Wow, it has been a busy time for me lately!

My works are still showing at the Art Factory Gallery, Merivale St, South Brisbane.

I had a good time at the opening night and enjoyed spending time at the gallery on the weekend, but would be happier if I had sold something!  The art will be there until Sunday evening if you’re interested in checking it out.

With all this going on as well as lots of stuff for school, I am proud I managed to get something done for Inspire Me Thursday this week.  The topic was “wardrobe” - I had to think for a while but finally came up with an idea I liked for this:

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This week’s challenge at Inspire Me Thursday is Polka Dots.  This is what I came up with:

You’ll notice that the background is made up of overlapping circles.  I don’t know if they really count as polka dots seeing as they overlap, but oh well.

I will be entering this painting into a community art exhibition at Bella Art Gallery this coming weekend.  Let me know what you think!

I just couldn’t finish up with this “crayon art” prompt from Inspire Me Thursday without trying this - I created this piece by melting crayons (well, oil pastels but close enough) and dripping them on to a piece of paper (I painted the background with acrylic paint first):

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This week’s challenge for Inspire Me Thursday was to use crayons.

I used a technique I do all the time with the kids at school - draw a picture onto a piece of paper using crayons (I used oil pastels here because it’s the closest thing I have). Then, paint over the top of it - the paint will not stick to the spots with the oil pastels. It’s great for doing seascapes with kids, but I chose to do some trees using my white oil pastel & watercolour paints:

Let me know what you think! (I think the top one is the better of the two)

Once again, I have been challenged by Inspire Me Thursday - had to think for a long time about this one.

I decided I’m not very good at painting actual doors so this is a doorway: