Denita Tizard

I have just put the last of the paint on the canvas  'SPIRITS CHAIN' I've had fun painting this tortured woman. They say when you paint what you fear you paint your best work.  Progress photos... had a moment of sick of trying to fix the eyes that I started again my little cutie was having fun with me in the studio   This is me the beginning doing a bit of research for my painting. I was so excited that I couldn't wait I went straight out to the studio in my dressing gown. The card for the day is... You are a perfect child of God, and every part of you is wonderful.  Your angels guide you to let go of negative self-judgments and to enjoy being you! “You are much to hard on yourself,” your angels day to you through this card.  Although you enjoy having high standards, it’s important to view yourself through loving eyes.  Berating yourself only makes your spirit ...

I accept the challenge : below, there's a list of 100 words. I'm free to interpret them as I wish - just take a photo for each one and post it. Photos must be taken specifically for the challenge, but they don't need to be done in order. I'm going add them here as I take them. Here's the list! 1. Safety 2. Stale 3. Feathered 4. Hot 5. Open 6. Forever 7. Love 8. Touch 9. Colorless 10. Blue 11. Smell 12. Growth 13. Irony 14. Wrong 15. More 16. Feel 17. Muse 18. Child 19. Within 20. Pale 21. Earth 22. Torn 23. Scars 24. Stray 25. Drops 26. Against 27. Dry 28. Fresh 29. Covered 30. Bold 31. High 32. Shadow 33. Concrete 34. Vein 35. Rush 36. Yellow 37. Empty 38. Cliché 39. Central 40. Loss 41. Wonder 42. Sweet 43. Poetry 44. Heavy 45. Fall 46. Chair 47. Statue 48. Kool-Aid 49. Dark 50. Breath 51. Garbage 52. Silk 53. Teacher 54. Cream 55. Wash 56. Corner 57. Rose 58. Field 59. Two 60. Red 61. Music 62. Rope ...

My friend keeps asking for my Love Everybody painting and I just can't give it up yet. It was her birthday last week so I got stuck in, and painted her a smaller version. I think she will love it? I'm sure she will give me shit about not giving her the big one.  Miss Paula's painting So got snapped as Paula Ann read this blog before getting her painting.  She loves it... This morning I have been hanging out on NZ sculpture park website, getting excited about sculpture. I have been wanting to get into sculpture for a long time but never have. I am hoping that the course I'm doing will start me of in the right direction.  I pinned some of my favourite pieces to my pinterest page  http://pinterest.com/denita/sculpture Right better get back to doing some work.  This was pretty interesting I watched it in the week (starts after 6 mins) Miss Maddy was doing her own art study this week while she was home sic...

Here is a clip I made of my studio I had lots of great feedback, meet some new people, caught up with some and enjoyed my time chatting to loads of people over the even. It was a perfect stream of visitor as I could connect with mostly everyone.  I managed to finish a painting for Maddy, she turned 4 on Sunday A protection angel for her room. We had a party for her Sunday afternoon Can't believe she is 4 already!  I took Mum and Maddy out to Waverley to see Lisa Walsh's glass installation I couldn't take photos as you can see the sign from the door. Lisa said that viewers should be prepared to see glass in forms and scale you have not seen before. “Our Home is a rare opportunity to experience our culture, reminisce on objects that we have treasured and reflect on the uniqueness that makes up our country,” she said. Nearly 80 percent of the installation is recycled glass.   CLICK HERE to go to her facebook ...