Jewel of the Amazon

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Great technique love it

Posted by Shayne Mcgirr on Mon 10 Aug 11:01:07

Beautiful work Lynn.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 10 Aug 12:40:58

Am really enjoying what you're currently doing Lynn, very artistic and different

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 10 Aug 12:40:59

Thank you Shayne, Carole and Heather - really appreciate your comments. Heather - stumbled on this technique as a rebellion against a tutor and the course I was on. Was fed up with the work I was doing, so looked around my studio to see what I could do to get me to loosen up. Acrylic inks - drawing with the dropper, spraying with water, is just about as far removed from what I was doing at the time. Just played around until I found something that worked, then got rather hooked on it!

Posted by Lynn Norton on Mon 10 Aug 13:40:33

lovely loose work in beautiful colours.

Posted by Katy Dean on Mon 10 Aug 18:36:42

It's so beautiful Lynn.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Mon 10 Aug 21:02:15

Thank you so much Katy and Diane. This was about the first one I have done where I haven't tweaked the colours - these parrots are brilliant enough already!

Posted by Lynn Norton on Tue 11 Aug 16:06:48

Hang on Studio Wall

10/08/2020

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Parrot done in acrylic ink on Bockingford NOT half imperial watercolour paper.

About the Artist

Lynn Norton

My paintings reflect my love of nature - whether that is landscapes, floral or birds/animals. I paint in two distinctive styles - the landscapes are done in soft pastel on a textured acrylic background, whereas my animals and birds are with vibrant acrylic ink in a very loose way, letting the inks…

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