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Old Hollywood glamour II – gouache/mixed media
Oh how I love the 1950’s era. I created this work for an exhibition in 2014 and the theme was On the surface – pattern and texture. Once again I worked from my collectible dolls and this was modelled on Elizabeth Taylor. I worked with some beautiful Japanese papers and enjoyed creating a glamorous scene.
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Puppet trusts his strings – gouache
I set this up in my art teacher’s studio with her help as we had to create a little tripod from some bamboo for this little guy to hang from. This puppet has travelled around the world with me and was purchased in North Italy and travelled back to Australia and made it in one […]
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Ticket to ride – pastel
Up up and away. The theme park is fun and everything feels high; but not until you can soar with the rainbows are you really up high.
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Composition, getting ideas down
Hi Artist’s This is how I start my composition! I gather my ideas and nut them out in my head and then start placing shapes/tonal and blocking in. I may do a few rough outs early on or else I may just go straight in on the paper/canvas and aim for this to be the […]
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Sketching
I’ve come across a few of my old sketches from my earlier days of drawing. It’s interesting to see how I saw and depicted things.
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Where my ideas come from???
Today a bunch of ideas ran into my head and this rough sketch in hard pastel is my starting point. I will work this up and hope to produce a finished artwork; keep watching! It came about from watching my little boy’s goldfish in his bedroom!
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Studio space
Hi again, Thought you may like to see my working space for my artworks. I only have a small room (ex study) that provides me with everything I need for now. I have some folding tressle tables that I try to layout in an L shape, but am at times re arranging my space. I […]
Julie Toffolo ART
I paint to immerse you in a nature filled world of light dancing, joy, feeling safe and childlike free play.
