Start-to-Finish Photo’s: Painting Abstract Underwater Scenes

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Cherie Roe Dirksen

I haven’t painted for a while as I’ve been concentrating more on my graphic design work. But a couple of weeks ago I felt the creative bug bite me in the derrier, I just had to get my hands dirty.

I recently watched My Octopus Teacher (I highly recommend it if you haven’t seen it yet). It was filmed just around the corner from where I grew up. The spectacular cinematography got me all inspired. So without much ado, let me show you the photographic process of my double painting duo, “Tentacle Soiree“:

I had a really great time experimenting with the different metals and foils I used in these pieces. The finished paintings are below and available to purchase – just click on the picture below or HERE.

Thanks for coming with me on this octopuses garden journey!

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Art Process: The Making of ‘Sister Africa’

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Cherie Roe Dirksen

Here is a start to finish process of my latest illustration, ‘Sister Africa’ – a tribute to the beauty of the people, flora and fauna of South Africa.

And the finished product:

You can get all sorts of prints and products of this artwork by clicking HERE or on the picture above.

The Pastel Poppy Process (and Some Cracking Illiteration!)

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Posted on August 19, 2019 by Cherie Roe Dirksen

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I haven’t done a ‘fly on the wall’ blog for ages, so I thought I’d show you the creative process behind my pastel poppy artwork called, ‘Orange Poppies on Blue’. Yeah, I know…really original title. Named so because:

the poppies are orange and,
it’s been done on blue Canson pastel paper.

Where do I come up with these tantalizing, cryptic names?! lol…

It’s really interesting to see how the flower literally blooms on the paper, so without further blurb, here are the start-to-finish photo’s of my creative process.

The first step is always about planning and mapping it out…

Outline of the poppies in pencil.

Start filling in the gold swirly spiral patterns.

Laborious work.

Very laborious work…

Now it’s time to get to work on the poppies…

Blending…

Adding details… (clearly I had to do something at 6:30? But what was it…)

Almost there…

Maybe I had to finish it by 6:30?

And, finally, the artwork is done!

This piece was recently featured in the grand opening exhibition of Heart Space Studio. The original is part of my private collection but I do have lovely, high quality prints for you. Please click on the picture below to take you to the framed prints (beneath is a link to canvas prints and photographic prints if that’s more your thing).