HeartArt 2015 – My Photo Book
My new book has NO words in the inside ONLY photos of my paintings. I am so delighted with how it turned out. I got the book made at http://www.artisanstate.com/ 6×8 inches…thrilled to bits actually.
En Plein Air – Painting Outdoors
Painting outdoors I fell in love with Opito Bay all over again. I must say that realistic painting continues to elude…think it always will…nevermind. I am delighted with my efforts. Thank you to Ann Winsip for a wonderful introduction to En Plein Air. To all my artist friends…you should join us sometime…the more the merry!! …
Art…is Stepping into Creating Memories
My painting comes in fits and starts…a rush of action followed by congratulations which in turn leads to inertia and a sense of feeling bound. I keep looking for my muse that will flick me into action…I don’t think I am alone in this internal eternal struggle. Art…is the Art of stepping up when there …
The Quarry Arts Centre – de)construction
de)construction Exhibition currently on until Sat Apr 30 2011 Quarry Arts Centre Gallery de)construction project On now till the end of March Artists are invited to interact with the Yvonne Rust Gallery turning the building into a work of art in its own right. Art forms that the gallery has nurtured will have the change …
Letter to Mike Nettman
My name is Joanne Gardner. I am based in Kerikeri and have many family connections in Kaitaia, north. Have have been painting for the last 6 years and have just finished my first year of my Bachelor of Applied Arts. I am delighted to have the opportunity to have the whole month of January 2010 …
Collagraph Printmaking
I never intended ever to attempt printmaking…however it is part of my courses this year. So, thanks to Mark Graver, our great tutor, I have had some wonderful results. What is the history of Collagraph Printmaking? Collagraph printmaking is a printmaking technique that involves creating a plate out of materials with varying textures and …
Whizzing By…
The year is just whizzing by and I have found myself up to my eyeballs in research…lol…Art course…what did I expect! I have found this really great guy…love his work. Mr Jack Unruh…he does the best line and colour drawings…very accomplished man. Check him out, I found his work in the National Geographic to start …
ANZAC Day 25 April 2009
Hi There, it seems an age since I wrote here…my first semester at Art School has been…not so bad. My first semester in 15 years…blimey. I am highlighting the ANZAC DAY donations…my Grandfather and his brothers were all part of the New Zealand war effort…there were many stories of bravery and sadness. It is with …
Art School…Hard to Believe Really!!!
For almost 2 weeks I have been buried in a Bachelor of Appiled Arts…I can’t believe how much I love it!!! I have drawn in ways I had never thought about…I am painting with Acrylics…I always thought that Acrylics were for sissy’s…I was wrong. I am studying a painter called Mustafa Farroukh…what yummy work…I am …
Always In My Heart
Always In Your Heart… There are people in my life that will always have a place in my heart…they are precious people that have changed my life for ever… This tree glows with Love Light…just like my heart… Beneath the tree is Gesso…Gesso gives the extra texture that adds movement and branches…surprisingly, the patterns I …
Gold Leaf made Easy
I am back from another amazing and fulfilling NemeshArt course which opened my eyes to the world of Gold Leaf….and much more… It was so simple… 1. Choose your canvas 2. Using Gold Leaf size, paint what ever shapes you want your Gold Leaf to be in. Make it nice and smooth, any bubbles will …
Focusing on the Future
Well, I did it…I am working from home. This will hopefully allow more time to paint but so far all I have done is catch up on 9 months of accounting that has been carefully saved for me since I went and worked of someone else…there you go… Stark Reality strikes again….I think that this …