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POTY

23 January 2007 by kristarella

I entered one of my photographs in the Photograph of the Year contest that I posted about before. Check out the entries and vote if you can. Most of the photos are beautiful. See if you can pick which one is mine. 😛

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Tea and Sympathy

15 January 2007 by kristarella

Nope, not about Bernard Fanning; I didn’t even know his album was called that, I didn’t even know he and the lead singer of Powderfinger were the same guy until I saw a video clip and said “Hey, you know he looks like…” Do you know that song Tea and Sympathy by Jars of Clay? […]

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Hearts

12 January 2007 by kristarella

I was going to post this this morning, but strange things were happening. I learnt some handy things during this creation, largely thanks to Tomas Arad’s drawing, which I used but pretty much remade. Mainly I learnt about blurring edges and clipping objects. I like the clipping objects one, you can make a pattern or […]

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Petals

10 January 2007 by kristarella

I added a bit to my most recent graphical creation. What do you think? Better? Worse? I’ve put this one on my computer at work. I like it!

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Curling vines desktop

8 January 2007 by kristarella

With the exciting new prospect of classy swirls (which Ber interpretted for Inkscape) I’ve made a vine desktop. I have it on my desktop at the moment and I like it. I feel like there’s something missing from it but I didn’t want to get too carried away, less is more you know. Of course […]

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Learning is good!

7 January 2007 by kristarella

Joy! Yesterday I learnt a lot about Inkscape and vectors. Mostly about cutting and joining paths, which I couldn’t do before. I guess it’s thanks to Veerle‘s tutorials on swirls that I linked to yesterday and then her ribbon tutorial. I’d tried the ribbon one before but it didn’t work because I couldn’t figure out […]

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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