Going for a walk

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 | Anna Cull

Kererū study – 150 x 185 mm, 2016 — Kererū study – ink, watercolour and digital, 2016

Kererū / New Zealand pigeon, somewhere near Nelson, 2004

“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” Paul Klee

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 — 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 : )