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 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...
Feb 27, 2013 | Creative inspiration, Renovate & Decorate, That Creative blog
So I have enjoyed collecting dead bits since I was a kid. Dad gradually added to my eerie collection of rabbits feet, ducks feet where you would pull the tendon so it opened, fox furs and all types of found feathers and bits. As a youngster I then pinned beetles and...
Jan 5, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
An artist friend Trevor Platt wrote on my facebook after releasing my new site .. “Welcome back, an artist has no choice”. And that is sooo true .. whilst I sadly closed my business the ArTTable and have happily rebuilt my life here in Melbourne, I never...