Today is a public holiday in Australia so I’m at home painting. The weather is glorious but I know it will be busy out at the beaches and on the roads so I’m painting at home. I thought I would share some of my recent paintings and processes. One of my latest flower jungle pieces. This one is called Marlene for no particular reason. I really tried hard to NOT use pink in this but as you can see, a little crept in which was actually part of the background collage, and its one of my old caravan paintings that I have copied and torn for collage.I quite enjoy trying new palettes and especially a limited palette, it makes me think a little. Mostly I just grab at my colours and don’t think much, just choosing what I like.These paintings are created over a few days/ weeks as I need to let each layer dry before I can move on. Often when I go back to do another layer, I’m in a different mood and I paint differently.
If I feel like I’m hurried because I’m painting in the morning before work, I don’t usually get fresh paint out, I will just use crayon or pencil, this is good as it slows me down a bit, as I can get crazy with painting and do too much. Different moods create different looks and I like that. If I sit and paint in one long session, it can look too streamlined, neat and I don’t like that look. So this works for me, sit down and paint in short bursts. However if I do have lots of time, I usually collage and start several projects and work on each one for a little while, giving them drying time.
I love a bit of map in my collage and have quite a collection of Atlas’s from the op shop. I also paint in my big old 1960s Atlas, the paper is fabulous and thick.Isn’t she gorgeous, big beautiful pages and they are not shiny which is lovely for painting.This is a favourite page in my atlas, using just pinks and greens. So many things to paint….. I hope you enjoyed a little look into my painty world. Have a lovely day whatever you may be doing crafty friends.
love evy 
BEAUTIFUL xxx
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Thanks Karenina xxxx
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