April 19, 2015Published by avrilejean at April 19, 2015Categories drawingegg temperaglueHow-to tutoriallearningpaintingEgg Tempera I: Preparing the PanelsI love art. I particularly love old art, from eras past. Italian renaissance frescoes and panel paintings, oh my! Before oil came along as a binder […]
April 19, 2015Published by avrilejean at April 19, 2015Categories avril e jeanegg temperaillustrationlearningpaintingEgg tempera II – transferring the pictureSo I’ve ended up with four nice shiny clean flat panels, ready to go. The thing about tempera is that you have to lay down exactly […]
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, […]
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 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).
March 21, 2013Published by avrilejean at March 21, 2013Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingoil paintingExhibition – Canny CatsI am somewhat under the paw. My cats run my life – and we are all satisfied with this arrangement. Back in the late 90s I […]
March 18, 2013Published by avrilejean at March 18, 2013Categories avril e jeanavril jeanillustrationlearningpencilportraitLife Drawing*****Please note *******- there are some drawings at the bottom of this post that may be deemed as not work safe; as they are charcoal drawings […]