Issue #26 of Down Under Textiles magazine is now on sale. It includes an article where I have gathered my thought and share insights into my Weekly Art Project. The article includes key tips for: setting parameters gathering inspiration designing making record keeping If you missed the profile article, thoughtfully written by Erica Spinks, in […]
Weekly Art Project
Weekly Art Project: Week 36
It’s that time of the year again. There’s a chill in the air, the flannel sheets are on the bed and the migrating whales are starting to appearing on the horizon. I saw my first pod of humpbacks yesterday. I didn’t have my camera to hand but they looked something like this video from the […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 35
Say hello to Mr Cockatoo for Week 35 of my self-guided Weekly Art Project. These flamboyant characters gather in squawking flocks that patrol the Copacabana neighbourhood (and wreak havoc chewing on cables and gables). Here’s a blurry photo of a couple surveying the surf:Continuing with a focus on shape, I selected the cockatoo crest for […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 34
Black swans are the subject of my textile sketch for week 34 of my Weekly Art Project. I find perverse pleasure to live in country that is home to a creature once thought to be impossible. Here’s a photo of one of these beautiful birds cruising on the lagoon at Copacabana: A post shared by […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 33
Week 33 of my weekly art project finds me back in the water. I’ve been enjoying some autumn swims and seeing the blue groper (achoerodus viridis) lurking by the rocks. Blue groper come in wonderful colours and majestic elongated oval form. This a photo that Richard Ling shares under a creative commons licence on Flickr: […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 32
Palm trees are scattered around Copacabana. I don’t always like them, especially when they block my view, but they often have pretty flowers. This was my inspiration for Week 32 of my self-guided Weekly Art Project: A post shared by Brenda Gael Smith (@brendagaelsmith) on Jan 20, 2017 at 12:45am PST This a digital sketch […]