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Welcome to my art blog!

Here you will find a mix of my work in progress paintings, tips and techniques for visual artists on all sorts of topics, and stories of my art adventures (with some camping and photography fun thrown in)!

How to stretch watercolour paper

Have you ever tried laying a background watercolour wash only to find that the paper buckles up with the water, creating pools of water...

Building a flat file paper storage cabinet - Part 2 (sanding and varnishing)

Building a flat file storage cabinet yourself and wondering how to finish off plywood and pine to protect it from the elements (and the...

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Experimenting with style and texture in watercolours - "Eastern Yellow Robin" WIP 1-7

My magazine feature in Creative Artist magazine (issue 9)

Embracing the randomness of the watercolour 'wet-in-wet' wash - "Stony-creek frog"

How to create skin textures with pastel - "Alpine tree frog" WIP 1-12

How to sew a reversible two colour bag!

Painting 'plein air' - Cathedral Rock and Bunya Mountains NPs

Using pastel pencils, hard pastels and soft pastels together - "Golden Whistler"

When unexpected things happen - "Shrike-thrush"

How to stretch watercolour paper

Building a flat file paper storage cabinet - Part 2 (sanding and varnishing)

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Laura is a visual artist, veterinarian, conservationist and disease ecology Research Fellow trying to juggle a multitude of passions - and she's too stubborn to drop any of them! She is particularly fond of bush walking, rogaining, camping (especially with her mother, Jenny), bird watching and photography. She lives in the Gold Coast, Australia, and dreams of having an art studio in the rainforest!

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