Exploring Water Colours

Our "What is Art?" group meet today to explore watercolors.  Most of us were exposed to water colours growing up.  You may remember the dry colour circles you added water too when we were growing up.

These during my research this week are known as dry water colours.  Water colours also come in tubes.

I enjoyed playing with water colours day.  Shading is a simple process with water colours as to lighten the shade we just add water and the outline can be darken by a thinker mixture of the paint. While we were adjusting to the medium we used squares to block in and gradually a few of us did hibiscus flowers. A perfect practice session in shading.

 

Focus on Ability

For those living with disabilities much of our lives focus around organizing support needs to maintain an active community life.  Its easy to lose sight of our achievements and abilities.  When life is focused on overcoming limitations, the shine of ability can be tainted.  

Events such as disability action week ( 8th to 13 th) September and International Day for People with Disabilities should not be about of limitation but about celebration and embracing life.  This year the Ipswich community had ditched the traditional free entertainment for those with disability in favor of an inclusive event for everyone.  We're gathering around the abilities of those living in the community. 

We believe everybody has the ability to shine at some level.  For some its in the area of advocacy, others like to entertain us through music song and dance. Many others shine on the sporting field and year well . . . we all know my passions lie in the arts.  Whatever your ability, whatever your skill level, maybe your just learning . . . that's cool! Your invited to come gather with us to focus on ability rather than disability!

Come Gather Around Ability!

26th September 2013

10 am to 1 pm

Browns Park, North Ipswich

Music

Drama

Face Painting

Art Displays

Spotting Activities

Demonstrations 

Sporting displays

Heroes  to Meet

Food and Drinks 

Information to enable you

Fun no matter how old you are!  

     

Professional Development

I am currently undertaking a 12 month professional development program with Access Arts.  I am exploring the possibility of becoming an arts worker.  My major field of interest is in the visual arts, but those who followed my rising star journey will know by nature I am a very creative person. My next major project is "Gathering Around Ability" in Browns Park, North Ipswich.  We all the locals are invite to come and embrace our abilities.  Whether that be sporing, acting, signing, dance, painting.  

Where every you abilities lie or what ever you enjoy doing, come enjoy being alive with us on the 26th September.  Remember we're not celebrating our disabilities but embracing the abilities each of us has.  You don't need to have a disability to embrace you abilities!

Meanwhile on the journey to become an arts worker I have just completed an RADF grant application to run a visual arts professional development program for artists living with disability and mental illness. If successful I be very busy running the program over the next three months!.     

The Cast of 'Tiny Little Lies!"

Artists 4 Art Sake!

To day a small group of artists got together to ask what is art?  Trouble is everybody has a different opinion on what art is . . . So where going to hang out at Luke's Place Salisbury Rd, every second Friday and see what develops. . .

Meanwhile I off to the official opening tomorrow of Luke's Place Salisbury Rd . . .

It doesn't matter where you start the picture as long as you start!

My early work with aclytics 

How does payment for art work transpire?

For most people who purchase items on the internet most people prefer to pay for goods electronically for convenience. If you know me and see me regularly cash payments are fine. However if you live a little further a field, the payment options are outlined on Debbies Details Page.  So let's say you like to buy the artwork featured above. You could :-

• Leave a comment under the photo
• email me for a postage quote
• I will then email you an invoice 
• You can pay by direct debit, paypal or in person (or course if its in person there no postage fee).
• Once I received you payment I will post the artwork to you.

If there's anything you need to know, just ask.

Cheers,

Debbie

Challenges

Hi There!

I was once in a habit of spending hours and hours drawing flowers, especially roses. As I was growing up my parents noticed that, the one way to make me more determine to achieve something was to tell me I couldn't do something.  I never stopped trying until I proved that to be true for myself. However, occasionally I proved them wrong.  You can call that what you like, determination or stubbornness, they both work for me. 

Anyway even today I still love a challenge and often need one.  My friend got tired of seeing butterflies everywhere.  She asked if I could draw a monkey?  I wasn't too sure.

And then I asked if that was a challenge?

And she said, 'Yes!'

And this was the result . . .

"Say Monkey!"

If you have time visit Debbie's Den and see some of my more recent artworks. Or you might like to leave me a challenge by writing a comment below. 

Cheers!

       

Welcome

G'day,

Welcome to the desk and den of Doodles & Dribble. If at anytime during your visit you have any questions, just like when you're in a regular store and you can't find the dress you like in your size you can ask the sales assistance. So if you like what you see while your surfing around my virtual story could you invite your friends and family to come and take a look too.

For all my undertakings as a author and artist you can visit my Doodles and Dribble Facebook Page and on the tool bar on your right you'll find links to my blogs where you can find out more about my wanderings and adventures. I am still setting up shop so the checkout still not quite operating and I've still got my stoke to upload so if you like something  ask the sales assistance.

Just arrived!

$ 50 AU once framed

Postage, handling and insurance not included.

 email for a postage quote

Meantime enjoy and call again soon