Karen McSwan Silsby | Artist
Karen McSwan Silsby
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23.01.2022 Venetian watercolour sketches still available at Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen ... and there are some from Rome as well :)
22.01.2022 Days 31-60 of #The100DayProject2019 #the100dayproject #100daysoflittleleafstudies #canberraartist #australianartist
18.01.2022 SOLD. This was the very first of my #100daysoflittleacrylicabstracts project, and this week it has gone off to a new home :) More available at Everbean Cafe, Westfield Belconnen. Original framed art for just $30!
18.01.2022 Wish you were in Venice? This print is now available on Redbubble (and there's 25% off pillows and mugs today only - Use code SLEEPTIGHT). https://www.redbubble.com/people/blackswanart
16.01.2022 Maybe the people in the UK who bought cards of my gerbera watercolour recently are dreaming of warmer weather :) Available (along with plenty of other artworks) from https://www.redbubble.com//b/works/21828333-gerbera-dream
15.01.2022 Thrilled that this watercolour has sold already :) Head on down to Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen to pick up one of your own! #watercolour #venice #rome #localartist #canberraartist #australianartist #travelsketches #travel #artforsale
15.01.2022 I took some new artworks in to Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen this afternoon. Each watercolour and pen sketch is approx. 210x145mm, on 300gsm 100% cotton watercolour paper, and comes framed ready to display. Everbean puts on a great breakfast, so you could pop in early tomorrow and decide which one you want while you eat :) #watercolour #venice #rome #localartist #canberraartist #australianartist #travelsketches #travel #artforsale
14.01.2022 I completed my fifth 100 Day Project this week. Here are the first 30 little leaf studies ... #the100dayproject #100daysoflittleleafstudies #canberraartist #australianartist
12.01.2022 Day 21-30 of my #100daysoftravelsketches - still in Venice.
12.01.2022 This is another of my watercolour sketches currently available at Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen. This is the Ponte del Diavolo - the Devil's Bridge. It's probably best not to hang around here on Christmas Eve, if you're at all superstitious! #watercolour #sketch #venice #torcello #bridge #canal #localartist #canberraartist #artforsale
11.01.2022 My entry for Strathnairn Squares 2018. If you're planning on entering, make sure your artwork is delivered to Strathnairn Arts by 4pm Sunday (tomorrow). And while you're there, head up to the woolshed for your last chance to see this year's Members' Exhibition.
10.01.2022 The original of this watercolour sketch found a new home this week (thanks for displaying it for me Everbean Cafe!), but you can still get it as a print or on various items from my Redbubble store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/BlackSwanArt
09.01.2022 Thank you to the art lover who bought my watercolour sketch of the Giudecca island in Venice :) And thanks as always to Everbean Cafe for the opportunity to display my work. #Venice #watercolour #sketch #Italy #lagoon #islands #canberraartist #australianartist
09.01.2022 The next 10 sketches in #the100dayproject . A last few in Venice, one from the train going through Tuscany, and onto Rome.
07.01.2022 This is my fifth year of participating in the 100 Day Project. 2015: #100DaysofFlowerArt 2016: #100daysoflittleacrylicabstracts 2017: #100daysofwatercolourtrad...ingcards 2018: #100daysoftravelsketches And now, 2019: #100daysoflittleleafstudies I was a little ambitious with my 2018 project - each sketch was taking an hour or two, and I couldn't manage it every day for 100 days. So this year I'm keeping it simple: a single leaf each day. It might be a drawing, a painting, or a photograph if I'm really pressed for time. And I have to use materials I already have! Starts Tuesday next week - April 2. This little sketch was done on #Fabriano Pergamenta Bianca paper with #Derwent water soluble graphite pencil, Derwent #Inktense travel set and #Tombow Fudenosuke brush tip pen. #The100DayProject #leaves #drawing #painting #photography #art #artcommunity #creativeproject #canberraartist #australianartist
07.01.2022 I've spent the first few weeks of 2019 painting out 2018, which was not the kindest of years. These are the pages of the 2018 family calendar which used to hang on our fridge ...
06.01.2022 Days 61-90 of #The100DayProject2019 #the100dayproject #100daysoflittleleafstudies #canberraartist #australianartist
06.01.2022 The original framed watercolour 'Under the bridge, San Marco, Venice' is making its' way over to Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen tomorrow morning, where it will be available for sale, along with other travel sketches from Venice and Rome. If you can't get there in person for the coffee and art (and they do a great breakfast and lunch too!) then maybe you'd like to dream of Venice while you're drinking your coffee at home. And now you can! This painting has just been uploaded to https://www.redbubble.com/people/blackswanart
04.01.2022 My watercolour and pen sketch of Chiesa di San Simeone Piccolo in Venice - the first view of Venice you see when you leave the train station - is now available on Redbubble.
03.01.2022 Today I said goodbye to this painting, as it went off to a new home :) Thanks again to Everbean Cafe for showcasing it for me and supporting local artists (and I've just taken in two more - you'll have to go in to see which ones!). #canberraartist #australianartist #buylocal #waratah
02.01.2022 Days 91-100 of #The100DayProject2019 #the100dayproject #100daysoflittleleafstudies #canberraartist #australianartist
02.01.2022 'Not waving, drowning' found its new home today :) Thanks as always to Everbean Cafe in Westfield Belconnen for displaying local artists' work (including mine). #abstractart #painting #sold #localartist #canberraartist #austalianartist
