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Time to change hats and put my illustration hat on for a bit. It's been a while but I really want to create something worthwhile here, who knows where it might lead. I need to practice a lot, the idea being that I will hopefully improve of course but also become more rapid and efficient along the way. It would be great to accumulate new illustration skills too, this should happen with a little research and a lot of time spent illustrating. Sometimes, like today, it seems to take me all day long to get around to starting, it's the dreaded procrastination or the fear of not being good enough and ruining that perfect blank white page with my marks. I'm trying to counteract these types of blocks with process, I have a process that should in theory work, as long as procrastination stays away for long enough. First it's imagining an idea, then sketching (research is often needed at this point too), then once I am happy with the sketch it's mixing up the right colours, then painting and waiting for paint to dry between layers... after all of that hopefully (it's never guaranteed) I end up with something I'm proud of, and if not at least I can learn from the experience. There really is no such a thing as a quick illustration. Unless it starts and ends with just a simple pencil. x Louise.
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Wow how cool is this?!! I found this tiny tool and immediately thought of only one thing. Normally it's used for embossing or in my case I want to use it for de-bossing. I want to sign all my watercolour artworks with it, what do you think? this way the signature has no colour and will only effect the artwork in the most subtle of ways. I've always been adverse to signing the front of my artworks because it sticks out like a sore thumb, but with this little gem I'm going to start again! What a find. Just had to share. x Louise. ©LouiseMartin2017
I really let go and trusted my intuition on this one, not knowing what it might look like at the end... really thrilled at how it ended up looking 💚 it was a much more organic method of painting doing this than it is when I restrict myself to a perfect circle. Nothing was 'planned' before starting, I tried not to think too much about what I was doing and just went with the flow, it felt good and evolved into this creation almost all by itself. I feel the need to create more of these right away! I'm thinking about trying on larger size paper, 50x65cm, hoping that I won't 'freeze up' as I usually do when I use the bigger (pricey) pieces of paper, it's harder to keep the simplicity in a bigger piece simply because of it's scale, the smaller the scale I work with the more I love the result... however this shall not deter me, the last time I worked on this scale I created the 'More than a Feeling' collection, so I should have more confidence in myself! x Louise. ©LouiseMartin2017
It's no secret I love working with inks, and the more I do the more I understand how they work and how to create something similar to the idea that I have in my head. I created these pieces a couple of months ago and I'm in love with how they turned out, I especially love the muted colour palette, it feels like me. I didn't want to stop here but I ran out of ink. Oh dear. Unfortunately it doesn't grow on trees, so I've put the ink aside for now and I'll use some mediums I already have in stock... I know it won't be for long though before I'll be ordering more, I could ask santa... ink products and papers might be pricey but it's way too addictive and fun to not carry on! x Louise. ©LouiseMartin2017
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Something pretty cool happened a couple of months ago, I sent a collection of artworks off to Image Vault NZ. I'm really excited to be an Image Vault NZ artist. Now you can collect high quality prints of my artworks for a really affordable price. I created the collection 'More than a Feeling" especially for them and for you! so now you can find prints of this collection available on the Image Vault NZ website, www.imagevault.co.nz/page/prints&artist=LOMA Of course the originals are also for sale in my store. There is always something special about the vibrancy of the colours in original artworks. Something that's always held me back from offering prints is the loss of vibrancy of colour in the process of conversion to CMYK for printing, but I'm happy to say that the team at Image Vault NZ have done a super fantastic job. After seeing how great the results can look I might even be brave enough to offer more prints soon. x Louise.  ©LouiseMartin2017
Last year my little sis came to france to visit. It was Anna who got me painting agian, thanks sis x. Anyway she started some creations too and left this one for me to finish, I put it aside for 'later' one year on I finally picked it up, after moving house yet again, and decided it needed a touch of rich carbon black to give it that bit of umph, et voilà finished. Love it. ©LouiseMartin2017
Emerald dream. I suddenly love green, is it because I see the colour fading away from my surroundings as autumn begins... maybe, or perhaps it's because I still see so much green around me as autumn this year has so far been very mild... at any rate I am thinking about green, green, green and using it more and more often in my artworks either in place of or alongside my usual blue hue favourites 💚 ©LouiseMartin2017
Today I tried something new, an abstract portrait. I tried to keep it loose and details limited... hmmm not really sure about it. Anyway for me a big part of creating is trying new things and learning along the way, I like creating outside of my comfort zone, it helps me grow and become a better artist. I think I'm going to create some more of these, more for myself than anything else, I feel like I can do better. I've always been drawn to the expressiveness and aesthetics of the human face and I've yet to find a face that I didn't find beauty in, yet I've never spent much time on trying to represent this beauty in my artworks. There is no time like the present right? I've got so many ideas that I could paint 24/7 and never run out, I may however run out of treasured supplies soon! Indecision©LouiseMartin2016
I sometimes wonder if living in France these past eleven months has helped with my creativity? ... probably and although I could easily have picked up a paintbrush back in New Zealand I very rarely ever did, I never made the time ... it took moving far away to make me reflect on that childhood dream to move to France and become an artist. Now that I've started painting again I never want to stop, no matter where in the world I end up next. Acrylic on watercolour paper. Using a combination of white blue and purple. Here, although I haven't used black paint, the layering of these colours in places is so dark that you could easily think that I did. I couldn't be happier than the moments when I'm creating.  MeltingMountains©LouiseMartin2016
I just love working with inks! Even when I have an idea in mind of what I want to create they are so unpredictable that sometimes, like in this instance, I I actually end up creating something more fantastic than I originally imagined. Happy sigh. ©LouiseMartin2016
More play and loving the results... I think, sometimes I'm not one hundred percent sure if I love them or hate them. I guess it depends on my mood. That's art isn't it... in the eye of the beholder.  ©LouiseMartin2016
It's important to take time to play, to experiment and to learn. Sometimes it's hard to 'make time' to fit the play in with a day job. I often find myself up late at night or in the wee small hours of the morning, taking advantage of the calm 'making time' never felt so good. Today I transformed a break time into an arty play time to start this abstract watercolour artwork.  Escape©LouiseMartin2016
This is a colourful original acrylic painting on watercolour paper. Escape. Incorporating a colour palette of white, beige, purple and copper. Thick with texture that jumps off the page creating a dramatic and mesmerising effect. The colour combination is combined with a hint of dramatic purple and metallic copper. Escape into your thoughts, escape the clutches of a lifelong vice, escape your self-disbelief... escape. What do you see? the joy of abstraction will connect you to the right artwork in it's own unique way.  Adieu©LouiseMartin2016
It's raining outside today to match our heavy hearts. Watercolour and ink on paper. Adieu Didette, I'm so glad we were lucky enough to spend so much time with you over these past ten months in France. May your spirit now fly free. We will pause for a long moment with tears in our hearts but mostly we will smile and celebrate the beautiful life that you lived.  I particularly like this quote, it talks to me. Her words as true today as they were in her era and will continue to be tomorrow.
When I was a young girl I wanted to be an artist... then as I grew up the environment around me congratulated me on choosing a serious creative profession as a graphic designer which, although I still enjoy to this day, was never quite enough creative release. Had I realised my own creative potential? I still wanted to become an artist, where was the self confidence, why didn't I still believe that everything was possible... Somehow over this past year I've found the self belief that was lacking before. I am painting. I am an artist. And my spirit is singing with joy.  FindingAPath©LouiseMartin2016
Tiny yet beautiful, measuring 150mm x 105mm. Finding a Path, here I've used a palette of metallic copper, white, beige and striking purple Liquitex acrylics. This painting represents the path that we're all on in life, the path that many of us struggle to find or choose, the path that speaks to us the most and nurtures our spirit, in essence the path that makes for a happy life. Could I have found mine...? have you found yours? are you being true to yourself? Enough of the deep and meaningful I hope you enjoy.  DreamingInColour©LouiseMartin2016
It's true I dream in colour and about colour. This painting in particular is something I've been dreaming about for a while. Seeing as I LOVE both texture and colour (to the point of obsession) combining the two just seemed inevitable. I just needed to find a way beautiful enough to match what I saw in my dreams.  ©LouiseMartin2016
Today I spent the afternoon playing with paint - what could be better. I'm totally stoked with two of the very accidental results, this is one of them a paint technique I've been trying to create but not quite getting there until today when boom, it worked, feeling so fulfilled right now. Happy sigh. I dream in colour - let's see what tomorrow brings.  ADropOfCourage©LouiseMartin2016
Little sister to the dash - A Drop of Courage - I'm really pleased to have found the lightness of touch that often evades me in this painting. Acrylic on paper. Hot pink, beige, copper and white, because that's what courage looks like to me.  ADashOfCourage©LouiseMartin2016
Hello my lovely acrylics, I haven't forgotten you. Courage. Sometimes we need a dash sometimes we need a lot more. What is courage made up of anyway? I think it's a combination of a few different things and the recipe probably varies from person to person. I had the dash quantity in mind when painting this piece and this is what it turned into, my personal dash of courage.  It'sRainingAgain©LouiseMartin2016
It's raining again, well not really but for some reason lately I find myself incorporating rain or a tear drop form into my paintings and illustrations, maybe it's representative of an inner sadness or unrest that is looking for a release - or maybe I just like the shape itself. Watercolour and ink on paper. Rocking a greener colour palette.  CopperHills#2©LouiseMartin2016
I'm a huge fan of copper at the moment, the only challenge is photographing it! in this abstract landscape I have used a palette of colours reflect the natural environment surrounding me with autumn suddenly arriving here in our sleepy little village in France. I love the unexpected elements that can 'happen' when creating these ink artworks. Ink is an interesting medium and often has a mind of it's own, with some very pleasing results.  CalmStorm©LouiseMartin2016
This painting started out completely differently in my mind and developed along the way into this beauty, Calm Storm, certainly influenced by the winds and cool autumn temperatures and colours that were living outside at it's creation. I never have difficulty naming my pieces, they come to me naturally and it's almost as if they name themselves. Even if they sound a little bizarre sometimes like this one does, I mean do Calm and Storm really go together? normally I would say no yet somehow in this painting I feel they fit nicely. |
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