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Things That Attract My Eye – Part 22

Featured by communicatingcreatively, posted in Photography, Uncategorized

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

New Era

Featured by communicatingcreatively, posted in Poetry

Things That Attract My Eye – Part 21

22/02/202522/02/2025 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Photography

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

“Serpent By The Sea”

03/01/202501/01/2025 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Painting

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 19!

29/12/2024 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Photography

All the images in this post were taken on a small walk I did this morning. We are almost one month into the Summer season here in south-western Sydney. More often than not, the best time to walk is early morning.

The early morning light was again majestic this morning.

Till next time!

Written & Photographed by David Johnson

29 December 2024

Things That Attract My Eye – Part 18

15/12/202415/12/2024 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Photography

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

My Identity

15/12/2024 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Haiku Poetry

Beautiful Springtime

08/11/202408/11/2024 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Haiku Poetry

Things That Attract My Eye – Part 17

27/10/202427/10/2024 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Photography

Yesterday, I arrived in Camden, NSW about 20 minutes earlier than planned. I decided to go for a short walk.

I had been to this area many times, yet, that is sometimes what makes discoveries all the more satisfying. When ‘the light’ is different, as it is each time, you can discover new things.

Shadows, lines, patterns, textures and form are quite attractive to me. Here are some examples of what I found. 🙂