'Call of Nature' mural finished

Finished collaborative Mural "Call of Nature" by Crisp, Miko and Tish. Bogota Colombia. I must admit that my contribution to this mural was to do some of the buildings and windows. The boys did a great job of the rest. It was fun to be part of this project and gain a greater insight into what Street art is about. It was lovely to see people enjoying the art being done in their neighbourhood on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It is such community-based art.

I would like to refer you to my new fb page.

I haven't been as active on my blog lately as I had hoped I would be. However, I have started an art fb page to use to display my art work. I am finding it more fun and easier to use, so I think I will use that more often now than this blog. So if you would like to continue to see more of my art work please google Fineartricia  or Fineartricia fb and it should come up. Let me know if you have any trouble. I hope to hear from you there. I would appreciate any 'Likes' you can give me on fb also.

That said I will continue putting things on the blog occasionally. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement in following this blog, it has been very much appreciated. And yes, I will put a photo of the finished mural up soon.

Process photo of Tish painting a mural in Bogota, Colombia.

A mural in progress. This mural named 'Nature Calling' was produced by Crisp, Miko and Tish in Bogota Colombia on a sunny Sunday. I will post the completed mural on the next post.

The ladder was borrowed from a local shop. When Miko offered to leave his watch as collateral  for the ladder, the owner refused saying that they trusted him and it wasn't necessary. How very kind.

Tish is my street art name and I am not very active in the street art scene. However, I very much enjoyed sharing the experience with Miko and Crisp, but it isn't really me. I liked doing something out of my comfort zone as a challenge though!

I'm back after a no blogging break.

It is taking me awhile to get used to the blogging and making it a weekly habit. It may be because I am a fairly private person, who doesn't feel the need to tell people what I am doing. It also could be because although I have been busy painting, I haven't been finishing my paintings. I have been chasing the new challenge and going from one painting to the next. Anyway, I have a lot to finish,so I must get onto it this month. In the meantime, what picture to post on the blog. Let me think!

Aha, I love the wonderful effects you can get with watercolour. Back washes used to be discouraged in traditional watercolour practice, times have changed and you can do what you like now, and have such fun with them. Here I have used back washing in the sky, mountains, hills and foreground. I like them. What so you think?

Experimenting with back washes. 

I apologise for not blogging for some time. I have been very busy doing lots of other activities. I am still painting but just not blogging. I will get back to it soon. In the meantime, I will pop on a little work from the past. This is one of my early portraits of my lovely niece completed in the 1980s. I cannot recall the year I did it at the moment. The photo of the portrait is pretty awful.  I will need to take another one this. You can see how old the album is. Until next time enjoy your art.

Charcoal portrait of my niece.

Quick sketch type portrait of my son as a child

Quick watercolour brushwork sketch from life

I did this painting years ago of my son. I had to be quick because he wasn't going to stay still long. I had my watercolours mixed and brushes ready. I took some deep breaths and a moments meditation and a few quick strokes and he was done. Mind you this wasn't the first one. I had a couple of goes, before I was happy with it. Even though he is looking down, I was pleased that I managed to capture his cheeky smile. It's not perfect, but it's a painting that jogs my memories of those happy days. If I wanted perfect, I would have taken a photo! Have fun! Best wishes, Tricia.

I apologise readers for not posting a blog for awhile. I have been busy doing lots of stuff which has thankfully included doing some oil paintings and attending a life drawing group. I also went over to the beach for awhile and studied the sea. I have attempted a couple of sea inspire paintings.

I promise I will post some photos of my new works up soon.Until then I will say cheerio and I hope you are enjoying art also.

1st Prize and Commended in Armidale Art Prize

Hi Readers,

Very good news. My painting pictured below won first prize in the Contemporary Section and another painting titled The Tree received a Commended in the Landscape section of The Armidale Art Prize 2016. I am thrilled and excited to receive recognition from a fellow artist and judge. I was away on holiday when the Exhibition opened, so I was delighted when my friend emailed me with the good news. I will include a photo of the painting The Tree in this post. This painting started as an abstract work, but then I was drawn to do a free and old tree. Both paintings are oil paint on canvas. http://www.armidale.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/art-events/armidale-art-prize-and-exhibition-2016; http://www.linkedin.com/in/trish-petersen-298973aa?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile;

The Tree

Abstracted scene - oil on canvas

Hi Readers,

I have just entered this oil painting below into the Armidale Art Society, Annual Art Exhibition, Contemporary Section. It is inspired by Turner's misty, mysterious scenes. The title is taken from some poetry a friend referred me to. HOW SLOW THE WIND_ HOW SLOW THE SEA- HOW LATE THEIR FEATHERS BE!  I really like the way that the sea waves are referred to as feathers. It gives wonderful misty reference. 

Oil Painting on canvas. 16" X 20"

Echidna pencil and pastel drawing

Completed Echidna roaming somewhere in the Australian bush

I collected this echidna drawing from the framers this week. I was very pleased with
the mount and frame I chose. I enjoyed doing this coloured pencil and pastel drawing.

I was very pleased that my rabbit sold this week to a very good home. I really liked it and I was reluctant to part with it, but I am very happy I will still be able to see it at my brother in laws home.

Happy drawing artists. Let me know what you think please! I like feed back.

The Rabbit Finished

2016_02 Finished Rabbit - coloured pencil and pastel on black paper. Approx 26 X 18 cm

I am pleased with my completed rabbit. To make this rabbit I used mainly a variety of white coloured pencils and pastel pencils. There are such a variation of whites! Drawing on black paper felt like thinking backwards. We are so used to drawing on white paper.

What do you think? I love feedback especially if it is positive. I think we all suffer from self doubt.

My next blog will be of an oil painting I completed last Thursday. I have put it aside for a week to look at it will fresh eyes, before I declare it finished. Until next time.

A drawing in progress of a rabbit using coloured pencils and pastel pencils

Well here I am finally going to show you one of my first drawings in 2016. Keep in mind that it isn't finished yet. I like looking at artists unfinished works or planning drawings or sketches for paintings. It is through these drawings that we see the creative process in action, so to speak. I hope all the creative people who are viewing this blog, have a wonderfully productive 2016. And for those who don't regard themselves as creative, I wish you a year full of fun moments discovering artists whose work you like to view.

Below is my drawing in progress of a white rabbit. It needs a general tidy up and it is at the stage where my hope is to bring it together and to life. I have to be careful now, that I don't ruin it. I need to do its toes first, and then to judge what the next step should be. Probably a little blending in parts. I will photograph him again when he is finished and show you in another blog. I hope you like him/her.

Unfinished rabbit drawing using using white and coloured pencil and pastel pencils.

I am sorry that I haven't written or put photos of my artwork on my blog for awhile. I have been holidaying at Coffs Harbour, spending time with my family and doing lots of drawing using new materials and refining my technical skills with some traditional oil painting. I haven't downloaded the photos yet, but I will soon and get busy blogging at least once a week again. I will get back to it in a couple of days, and show some of my new work I have been doing, even some that is unfinished.

Christmas and cartooning in Australia

I had a wonderful Christmas with my family. I hope you did also. We are enjoying wonderful summer weather, but Christmas wasn't as warm as it usually is here in Australia. Members of my family made these creations, which made the Christmas extra special. I love to see that there are many arty creative people in the family. I have been enjoying learning to draw Japanese manga and anime cartoon characters with a young fellow in the family.

We went to the Cartoon Bunker in Coffs Harbour today, where we learnt more about the history of cartooning in Australia, and we saw many original hand drawn cartoons.

Happy 2016 to you all. I am looking forward to doing a lot more art this year. To start off this new years resolution off, I am going to do some intensive nature drawing everyday for a week in January. I will pop some photos of the drawings later this month.