees! They got a little hand crampy, perhaps should have done this one a little bigger to save my hands the micro-manoevres
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Coffee killed my aesthetic this morning, didn’t even make it till lunchtime
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Coffee killed my aesthetic this morning, didn’t even make it till lunchtime
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I think that all of these landscapes are just telling me I need to get out of town
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Rainbow beach!
Morning warm up going well – I worked this one a bit too much and the colours got a little overmixed and murky in places. Better luck next time!
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Old art: The Dragon Years
Some of you might have heard I went through a dragon drawing phase. Well, it was actually a really intense and defining obsession that lasted seven years, and it all started when I was in year 5.
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It was book week, and my year level all drew posters to put up around the school. I and one other kid had both drawn dragons, and my smug self thought I’d totally nailed it. There was a tiny knight standing on the dragon’s tail being roasted, and I put my extra special glow in the dark stickers on it because MaGiCkAl☄ I think it might have been the first time I was actually proud of my art!
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Unfortunately not everyone agreed, and they said so! I had the words “Charlie’s dragon is better than yours” bouncing around my tiny skull for years to come I only drew dragons after that, trying to draw the best one possible. To say I was competitive is an understatement, my art was my entire self-worth at the time – I didn’t really take well to making friends and always craved alone time so I could just draw, read books and work on my universes and characters. I literally taught myself to read and write backwards so that no one could read what I was creating, it was my own hidden world safe from people and the outside world.
I gave the best dragon I ever drew to my brother who always loved my art, and the second best I sent in to a competition and it never came back
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So here’s the tip of the iceberg folks! I think I literally drew thousands of dragons during that time, perhaps only pausing to draw the odd pokemon or neopet. Later in high school I tried to push myself to draw other things, namely people – and it was only in year 12 when that burning obsession finally dissolved and I might have only drawn two or three since!
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Foodwatching is Tater’s favorite pastime.
We’re not a sporty lot over here, this is pretty much the only sport! Well, that and Lucha – It’s amazing
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Phew, house inspection done! ✔
Now I can get back to painting (and emails, sorry chickadees!)
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The story of a smol valiant boi
Petey is one of our current house guests, and whilst he usually protecs his papa, he is kind enough to offer me the hecks instead
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Have I mentioned I have a veritable shedload of original paintings sitting around my house? I was sorting through them to find my favourite portfolio pieces, and it was a really fun journey seeing how my art has improved over the years. I really need to get around to listing them Taters wasn’t much help though, he found it terribly boring
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This fuzzy little Numbat is going to be a part of the @illustratorsaus SHOUT exhibition!
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It was really fun getting to paint this wooden panel with acrylics - it’s not my usual and I think I’m in love with a new medium, friendos! I used an excellent set of Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics that I picked up a few months ago @art.stretchers.melbourne This little dork is going to be for sale, and the opening night is July 13th. Come along and hang out with me and Melbourne illo industry cool kids
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Event and ticket links are on Facebook, look for the IA Shout exhibition!
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Well, looks like I’m fashionably late to #mermay. Sorry merbabe! I think she’s a bit upset at being left out of all the fun
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