Year of the Dragon

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This is a brilliant sea dragon and thanks for the information about the acrylic varnish.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 25 Feb 12:56:15

Wow, more learning to be had and a lovely painting too

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 25 Feb 13:28:16

Nicely done David.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sun 25 Feb 16:23:59

Interesting technique and interesting painting David.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Sun 25 Feb 16:35:16

Brilliant piece David. Really love the background.

Posted by Graham Edmunds on Mon 26 Feb 02:59:03

Beautiful animal and lovely painting.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Mon 26 Feb 09:01:34

Thankyou everyone. This is another family competition piece on the theme of endangered species and they have come up with great research about both the Sea Dragons and Giant Kelp.

Posted by David Bleakley on Mon 26 Feb 21:04:52

Beautiful

Posted by Romila Datta on Tue 27 Feb 21:46:02

Hang on Studio Wall

25/02/2024

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This is an experiment painted with cheap gouache but using acrylic varnish ,diluted 50/50 with water, as the medium. It essentially makes the layers waterproof and the colours more intense . The Sea Dragon or Weedy Sea Dragon only occurs in southern Australian shallow coastal waters. It has very peculiar genetics . Very difficult to keep healthy in Aquaria but one Tasmanian commercial enterprise is breeding them successfully. A live one in USA can cost $10,000 !

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David Bleakley

I'm an 81 year old retired surgeon . Art has been my lifelong obsession away from work and now my main focus in life together with woodwork. I enjoy creating and making in any medium but have always gravitated to drawing and watercolour. I've also had limited training in etching and sculpture.

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