July 19, 2015Published by avrilejean at July 19, 2015Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningDreamscope PhotosOh my I’ve been having a good time shoving things through the Dreamscope ‘trippy’ image software! Everything turns into puppies eventually.
July 3, 2015Published by avrilejean at July 3, 2015Categories avril e jeanavril jeanegg temperaHow-to tutoriallearningpaintingportraitEgg tempera VII – Completed paintingSo I pulled my finger out and finished off this painting, my first attempt at teaching myself Egg Tempera. It is Ada Lovelace, who did a […]
May 20, 2015Published by avrilejean at May 20, 2015Categories avril e jeanavril jeanegg temperaHow-to tutoriallearningEgg tempera III – grinding pigmentThe next post in my Tempera series! One thing all the stuff I’ve read insists you do is grind your pigments. The best grinders are glass […]
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, […]
November 23, 2014Published by avrilejean at November 23, 2014Categories avril e jeanavril jeandrawingillustrationpen and inkThe orphan Well I’ve got nothing to post that’s new cause all my time is going into those dinosaur royalty things and I’m painting like a fiend […]
April 9, 2014Published by avrilejean at April 9, 2014Categories avril e jeanavril jeanFinally found something to do with that Justin Bieber DollA number of years ago I got a joke present for xmas – a Justin Bieber Doll.
December 6, 2013Published by avrilejean at December 6, 2013Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingpoetryMy Top 100 BooksI’ve been reading those ‘top books of all time’ lists and they always stick in Dickens and James Joyce and books that are unreadable and not […]
November 13, 2013Published by avrilejean at November 13, 2013Categories avril e jeanavril jeanbeach paintingcritterspaintingwatercolourWhat could you ever use a jetski and a chainsaw for at the same time?The title of this post was the question, based on a series of shops near car city on the Maroondah highway that sold first cars, then […]
November 11, 2013Published by avrilejean at November 11, 2013Categories ADHDavril e jeanavril jeanillustrationlearningLife events and musingsoftware developmentwatercolourWhat its like to be at work with ADHDDecided to do a self portrait (of a sort).