July 26, 2018Published by avrilejean at July 26, 2018Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanLife events and musingWorking in Docklands, Melbourne: 2018 Vs 2006I’ve just finished a two month stint working at Docklands. Now, I know I said i would NEVER WORK THERE AGAIN after my 2006 stint. Clearly […]
June 30, 2018Published by avrilejean at June 30, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanegg temperalearningLife events and musingpaintingEgg Tempera, work, bass – Sounds like a “coming of age” self journey book title, dunnitWork Working again has spurred my creativity at the same time as removing the time I have to spend doing it. That is so annoying. Work […]
June 27, 2018Published by avrilejean at June 27, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingPrankCombining craft with a prankRecently I bought a bag of soap ends, a fairly big bag of the offcuts from the home-soap making business. They turned out to be a […]
June 11, 2018Published by avrilejean at June 11, 2018Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanLife events and musingPublic TransportUp and doingIt was early Feb since I last worked – and now I’m back again working in docklands on a short term contract. I kind of accidentally […]
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 18, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 18, 2018Categories ADHDavril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingSeven annoying and unexpected ways my ADHD manifestsA lot of my female friends have been diagnosed with ADHD in their 30s (as I was). So there is a fair bit of discussion and […]