May 28, 2018Published by avrilejean at May 28, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanpaintingpastelRoses! I’ve never managed to do roses that don’t look terrible before. This was pastel class today, the set up was an agreement between all of […]
May 21, 2018Published by avrilejean at May 21, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutorialpaintingpastelPastel class #4I missed two classes, one due to illness and one due to workshops that I could only go to on a Monday – So I attended […]
April 30, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 30, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutoriallearningLife events and musingpaintingpastelStill life in pastelI came into the class today to find I was supposed to be drawing this. Look, I don’t do still life often. Um, have I ever?…..huh. […]
April 23, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 23, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutoriallearningLife events and musingpaintingpastelportraitTime line of a pastel paintingYo! I have completed my second pastel session. The first is here. We had the same model and the same pose, but yesterday I chose to […]
April 16, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 16, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningpastelportraitTaking art classes – first session in pastelsI joined the Victorian Artist’s Society this year because why not. I’m having a break from technology work until I am ready to go back or […]
February 24, 2018Published by avrilejean at February 24, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanglueMonster High School RepaintpastelCustomising Monster High School Dolls is my current obsessionSome time ago I was noodling around on Youtube and found an entirely new thing – customising dolls. I knew people had done it but I […]
March 13, 2016Published by avrilejean at March 13, 2016Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanpaintingpastelKata Tjuta/The Olgas looks like Homer Simpson Lying downFrom the angle we watched the sunset over Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory, it was pointed out that the rock formation looked like Homer. It […]
December 30, 2015Published by avrilejean at December 30, 2015Categories art boy galleryart showAustralian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeancoloured pencildinosaurdrawingegg temperagalleryglueillustrationlandscapelearningoil paintingpaintingpastelpen and inkpencilqueenregina rexsewing and embroiderySock MonkeywatercolourThe Ubiquitous 2015 RetrospectiveI guess it’s inevitable so I will bow to it – what’s my year been like, art-wise?. What skills, highs, and lows, has this year brought […]
March 25, 2015Published by avrilejean at March 25, 2015Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanlandscapelearningpaintingpastelStorm clouds over wheat field – pastelI took some photos from the car window when I was out and about near the Grampians over the christmas break. There were wheat fields everywhere, […]