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Moments In Time
Clouds Are Thoughts
Things That Attract My Eye – Part 22
It’s been a while since I added to this segment. The images below were taken in March and April this year. We’ve certainly had some beautiful skies of that time. I always enjoy looking at, and taking photos of clouds etc. They also make excellent backgrounds for my poems. 🙂
Till next time!
Written & Photographed by David Johnson
26 July 2025
My Thoughts
“Glacier” – 6 Years, 125 Days of a Watercolour Sketch a Day!
It has been another very hectic month for many reasons. I am fortunate to have started this daily Art practice a few years ago. Without this practice I think I would have been using the old excuse, “that I didn’t have time” a lot!
Here is today’s sketch.
Materials:
- Aquarelle Watercolour sketchbook 300gsm Cold Press
- Sumikondo Japanese Watercolours (Blue-Black)
- Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours (Indigo)
- Aquawash & Neef brushes
I had a lot of fun doing this one!
Till next time!
Written & painted by David Johnson
31 May 2025
Things That Attract My Eye – Part 21
This posts images come from a variety of places:
- Local walks
- A Car Wash
- An Urban Sketcher’s Wollongong Sketch-meet at Port Kembla
- My backyard
- Sydney CBD
Some of the subjects I photograph may end being reference photos for sketches, watercolour, line and wash or oil paintings.
Even though I don’t photograph a lot with DSLR camera’s these days, I like to ‘keep my eye in’ with my phone camera. At some point, I will purchase a mid to high range compact camera that can fit in a suit pocket that I can carry anywhere.
Till next time!
Written & photographed by David Johnson
22 February 2025
Things That Attract My Eye – Part 20
This article’s images come from a number of different outings:
- Local walks
- A trip into the City to see Penn & Teller at the Sydney Opera House
- Our garden
Hope you enjoy them. Some are natural, a few are man-made. Beauty is all around us. If only we would take some time to practice awareness. This exercise can bring a bit of peace to your day. 🙂
Till next time!
Written & Photographed by
David Johnson
28 January 2025
“Serpent By The Sea”
Below is my latest effort using the Gansai Tambi Japanese Watercolours that I was blessed to receive at Christmas. I am really enjoying using them.
For this painting though, I have also used Sumikondo Japanese Watercolours, and Daniel Smith paints. The latter on a minor scale.
Other materials used were:
- Baohong The Master’s Choice 300gsm 100% Cotton Rough texture Block paper.
- Neef brushes
- Aquawash brushes
The ‘Serpent’ was painted with the Sumikondo watercolours. The sand, ocean, and most of the island in the distance were painted with the Gansai Tambi watercolours. Daniel Smith paints were used a little for shadows, mainly under the rock.
The idea for the painting came from one of my Watercolour Sketch a Day sketches. This week’s painting was quite a different image in terms of colour and texture than the sketch I did below. Different paint and paper were used for this one.
Till next time!
Written & Painted by David Johnson
3 January 2025
Things That Attract My Eye – Part 18
It has been a hectic period recently. This is true both on a business and personal level as we head towards Christmas.
It has been nearly two months since I posted in the Photography section. Here are a selection of subjects. Some are taken on local walks. Others were taken on a recent trip to the City (Sydney).
Till next time!
Written & Photographed by David Johnson.
15 December 2024
Communicating Creatively 