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Nature's Paint Box eZine Issue 2 Available to Purchase Now!

The premiere edition was extremely well received and Issue 2 is no exception with nearly 50 pages to instruct, inspire and impress including: how to set up a website for newbies; shopping cart reviews for your new site; interviews with leading wildlife artists and photographers who showcase their work; recommended websites, blogs, software and books; galleries, exhibitions and competitions; learn how to airbrush, a step-by-step tutorial; free nature wallpapers to downlo… Continue

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Lean on Me "Highly Commended" in Wildlife Portrait Competition

I have just heard that my photograph "Lean on Me" of a pair of rainbow lorikeets was selected as "highly commended" in the Wildlife Portraits competition run by Will Burrard-Lucas and his younger brother Matthew. Here is the article from Burrard-Lucas Blog site

Wildlife Photography Competition Results

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Posted on May 8, 2009 at 2:11pm — 2 Comments

Nature Journaling in Currumbin Valley

A few weeks ago I visited Currumbin Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to. The drive through the valley was stunning with canopies of green trees over-hanging the narrow roadway which wound its way past homesteads, scattered along this scenic drive. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday morning with hardly any other traffic on this secluded twisty road. I had my binocul… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 11:04pm — 2 Comments

Lean on Me makes it to the second round of IGPOTY!

I entered my photograph “Lean on Me” into the 2009 International Garden Photographer of the Year which is based in the UK. I have just received notification that I have made it to the second round and I am thrilled.

The judges will select around 100 finalists whose photographs will be printed… Continue

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 9:10am —

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At 4:33pm on June 30, 2009, Colin Bradley said…: Hi Lesley

Thank you for your kind comments. I use pastel pencils for all my work now with the addition of soft pastels for background work, this is how I acheive the impressionistic background effects. All the videos I have made are designed to teach fellow artists how to use the pastel pencil medium.
Thank you for the lead for this site I hopw that it will inspire others to have a go at the medium.
Best regards Colin.

At 8:46am on June 26, 2009, Jamie Boots said…: Hi Lesley, The site looks great and thank you for asking me to be a memter. The video was originally produced as a promotion to be used in galleries but the record company that gave me permission to use the beautiful piece of music said that they would like to put it on YouTube, which I was very pleased about. Sadly, it was only available in the UK for 3 weeks when a dispute arose between Google and PRS (the Performing Rights Society). The dispute meant that the majority of music videos were blocked from UK viewing and this dispute still continues. Luckily I now have my website and viewers in the UK can see the video again.......Jamie

At 10:44am on April 1, 2009, Martina Pettit said…: Hi Lesley,thank you for your wonderful complement Painting and firing tile is unique learning experience in my point of veiw because uderglaze paint is a different color out of the bottle than it is once fired in a kiln I have to rely on color charts that i have pinned to the wall of my studio to see what the fired color of the particular shade that i am using will be and for mixing underglaze paint you have to have a pretty good base knowledge of tinting colors so painting with acrylics has helped me gain a base knowledge but it is always kinda touch and go and waiting to see what the finished mural fires out to be and this particular mural of the paint horses was a couple of weeks to complete but the one i am working on right now is 70 4 inch tiles and is a very complex turn of the 20th century street scene with antique cars horses and buggies ornate buildings it will take several months to complete and i will be posting on my website when finished.

At 11:35pm on March 28, 2009, Bettina said…: Thank you, they were quite time consuming but I am grateful I was granted full creative freedom in creating them. :)

At 1:35am on March 1, 2009, Jason Morgan said…: Thanks for posting on my wall - if only there were more hrs in the day!!! trying to keep 2 websites, 2 blogs and also find time to paint is a real juggling act. Will tryto post some more paintings real soon