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Summer sunset at Wallaroo, South Australia

Five favourite kinds of weather

 by Liz Powley Friday, 13 October, 2017 7 comments

Some of my favourite weather situations

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watercolour materials

Watercolour adventures

 by Liz Powley Thursday, 12 October, 2017 27 comments

This week I explored watercolour

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Five Favourites

Five of my favourite artists

 by Liz Powley Saturday, 7 October, 2017Sunday, 8 October, 2017 6 comments

I thought I would share five of my favourite artists.

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Opinionated octopus

Inktober 2017

 by Liz Powley Thursday, 5 October, 2017Thursday, 5 October, 2017 17 comments

Yes, I’m making the attempt!

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Pen by Liz Powley

My five favourite paintings

 by Liz Powley Friday, 29 September, 2017 22 comments

of mine.

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Tree with Heart stamp

More stamps – a pansy, a tree and a heart

 by Liz Powley Friday, 29 September, 2017Friday, 29 September, 2017 20 comments

I have fallen in love with stamping and painting over the stamp.

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Latest Discovery

Latest Discovery – Gerda Lipski

 by Liz Powley Monday, 25 September, 2017Sunday, 24 September, 2017 1 comments

She uses many different techniques and layers on layers and it is fascinating to watch.

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Daly Head

Five Favourite Beaches

 by Liz Powley Sunday, 24 September, 2017Sunday, 24 September, 2017 7 comments

I thought I would post Five Favourite Things of mine. Of course, one of my favourite things is beaches, so here be my five favourite beaches…in no particular order 😀

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purple daisies

Art update

 by Liz Powley Friday, 22 September, 2017Friday, 29 September, 2017 35 comments

My art has been selected to be on the cover of a book!

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stamp montage

Creating your own stamps

 by Liz Powley Thursday, 14 September, 2017 20 comments

Would you like to have a go at making your own stamps?

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Liz Powley, ever inspired by the Australian environment, seeks to explore the small, the colourful and the hidden. Using traditional to slightly insane techniques, she will take you on an adventure to explore the capabilities of art materials and the distant limits of colour theory.

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