My local zoo had their annual Neighbours’ Barbeque last night, so along with other humans from my zoo-including neighbourhood I enjoyed the zoo for … More
Author: alittleart
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
The tiny photo bomber
A photobomberpillar? This morning I was trying to capture an image of the mouthparts on this tiny 3-4mm monarch caterpillar, … More
Fluffy wolf charcoal technique revisted
I said I’d try some more with the recently learnt slow-wolf approach to using built-up layers of black and white … More
Looking closer . . . closer . . . just a little bit closer!
When a new camera lens arrives you just have to put it on your camera and go take photos. The … More
Torture by fluffy wolf
The thing with making art is that you get used to using favourite tools in a certain way. It’s good … More
Aliens in Aro Park
Tonight I enjoyed a ‘Summer Star Trek‘ show in a local park – everything and everyone were very colourful and all … More
New Year’s Street Hog
As seen on my way to a New Year’s barbecue, one of a pair of youngling hedgehogs rummaging around in … More
Let the festive feasting begin!
Said the tiny ant to all the other tiny ants . . .
Fireworks!
Next year (as I say every year) I’ll go really early and claim a watching-spot that gets more of the harbour … More
Castle on a clifftop #46
As scenic as any scenery you’ll ever see: the ruins of Dunnottar Castle near Aberdeen, Scotland. If I was a different kind … More
