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Chantal Kwast-Greff, art creator
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i discovered ....

12/9/2019

i discovered something really cool - the print-on-demand thing. i discovered 2 sites which make it possible to actually wear your art! this is real added value to a t-shirt, a dress, a bag and many more things (that you need anyway). it is also added value to an artwork in fact, as it will be proudly shown everywhere you go. additional bonus, both redbubble.com and republic.com produce extremely good quality stuff. happy.

and i forgot ....

24/8/2019

how could i forget !
i am proud to share with the world (yes ! ) that i am the overall winner of the Townsville Art Award with my miniature ANIMAL. EPHEMERA EIGHTEEN (watercolour and ink on plastic).
--> happy. and proud also.

another experiment

24/8/2019

watercolour again. i did enjoy painting this, i sure did, as i enjoy all painting! not convinced watercolour is the best medium for this sort of adventure. although ... the result's come rather good i think. happy. i like the dog in particular. and the patchwork on the wall.

having fun with ....

15/8/2019

today i have been having fun with my watercolours in a different way: on the back of my cards. if you forget to take paper with you, but have the little colour box, you make do with what you have, eh? the result is quite cute, I think.

the island

12/8/2019

As simple as that. One of my most favourite places in the world, Horseshoe Bay on Magnetic Island. The view is simply from the beach. the weather is simply perfect (this is winter, mate) and life is simply good. This little watercolour is for sale now.

cute little dress

7/8/2019

i am quite satisfied with myself today (which sadly does not happen every day). i have discovered - with a little help of my friends - the redbubble.com site, and am trying it out. one of my first creation seems to be a success, i like it, and wish i could wear it as beautifully as their model, hahaha. btw, the pattern is originally my ABOVE painting. you like it?

A CHILD WENT FORTH.

5/8/2019

I am happy and proud to say that this lovely little painting has sold. I painted it after reading (reading again I should say) one of my favourite poems. Walt Whitman's A Child Went Forth (in Leaves of Grass). I am always moved when somebody appreciates my work and even more the intent of my work.

bear with me

31/7/2019

bear with me, i am still learning. i'd rather have a real teacher, rather than being the one who teaches me/myself. watercolour is fickle, i think, not straightforward as my beloved oils. I SHALL SUCCEED. gimme time, plenty of it!

watercolour half-pans

29/7/2019

I was gifted a metal box / travel kit of schminke watercolours yesterday. oh woah, they are beautiful, yummy, intense, lovely, oh i love them so! i tried my hand at that animal-thing there, on the right. it is still WIP (work-in-progress) of course, but i love it already!

(almost) ready for the Arts Award !

22/6/2019

happy with myself tonight. my St Anthony painting is coming nicely together. it will be finished and dry for the Arts Award next month, i trust. here is a detail of it, still wet of course, but .... coming good. what do you think?