Sculpture by the sea.

Today Jamie and I headed down to the beach to check out the annual Sculpture by the Sea. It began in 1997 and has become an iconic Sydney event. The weather this weekend has been super hot so Jamie and I put off going to the beach until late afternoon (gotta love daylight savings!). The sculptures were scattered along the coast line creating an ant-like trail of people as far as the eye could see.

You can click here to visit the Sculpture by the Sea website to see more images and learn more about the event.

Sam xox

Painting outcome.

I had a great time with Mel on Saturday. She had some great art books and tips that helped me a lot. My flower paintings were not good. I had trouble with blending the colours in both water colour paints and pastels. I need more practice.

Mel had two books that show you step-by-step how to achieve different outcomes with water colour paints and pastels.

I will show you two of the pieces I made:

Winter Forest - Using soft pastels and paper.

Artistic lesson from this piece: Use correct paper. Soft pastels smudge.

Landscape Scene - Water colour paint.

Artistic lesson from this piece: water colour paints require loads of patients!

Sam xox