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Coffee and watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm
Be easy about this. Be playful about it. Don’t work so hard at it. Let your dominant intent be to feel good, and if you don’t feel good, then let your dominant intent be to feel relief. Feel your way through it. If you think your way through it, you can get off on all kinds of tangents. If you feel your way through it, you can come quickly to your Core Energy, and when you do that only good can then flow to you.- Abraham-Hicks
A stone barn not far from us (Tarlton, South Africa) also used as a church on Sundays.
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- 12th November 2010 – FEATURED in Painting the Country Life
- 12th December 2010 – FEATURED in Painters Universe
- 27th March 2012 – FEATURED in Artists Universe
- 31st March 2012 – FEATURED in Mozambique
I am a watercolorist living on my little piece of African soil in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa. The inspiration for my art is the wonderfully rich variety of Fauna and Flora to be found throughout this beautiful country.
“There is a fine line between dreams and reality; it’s up to you to draw it.”
Comments
Brilliant painting sweetheART a fabulous fave ;} Happy hippy hugglez
Oh Val! You’re such a darling, what WILL I do with you?! thank you very much for the fav!
– Maree Clarkson
NOTHING WRONG!! My goodness Maree, please come and see me in my office! You can never make a mistake in art! And this is ART! I love the rainy clouds and the blue on the brown!
Oh my word Liz! Not the office again, please! Do I now have to change the name….? I just feel Angela Eidelman would also give me a spanking over this! Thanks for the fav, and I really do value your judgement!
– Maree Clarkson
If this is wrong..what’s right?! What I see is very pleasing…
Sally, my friend, you are toooo kind! I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and my eye was definitely not pleased with this! But from the comments so far I’m beginning to doubt my judgement…? thank you for your encouraging support!
– Maree Clarkson
Looks great to me!! You did NOT go wrong with this one!
I’ll take your word for it Dot, thanks for your kind words!
– Maree Clarkson
Oh dear Maree, how can you consider such beauty a mistake. I think this one is fabulous. As I sit in my lounge here today autumn has started in earnest. The oak leaves are turning to brown as I watch, the strong wind is showering them over the lawn and borders and the multicoloured clouds are scudding across the sky. I don’t have mountains in my view but the atmosphere you have created is a perfect reproduction of what is outside my window. Love it. Almxxx
PS any more rejects and we can have a car boot sale!!!
I’ve got a drawer full of those Alma, enough for two car boot sales! Maybe one day I’ll up-load them and we can have some in-depth discussions on them! lol It’s only the lovely inspiration, support and camaraderie here on RB that gave me the courage to up-load this one! Your scenery outside your lounge window sounds just exquisite – do you get snow in your area? Maybe we’ll be seeing some lovely snow pics… thank you for a lovely chat!
– Maree Clarkson
I don’t think it went “wrong,” the coffee tonality is just dominating the other colors. I like it and think that the coffee washes really gave it a nice vintage presentation! I like the subdued nature of this one! Great work and nice experimentation!
That certainly is getting me to look at it in a different way Ken, I like your description of the “subdued nature” of this, and will go with that! Thanks for your lovely insight!
– Maree Clarkson
Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
Thank you so much robin, much appreciated!
– Maree Clarkson
I have to agree, the coffee gives it a vintage feel…
some scene from an old movie… nice!
Thanks for that Jan – maybe a scene for a Halloween movie…? lol
– Maree Clarkson
Love your title Maree! I was expecting a total disaster LOL. I think it looks great. Yes, coffe does have a mind of its own but I think that is what makes it stand out as different. I wonder what would happen if you tinted a weak mix of coffee with you watercolour?
I often use coffee in stead of water as a mix Dianne – many of my previous paintings have been done that way! It also gives the watercolour that ‘coffee’ sheen on the original. Thank you for your encouraging comment!
– Maree Clarkson
Hi Maree, Not too bad, but gee that far hill has jumped right forward. Apart from the hill, I think it is all fine. Regards Kerry.
Hi Kerry, and it’s not only the hill that jumps out at ME! lol Thanks for your comment!
– Maree Clarkson