Go after it

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 | Anna Cull

Magnolia study – ink and watercolour, 140 x 170 mm, 2016

Magnolia, Mona Vale, Christchurch, 2013 — Magnolias at Mona Vale, Christchurch, 2013

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London

Joyous

September 4, 2015September 3, 2015 | Anna Cull

Violets — ink, watercolour and digital, 2015

“The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.” Michael Leunig

The quote is from Holy Fool, a wonderful book crammed full of Michael Leunig’s art ― not his cartoons but his playful, colourful, joyful paintings and drawings. Highly recommended.

Violets in the kitchen, original photograph, 2015

If you want a subject, look around you

May 5, 2015May 12, 2015 | Anna Cull

Crepuscular rays (study) – ink and watercolour crayon, 2015

Homeward bound, Hanmer (original photo reference), 2014

“If you want a subject, look around you.” Peter Brook

I can see for miles and miles

January 13, 2015January 12, 2015 | Anna Cull

Diamond Creek sketch, ink and watercolour, 2015; photograph of the view that inspired the sketch. This is where we stayed over Christmas for two glorious weeks in Melbourne : )

The key

January 9, 2015January 8, 2015 | Anna Cull

Baby Grand, Melbourne — ink sketch, 2014

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby

Everywhere and all the time

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 | Anna Cull

Market Day sketch, ink and watercolour, 2014

“Draw everywhere and all the time. An artist is a sketchbook with a person attached.” Irwin Greenberg

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