Hi lovelies, hope you are all well, there has been lots happening since my little disaster with the magpie, on a side not regarding the magpie I have sanded back the wooded disc and plan to paint a new painting on it shortly. So anyway lets get back on track, I have been a busy little bunny, I started holding private art classes in realism charcoal and graphite drawings, which was a lot of fun, I just love sharing the joy of creating and seeing how another person see and creates to their own beat. I did a gorgeous commission in watercolour of a lovely doggy named Chester who had just passed over the rainbow bridge, such a beautiful boy and was a absolute delight to create. I also did a big Turtle commission in Pastels which I finished today. My big Kangaroo in Pastels was picked up this long weekend as well, he is now with his new mummy and all the money raised went to Fauna Rescue SA. I also have some big news, I was contacted by Living with Koalas and they have asked me to do a piece of art for their project called 100 artworks for a Koala. The concept is for 100 Australian based artists to provide artwork featuring a koala, eucalyptus or bush fires or a combination. Images will be used for a book, limited edition fine prints, posters, postcards, greeting cards and various merchandise. The originals to be sold at an international auction in the US, and so much more. Check out the webpage, also if you are a fellow artist and would like to get involved their are looking for artist go to livingwithkoalas.com.au 100 artworks for Koalas they would love to hear from you :-) Its been a bit of a busy time in my little studio and I love it that way, I have lots on over the next few weeks so I will do another blog again soon telling of my adventures :-) xoxoxox
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Hi everyone, Do you feel my pain :-)
Lxoxoxox Morning lovely people just wanted to update you all on my Auctions for my fundraising, $510.00 raised in total, what a way to start a week.
Hope you all have the best week, I have a few things on commission wise etc so I will be busy creating my little heart out with my two girls chilling around me, hopefully I will have some stuff to share and discuss later this week. Take care of each other, love to you all Linda xoxoxoxox So welcome back, here we are hope you all had a safe and happy Xmas and here we are 11 January 2020, I hoped to get to blogging before now but life in general has got ahead of me, as per normal my brain drifts and shifts with moods and ideas and before I know it, well you get the idea its the 11 January 2020. I have decided this weekend is the time I start tidying up my webpage and start blogging. Like a Band-Aid Linda just rip, get this done lol. Anyway so our little home had a very quiet Xmas, unfortunately my littlest cherub got gastro at around 9am Xmas morning and it was a day of running from there on in more ways the one lol. December was rather busy with commissions, November and December is always busy for a freelance portrait artist. I also did a lovely mural for a teenagers room and did a canvas painting to add to the décor, I am setting a Mural page on here and will show pictures etc on there, I hope to do many more murals in the future it was so much fun. Australia as we are all aware has been hit with devastating fires across our wonderful land and this has taken up so much of my mind, I ended up putting two pieces up for Auction with all proceeds going to two selected animal charities that will assist with the care rehabilitation and future protection of our wonderful wildlife. At the time of typing this my Kangaroo Drawing has raised $450.00 going to Fauna Rescue SA and the Koala Painting has raised $60.00 going to the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, Auction ends Sunday evening at Midnight. Over the break period I have also started an Australian Alphabet flash card and poster project to be put up on Redbubble etc, there was some major research in doing this as I wanted to assure that the font and placements would meet Australian School Standards and help with children with Dyslexia etc. Before Xmas I did the 12 days of Xmas where I adjusted the original carol and painted scenes each day to show the story. I am planning to do a book up for both of my girls and a couple of family members as a keepsake to be handed down through the generations, this is another project I am currently working on. Over the next few weeks I hope to set foundations down on a kids book I intend to write and illustrate, I am hoping to have this finalised before I do my Solo Exhibition at The Mockingbird Lounge this year, as The Mockingbird is a secondhand book café I am hoping to launch my book on the opening night. I also hope to get some foundations on both of my solo exhibitions later this year, this is my plan for the rest of my break before heading back to University in March, I took a extended break this year :-). I am also holding private art lessons that are booked in, which will start soon. I have big things on this year and need to get ahead of them before time catches up on me. So anyway, that's about it for now just wanted to touch base and give you all a update on the last 2 months, my blogging will become more regular as I go and will include how I do things etc, hope you are all having a lovely weekend and I look forward to blogging more frequently. Thanks Linda |
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