True Blue Decorative Artists Inc

08/03/2022

FB Live St Patrick's Day Hanger

lets have fun painting these festive St Patrick's Day Hangers

08/02/2022

FB Live Valentine Hanger

This is a fun Valentine Hanger hope you enjoy. xxoo

08/02/2022

Photos from Karen Brouwer Pearly Designs's post

14/12/2021

FB Live Free Merry Christmas Hangers

This is the last Live for the year.
This fun Merry Christmas Hanger is embellished with texture and glitter.
Thank you all so much for joining me in 2021 for all the
FB Lives. I appreciate your support but most of all your friendship.
Merry Christmas Everyone. xxoo

07/12/2021

FB Live Santa and Elf Ornaments

We are painting a cute Santa and Elf Ornament this week.

30/11/2021

FB Live Dragonflies and Butterflies Ornaments

We are painting the Dragonflies and Butterflies Ornaments , lots of fun techniques.

23/11/2021

FB Live Snowman Ornaments

this week we are the painting the snowman , the last in the anytime of ear ornaments.

16/11/2021

FB Live Give Thanks Hanger

We are painting a Hanger for Thanksgiving which includes a turkey, sunflower, scarecrow,leaves and pumpkin, all enbellished with texture paste.
I am so thankful fo all of you.

16/11/2021

Photos from Karen Brouwer Pearly Designs's post

09/11/2021

FB Live Anytime of the Time Teddy and Gingerbread Man Ornaments.

This week we are painting the cute Teddy and Gingerbread Man.

02/11/2021

FB Live Panda and Penguin

We are continuing with the Anytime of the Year ornaments, this week we are doing the panda and penguin.

19/10/2021

FB Live Halloween Hangers

We are painting Halloween Hangers and embellishing with texture and glitter.

14/10/2021

Gratitude is the fairest blossom with Lee Clements

Sharing a free art video in honour of National Carers Week.

You don't need any fancy supplies to create art. Here I am sharing a page I created in my magazine art journal(see below for the video on how to make a magaz...

12/10/2021

FB Live Technique Board

We are learning lots of different techniques for backgrounds.

02/10/2021

FB Live Paint Palettes

This is a free FB Live painting paint palettes. The free epattern is on my page
Karen Brouwer Pearly Designs
Please like or follow my page for all Live videos and old, free epatterns and latest news.

30/09/2021

Photos from Karen Brouwer Pearly Designs's post

03/09/2021

Arting From Afar with Lee and Rachel 2.0 Week 7

Welcome to Arting From Afar with Lee and Rachel, Week 7.
Today we are catching up with our Week 6 prompts and how we have been keeping busy in lockdown. This lockdown number 6 for Melbourne had been a tiring one for us all. Even though in theory it has given me more time for art, it doesn't seem like I had that much time in the end. I do know one thing though, these sessions with Rachel keep me sane and foster the connection we humans so desperately are missing in these lockdowns.
For this weeks Arting From Afar, we have split our sheet into 2 sections and will work on each section for 3 days. The colours we used in our backgrounds were Burnt Sienna, Sap Green and Cobalt Blue Hue. The paper I used was Bockingford watercolour paper
We drew the prompts for the first 3 days and they are
Stamp
Glaze
Resist.

If you are following along, don't forget to tag us and use the hashtag so we can share.

12/08/2021

Zhostovo Butterfly w/Karen Brouwer

Zhostovo Butterfly w/Karen Brouwer

This webinar is scheduled for September 24, 2021. Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm Eastern (3:00 - 7:00 pm Pacific). Skill Level: Intermediate/Advance. Join our artist from down under, as she teaches her techniques to create beautiful blossoms and intricate leaves.

16/11/2020

Notification of True Blue Decorative Artists Inc AGM Friday 18 th December 10am via Zoom . Link will be sent closer to date.

26/09/2020

For all you Karen fans!
Fabulous that Australia teachers give up their time and keep our art practice going.

08/08/2020

Arting from afar Week 3 day 4

Week 3 Day 4 of Arting from afar with Lee and Rachel
Todays prompt - Flowers
Supplies used Speedball Elegant Write pen, signo pens and Uni pen

07/08/2020

Arting from afar, Week 3 Day 3 - "Music"

Welcome to Day 3 of this weeks Arting from afar series.
Today the prompt was "music" and I had been humming a Crowded House song for a few days already so decided to use "Don;t Dream It's Over"
Supplies used were - Black Posca pen, Bronze Signo pen, Crafters Workshop stencil, background stamps by Kaisercraft, a serviette layer, Archival Ink pad, Rose Gold pigment ink pad, clear emobssing powder.

07/08/2020

Arting from afar with Lee and Rachel Week 3 Day 1 background and catchup

Welcome to Week 3 of our Arting from afar series. We start with a recap of last weeks prompts and then began with taping our paper into 6 equal parts. This week the chosen palette was Magenta, Light Turquoise/Aqua and Yellow and I used Art Spectrum 400gsm acrylic paper, A3.
You don't need to commit to a full series, just grab your paints and join in when you can. As per usual, we will each pick a prompt for the day.
Any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments below.
Chroma Australia

07/08/2020

Lee and Rachels Arting from afar. Week 2 Day 1 - a catchup and background

Welcome to the second week of our Arting from afar series. This video begins with a catch up about last weeks art challenge. We discuss what we liked and what took us out of our comfort zone, how the paper held up and how we generally felt about the whole series.
Then we move on to this weeks series, the supplies we are using with a paint along video of how we create our background for the coming week
As usual, please feel free to join in at any time and post your photos in the comments below.
And if you have a prompt that you would like us to use please add to the comments and we will make sure we use it this week.

Art is medicine, it is a moving meditation and it is nourishment for your soul.
If this is your first time with us, we will be picking a prompt each day to use for our art blocks that have been created from todays background. We will both be using the same prompt so it will be fun to see what we both come up with. The idea here is to have a daily art practice, regardless of the time that is available. It can be as little as 5 minutes or an hour but regardless, it is a practice that is an essential part of my wellbeing toolkit. Why not make it yours?

16/07/2020

Day1 of Lee Clements Art and Art By Rachel Baker . Prompt was: quirky birds.
You can watch Lees video on her page. Clements Art.

15/07/2020

Lee and Rachel Arting from Afar Week 1 day 1

Good morning beautiful artists from all around the world. True blue dec artists inc has been a bit quiet of late. No doubt most of you are finding your way in our new world of COVID-19. Two of our local artist Lee Clements Art and Art By Rachel Baker have got together to share a project which highlights no matter what style or level of artists you are you can create something wonderful. Please follow their journey , a different prompt is posted everyday for 7 days. Feel free to work along side them and share your artwork. Enjoy!

12/04/2019

I'm a bit late in posting but would like to thank and congratulate our members who took part in and sold paintings at this year's Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Without your support our participation in this event would not be possible.
Personally I would like to thank Rachel Baker who helps me every year to setup and pack down our exhibition, particularly this year when family emergency called me interstate for the final weekend of the show. Thank you also to Gemma and Alana Baker who helped with duty and pack down.
Let's look forward to next year's show.

23/03/2018

If you're looking for sonething to do this weekend come and say hi to us at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden show. We are here all weekend and apart from the great art for sale there are plenty if other exhibits and stalls to inspire your next painting

18/03/2018

Another setup finished. Fingers crossed for lots of sales. Thanks again Rachel for all your help

11/02/2018

Today is deadline for paperwork of the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show art exhibition. Please advise if you are entering and forward paperwork ASAP!
Thankyou

18/01/2018

Watercolours off to the framers for the art show .

18/01/2018

Ok Garden Show art exhibition is creeping up fast , still time to enter artwork under the true blue banner. Please contact Lee or Rachel if you wish to enter. Look forward to see the things you have created over the past year

15/01/2018

Started painting no.2 .
“Pretty in pink”
30x30

14/01/2018

Finally finished after weeks of being unwell doing just bits and pieces
“Peachy Peonies “ 30x30 framed canvas painted with Jo Sonja acrylics .

12/01/2018

What tea to have? Taking a break from my apricot peonies.

11/01/2018

Just before Christmas my bestie and I went to the peonies farm in Red Hill ,Victoria. Only open a couple of weeks a year but well worth the wait. These gorgeous layered blooms are the inspiration for my next painting. I will keep you updated. New years motto “ paint something new every week.”