On Tuesday, there was a session at Brindabella on Bush Painting. Kristy did a great job of taking the class and we all went home with a great piece of art.
Kristy originally learnt this technique from Garry Holmes in her hometown of Lismore and she’s been painting ever since! I took photos of each step so here is a visual guide in case you would like to follow along.
First, we applied a line of blue along the top followed by a line of pink - both applied in turn with a wet brush to create a blended effect:
Next we put some yellow paint on one corner of the brush and black on the other corner and “splodged” some trees along the horizon, followed by a line underneath the trees:
Then we added some fields:
Below the fields, some pink followed by blue - again with a wet brush:
Some more “splodging” for bushes at the bottom of the (yellow) fields and some larger trees along the very bottom:
Nearly finished! A gnarled old tree on the banks of the river was next, done freehand with a thin brush:
Now we need to fill in the middle ground, so we added a few trees using white for the trunk and pink and yellow splodges for the leaves:
Using a thin brush and some white, we added a fence (mine is on the far left) and used a dark grey for some shading. One last thing - a bird on the foreground branch completes the scene:
And we’re all done! A not-too-bad bush painting. It seems a lot easier when it’s broken down like that, huh?
Still with painting, I found an AWESOME paint easel for the kids for just $5 from the local recycling centre. Of course, I then had to make art smocks for the kids - I just bought a couple of op shop shirts for $6 each and sewed them to fit, added a bit of trim and the kids are all ready to paint a masterpiece for themselves:
They were pretty happy!
Lots of concentrating, and then a big cheesy smile for the camera:
Great work, you two!
Oh yes, and I made a hat for Jack the other day too:
I still have to make him another one in school colours (plain navy blue) but I thought this would be good for weekend wear. He loved the tape measure fabric - I knew he would!
Oh, and in case you are wondering about the vintage wallpaper pack competition, I haven’t forgotten. I hope to get to it tomorrow, so until then feel free to leave a comment to enter.
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