GSM is an acronym for “Grams Per Square Metre’ which means how much a single sheet of paper measuring 1m x 1m weighs. The lower the GSM the lighter the paper and the higher the GSM the heavier the paper. … 70gsm to 80gsm. This range of paper weight is commonly used as office paper and is normally used as copier paper. Heavier weight cartridge papers like the Snowdon Cartridge 300gsm can cope with stronger mark-making…
Author: artbyeileen
I am a South African born artist, who has lived in 5 different countries in the last 20 years. I returned to South Africa in 2016 and I am now living in St Lucia, a small tropical village on the shores of the Indian Ocean. My rather unusual life experiences and travels have influenced my style and choice of subject matter. The rich desert colours, the vibrancy of the tropical flowers, all my paintings communicate my connection to the land and nature. Flowers are my main subject and I am inspired by layerings of colour, be it bright and ebullient, or understated and muted. Colour can evoke so many different responses in someone and my paintings speak to their viewer through their movement, colour and texture. Painting is my way of sharing the pleasure I derive from the beauty that surrounds me in nature and especially the flowers I so loves to paint. An ability to communicate all of this through granular sculptural textures, three dimensional application of paint and striking use of colour makes my art work bold and engaging.
Delphiniums
Delphiniums are showy, spiky blooms on a tall, sometimes towering stem. These beautiful slightly old fashioned cottage garden flowers bring unrivalled height and colour to summer gardens with their showy spikes of vibrant flowers. The most common colours are shades of blue or purple which are filling this bucket. Initially I applied a gel medium…
The Seductive Sweetpea
Sweetpeas are gorgeous flowers, obligingly abundant, and wonderfully fragrant with the most seductive scent. Some are more acutely fragrant than others with an intense, rich perfume. Traditionally, it’s the heirloom Grandiflora-type sweet peas that have been grown for their fragrance. If one had to capture the airy sweetness of the sweet peas, I think it would smell somewhere between orange blossom and…
pink delft and luscious dahlias
Dahlias never fail to dazzle with their distinctive colours, smell, and bright fluffy opulent blooms.
I can definitely smell the Dahlias!
I love the smell of dahlias – it is like nothing else, with a slightly bitter note. This bowl of dahlias are inspired by the beautiful dahlias @adeneflowers, a flower and fruit farm in Wolseley about 120 km’s outside of Cape Town or an hour and a half drive. those pungent colours and their unique smell…
A new paint tool
My new silicone blade has been a great addition to my artists toy box. Ideal for moving large volumes of paint around on the canvas – works like a spatula Helps control the density of applied colour, or erase excess paint Can be used to create sharp edges, or help blend and soften edges It…
A rose bowl of memories
Flowers have been an integral part of my life and as a result my choice of subject matter and a recurring theme in my work. Even after exploring other subject matter such as landscapes, and portraiture I always returned to flowers, which are a constant in my life, and a continuous choice of subject to…
Periwinkle blue
Periwinkle blue is never one colour. It has such a variety in the blues and mauves and makes a beautiful ground cover that can flower throughout the year. I seem to be enjoying blues in flowers at the moment and all the varieties of blue on the colour scale from mauve, to cornflower blue, to…
You can never have enough flowers in a bucket
I think it is blatantly obvious I love painting flowers. In this bucket I placed the softest of pink blush roses, and in contrast to the soft tones of the roses I painted purple petunias, and periwinkles all the while exploring techniques for using the palette knife. 40 cm X 40 cm X 4 cm,…
A beautiful summers day
I often paint sunflowers. Their bright happy faces are irresistible and their bright yellow petals are the perfect shape for a palette knife to smear the bright yellow paint on in a happy frame around the burnt umber, almost black centres. Sunflowers symbolize adoration, loyalty and longevity. Much of the meaning of sunflowers stems from its namesake, the…
Summer blues
At the rate I am painting I seem to be doing almost a painting a day! I wanted to create a bowl of flowers with a combination of delicate tendrils, and solid strong bold irises with rich purple centres, periwinkles and purple clematis. I used the black flower bowl my Mom has now given me…
Summer Christmas flowers
The hydrangea represents gratitude, grace and beauty. It also radiates abundance because of the lavish number of flowers and the generous round shape. Its colours symbolise love, harmony and peace. Known for their beautiful blooms and leafy foliage, hydrangeas are the epitome of summer. Growing up we lived in Newlands, and my Mom had the most incredible hydrangeas growing down the whole…
