It’s a good feeling when I get to the end of an art journal. This particular book was begun in 2017. I felt it was time to revisit watercolours and hone my skills a bit. Of course, I was easily distracted from such notions of practice and relapsed easily back into the safety and comfort […]

I’m on a mission to really hone my hand at Aussie flowers. Here we have a study of Waratah, banksia, nsw Christmas bush, kangaroo Paws and gum nuts.

Taking inspiration from mandalas, zentangles, henna art and patterns that I have carried with me now for close to 20 , this ink and watercolour piece is as close to me having a green thumb as I can get.

gum leaves, aerial view of cattle walking to water, Waratahs and bark come together to support this dragonfly. Ink drawing with coloured pencil and alcohol markers.

An Alcohol marker piece pondering abstract patterns and more Australian flowers

An art journal entry, stylised Australian flora. Kangaroo Paws, gum nuts, gum blossoms, and gum leaves with wattle blossoms floating around the mid-ground. Alcohol markers on paper.

Welcome back to paperthumbtack just briefly while I invite you all my subscribers over to my new life-sharing blog. After about 12 month of consideration, lack of work and generally being busy getting married, I have felt it time to change up my online presence. Exit instagram, Facebook and other corporation controlled social media here. […]

Sketch of sister in car, coloured using alcohol markers.