Back to the Dragonflies.

Here I'm adding a bit of iridescent paint to the water background and also to the wings of the dragonflies.

Next I'm sorting out the threads for the reeds, which I think will be hand embroidered rather than my usual machine stitching. I need plenty of thickness to the reed stems which might be a bit hard to achieve with machine sewing. I could of course stitch with a heavy thread in the bobbin, but that means working from the back which wouldn't be easy with this design. Hand stitching it is I think.

Cuddly Koala.

      So you thought that Koalas were soft gentle cuddly animals...............check out the claws on this one!

More Cold Weather.

Icy Cold Morning.

                             This is the top of an old fence post, with a touch of Jack Frost on the top.

              I don't know what this plant is, but it seems to cope with being covered in ice each cold morning.

                                                  No morning bath for the birds this morning!

Melbourne View.

The Arts Centre Spire, one of Melbourne's special landmarks, seen here from the city side of the Yarra River.

More Reeds.

Another printing session with the reed stamp. Some are gelatine prints and some are just the usual stamped image.  I was trying out various media for use with the stamp, ie acrylic paint, block printing ink and stamp pad ink. The block printing ink is fairly old so is a bit too solid, but the acrylic ink works well. The stamp pad ink doesn't seem to go evenly over such a big area.

Vale Misty.

With great sadness we had to say farewell yesterday to our old feline friend Misty.  She was 19 1/2 years old and as well as the effects of kidney disease, she developed an inoperable stomach tumour. The loveliest cat I have ever known! RIP Misty.

National Gallery of Victoria.

This is the entrance walkway to the National Gallery of Victoria's Ian Potter Centre for Australian art.
I went in to see an exhibition featuring the work of one of our most interesting painters Fred Williams. information here..........http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/artist/600


After thoroughly enjoying that treat, I also visited the Top Arts exhibition featuring the work of our best local secondary school students.  Some of them are just so talented at 17 or so, it's hard to imagine how much better they could become in the future. 


A lovely morning of art appreciation.