Jul 27, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
After a big week at work, morning driveway cleaning and garden weeding, I have just melted into my seat with not much on the creative agenda. I did however buy some coloured manga pens this week as I have been enjoying doodling with the various thickness of black pens...
Jun 28, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
Peacock Blue is defined as “a brilliant shade of blue tinged with green.” The problem is that color is subjective so peacock blue can mean many different things to many different people. For artists there are so many blue-green options to mix, here is one...
Jun 17, 2013 | Creative inspiration, Renovate & Decorate, That Creative blog
Are you looking to create a new look for your home, your art or your jewellery. Try grabbing a new palette of colors to play with – but how do you break from the same ones you always grab due to familiarity, ease and comfort? How do you jump into fresh green,...
Jun 1, 2013 | Browse and chat, Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
I have really learnt a lot about my current artistic taste since starting my blog 6 months ago. I am not sure what exactly has created the change, but I do know it is remarkably different today than it was even 5 years ago. When finishing the ArTTable I was still...
Apr 28, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
In my artistic career I often get caught in the balancing act of making creative art which comes purely from my soul and art which is also creative but has more appeal commercially. Heck they don’t call us starving artists for nothing and after a while having a...
Apr 19, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
In the previous three posts I covered the planning, background and gold leaf stages of creating this beautiful bedhead. This is the final post in the series and includes the most memorable section of Klimt’s most famous painting .. the sculpting of the kiss...
Apr 7, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
So here we were at our beach house holiday. Our plan was to do nothing except draw, beach walk and photograph for relaxation. I have not drawn for at least 6-8 years and I simply wanted to get my hands back in action. So I kept it simple, my materials this trip were:...
Apr 7, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
What a beautiful Easter week we had at the beach! Ray had ordered the following: a beach house, secluded, where we don’t need to drive anywhere, can stay indoors in wet weather and can view the ocean for photography. That’s exactly what we got, for 6...
Mar 31, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
In the previous two posts I discussed the planning and gold leaf stages of creating one my bedheads. The Kiss bedhead takes at least 3 weeks full time work spread over a 3 month period as the many layers of color, paint, leaf, varnish and waxes need to cure. The...
Mar 29, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
Its Easter yay and we are preparing to head off on holidays. The kids have found a new apartment and plan to move in another week, so we get the house back to ourselves on our return. It was an interesting challenging climbing on top of their mountains of clothes in...
Mar 27, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
Thinking about my blog last night merged into thinking about our holidays next week. It’s Easter and we have a lovely isolated week at a beach house on the Great Ocean Road. I was thinking about what to write and all of sudden I remember how inspired I used to be by...
Mar 23, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
58 hand made glass tiles After the design and planning stage in my previous post, I now get into the studio to pre-make some of the adornments required for this bedhead. During this time I had my own small glass kiln in the studio and for the Kiss bedhead I made 58...
