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A closer look at this weeks detail work on the tussocks around the tarn in the St Arnaud Tarn painting. The afternoons were very hot in the studio, so making such small brush strokes was a challenge with the paint drying so fast.
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Still working on the larger tussocks in the foreground. It's quite hard achieving the natural movement and overall softness, yet freezing each strand in place. Lots of layers and...
The first decent weather window in a while came upon us last weekend, so we bee-lined it for the Nelson Lakes, an easy, close spot for us to go for a dose of mountain scenery. Although I have walked & jogged the Mt Robert many many times over the years I thought it would be nice time to take the kids 8 & 10 along to Lake Angelus and down the Cascade...
If you've stood on the top of Mt Owen (at 1875m the highest peak in Kahurangi National Park) you'll recognize these tarns as the last water source before you are surrounded by a unique limestone karst landscape. This is if you climbed up from the Courthouse Flat...
