Just in time to warm your winter!

I have been invited to the Collaboration Pop Up to bring you some unique workshops.
These special workshops are your opportunity to have a fun couple of hour learning some ways to use watercolour. 
All classes are tailored for the absolute beginner to introduce this medium and set you up for making your own projects.

All materials are provided.
No experience in drawing or painting required.

What To Expect
A fun two hour workshop where you will learn some easy watercolour painting techniques, painting a themed art work.
You will create your own themed art work worthy of framing and hanging on your wall. A4 size (300 x 210mm) 
All materials provided, using high quality artists supplies. 
These paintings would be so lovely as a birth announcement for your little one, or to use to create your own invitations and gift cards.
Plenty of options for the colours of your final piece so you can make this to suit your own tastes and home decor.
Tea & Biscuits provided.

To book or find out more, just hit the button below to email me directly, I will be in touch soon to arrange reserving your spot. 

Alternatively you can book in through Facebook by clicking on the images below. 

Can't wait to see you there! 

Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Instagram will have see the new body of work I have been quietly working away on for over 6mths now. 
This is a series of Ink and Watercolour on Canvas. 
Inspired by the Garden, the plants I have been making observational studies of during the 100 Days Project, and thoughts of what it has meant for the women in my family to grow a garden. These paintings are symbolic of the tread which runs between gardening, motherhood and femininity of the materials and subject matter. How for me, these things are intrinsically connected and connect me with my art making practice, the layering and the forming of my painted gardens.  
These are large paintings intending to immerse you in to an experience of nostalgia, memories of childhood gardens and intricate layers of lush foliage. 

More detailed information about each painting is here

As I promised... I’m also going to share with you some of my favourite materials.
The things I can’t live without in my studio.


Watercolour Paints. I adore Qor watercolour paints. They have beautiful intense colour and the way they burst into the wet paper when making wet on wet paintings is so exciting!
Inks. I’m still experimenting with the different brands. Liquitex is accessible for me to get from my local Art Supplies Shop and I really love their colour range.
Brushes. My tried and True brushes are the Chinese calligraphy brushes. They make beautiful marks, hold heaps of water and come to a perfect pointed tip, super fine for detailing.
My newest brushes are the Athena Lovia. These where a gift from my wonderful thoughtful husband, and they are so nice to use! Glide across the page easily and have a super fine tip.
The other thing here are my dip pen for ink illustration, a trusty old pencil and eraser. ​

I love the Alder Tree. There is a stand of 10 of them along part of the track I walk each morning with our dog, Jedi.
I love the tiny cones.
I especially love that at this time of year - autumn - these beautiful trees shed their leaves, unlike our evergreen natives. Along the twigs there are last years cones, wooded, browned and open, a Years growth further along the twigs is found the beginnings of leaf nodes, where the spring leaves will unfurle from and further still along the twig is a cluster of the next years cones.
Green still and with a beautiful weaved pattern on them.

When I was a child my Granmother called these lambs tails.
We would collect the wooded cones for crafts and leave the lambs tails for next years crafts.

It fascinates me that the whole life cycle of this tree can be seen in one glimpse.
There is a story here... purhaps it will become clear in the middle of the night 😂

Some of you have asked about my Materials on Instagram.
Paints - my favourites are Winsor & Newton - these are reliable and traditional
my other favourites are Qor Paints by Golden. These have really amazing intense pigments which burst into a wet on wet page! They are such fun!

I will I’ll share some process Videos of this tomorrow
Happy Thursday everyone
Peace
✌🏻
​Joni

Day 2 and I’m already considering how to keep this within tighter parameters.
While out form my morning walk with our Dog and collecting my Autumn nature treasures, I was deep in thought about this whole project as a whole.
One of my goals is to build my repertoire of shapes in nature.
These I can then take into my large, expressive floral paintings.
Always thinking about my big paintings of Floral & Fauna 😆

The other thought I had was to keep within a colour parameter for a set number of days, maybe 7-10 days.
Then, on that day, these shapes could culminate in a final composition 😁
What do you guys reckon?
Lets see if I can stick to it!
Love to hear your thoughts.
Peace Out ✌🏻 Day 2

Joni Murphy

Welcome 100 days!!
It is always with a sense of apprehension... excitement and fear mingle, self doubt, and a leap into the unknown. 
To commit to this is asking the universe to be on your side for 100 days, that one can achieve such an ambitious goal. 
For my thrid year doing this I have learnt a few lessons along the way. 
Keeping it simple is probably the biggest one. 
Tying it into the usual activities of the day and my own art practice is important to me, keeps me from wandering off on a wild creative tangent. 

My theme is Nature and Colour
I want to explore shapes, forms and colours in my immediate surroundings each day using watercolour and ink. There are a few other thoughts running through my head as I write this, I know this will develop further the deeper I get into this experiment.

My intentions for this year are relatively simple.... I hope

• Pick one this I've gathered on my walk that day
• Make a quick sketch to study shape
• Make a quick painting to study colour
• Make a colour study from the day 

Each day I will make a record of it here on my blog... you guys can keep me accountable!
You can follow the hashtags on instagram and facebook
#100daysofcolour_and_nature
#100daysofink_and_earth.

Day 1/100
Wild Fennel, Indigo, Burnt Sienna & Paynes Grey​

I know some days this will be a stream of consciousness style of writing. 
​As Picasso said 
"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"
What will tomorrow bring?