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Life at the end of a paint brush

MIA LAING Artist.

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20171029-oct17-290121-2 — ‘In Memory of you’ Oil on canvas 2017

copyright Mia laing 2016 — Summer Oil on canvas 2016 30×30′ / 76x76cm

copyright Mia Laing 2016 — ‘Aloha’ oil on canvas 2016 91x91cm/36×36″

Mia Laing - mymiasart.com — Pomegranates and Pottery oil on canvas 24×20 / 61x66cm

20171029-oct17-290160-2 — ‘Blush’ oil on canvas 2017

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🔴This has been a nice surprise this weekend…t

🔴This has been a nice surprise this weekend…times are tough. Art is certainly superseded by the current events of protests and selfishness around the world. I hope my art page may bring a little bit of pretty to your world. Thank you to @fineart_at_hale and my new collector. It’s been wonderful to have this art exhibition go ahead this year! ❤️

My biggest tip to new painters is to learn composi

My biggest tip to new painters is to learn composition…it really is key to great paintings. ⁣
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There are some great apps that can help with decision making to do with your compositions, or just an old fashioned thumb nail sketch can do the trick! I’ve used Photoshop Mix, though I think they are pushing a newer app now. ⁣
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Anyway, here is a basic process of editing on my iPad and playing with apps to check for strong composition. ⁣
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The most basic composition trick is ‘Rule of thirds’…dividing your composition into a simple three by three equal grid, with vertical and horizontal lines and placing your focus on the intersecting points. ⁣
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This photo with the pomegranate could work as it is, with the pomegranate on the left hand side intersections or it could also work to move the pomegranate to sit on the lower right intersection. ⁣
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Moving the pomegranate could help guide the viewers eye over the whole painting…the eye starting on the protea and then moving along the jug handle to rest on the red of the pomegranate. ⁣
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Composition is key to guiding the viewer around a still life artwork and gives energy and movement across an otherwise still form. ⁣
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If you are new to art, definitely start with the rule of thirds and leave forms where they are…if you are More advanced, challenge yourself to move forms around, allowing for light and shadow correction. It’s challenging and so interesting to not use the exact reference photo.⁣
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Learn the rules…then break them like a pro. 🧡 Let me know what else I can help with.

Let’s give a big shout out and thank you to thos

Let’s give a big shout out and thank you to those on the front line of this pandemic…health care workers, teachers, food suppliers, dare I say, politicians. What job are you doing? Gosh there are some tough jobs to do when the world is in crisis. Anyway, I hope ‘Matron St Bernard’ gives you a giggle to lighten your day. The original is sold and hanging with 6 other whimsical paintings in a beautiful house locally, but it’s available as a print. Link to my print shops in my bio. ❤️

With over 13 million people in Australia in lockdo

With over 13 million people in Australia in lockdown right now, I just wanted to give a little shoutout and ask are you okie? I’m in Perth and we are not currently in any restrictions or lockdowns and for this I am very grateful. I know our time could come though at any moment the way this variant is traveling. So, sending a big socially distanced hug your way if you are struggling. Remember to enjoy your creativity amidst this chaos the world is in. It’s the only thing you can control. ❤️

Well…on this grey and rainy day, after three wee

Well…on this grey and rainy day, after three weeks of daily rain (a record for WA I hear)I’ve finished a beach scene! Collated from about 5 photos, it’s making up these narratives that challenges and inspires me. 💙 Enjoyed a play with GalkydLite to give some drippy edges was fun too…experiment! It’s just paint.

Detail from a painting I shall title something lik

Detail from a painting I shall title something like ‘portrait of a crazy lady’ or ‘why do you do this to yourself?’ Or ‘Detail - the slow unraveling of an artist’. I’ve had this painting on and off my easel for weeks and weeks and well, months. Each day I seem to add something new to the drawing and so it’s been a slow painting process. Yesterday I managed (made myself) stay with it ALL day. I only drew in two new things and painted. Finally it’s got a colour background so we have progressed. I’m getting close now to the end and will start going over each bird and flower with more care. It will be worth it in the end, but my goodness, I question my sanity during these paintings.

Every now and then, you just gotta go small…litt

Every now and then, you just gotta go small…little oil on board painted in one session. Might need some tweaks yet!

Money saving tips from the studio of Mia Laing!. T

Money saving tips from the studio of Mia Laing!. The Tube Wringer! Available at leading art supply stores such as @thesydneyartstore

‘The Girl in the Dress, Lilly’. I’ve got the

‘The Girl in the Dress, Lilly’. I’ve got the original (100x100cm oil on canvas) hanging in my bedroom, making it a lovely peaceful space. Thank goodness no tiger Lilly fragrance comes with an oil painting or print or I would have to put it outside at night! Haha. Love lillies, but my goodness, they are strong. Can’t do jonquils either. 🤧 Anyway, enough of the rambling, original and prints available! Get in touch or look through my bio. 🌸🌸🌸

Daring not to please is easier said, than done. ⁣
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Pleasing everyone but ourselves is often the sticking point for many artists and why we can struggle with doubt and insecurity about our work.⁣
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Making art that is authentic to us…our hopes, needs, joys and lived experience is the most desirable art of all. ⁣
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This art will speak to collectors because it’s spoken to you first. ⁣
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Not sure it’s genius, but it certainly is joyous to discover you don’t have to please anyone but yourself. ⁣
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I never understood Australian botanicals when I wa

I never understood Australian botanicals when I was younger. They just seemed drab and dry and in my child of the 70’s mind…daggy. ⁣
Thank goodness for the resurgence of these incredible florals via very talented florists, such as @flowersbyjanie.wa. Janie is my go too flower lady here in Perth and she GROWS the florals too! ⁣👩‍🌾
I was so lucky to get this huge bunch a few years back now and turn it into this oil painting. What a joy and challenge to paint! ⁣I so appreciate the Australian (and South African) natives now, in fact, I find them stunning.
The original, a big 100x100cm oil is now being enjoyed in a lovely Melbourne home and sold via @galleryaura in Kojunup.⁣
But you know what I’m going to say next! Yep, it’s available in my print shop, traditional realism. 🌸🌸🌸⁣
Link in bio.⁣
Contact Janie via her page for native flowers in Perth and our South West. ⁣

Going through old photos, deciding what to paint n

Going through old photos, deciding what to paint next and realising I have quite the love affair with red…funnily enough, I was once told by a teacher, a loooong time ago, that red should be used very sparingly. Guess I didn’t quite understand that lesson! What’s your favourite colour and do you like red in your interior decor? I use to have a red couch, which I adored. I’m now a blue girl in my house and it’s showing up more in my art. Colour sure is interesting. My colours of choice are by @artspectrum.com.au

‘Beyond Blue’ is an emotive piece for me…dee

‘Beyond Blue’ is an emotive piece for me…deeper than the glorious waters I’ve painted. 💧⁣
Finding freedom from anxiety and depression, sadness and grief is the underlying message of this painting. That feeling as we float on water and let go of our thoughts and troubles and find peace in the lightness. ⁣
Art with heart. 💙 I hope you can find this too. ⁣
(Original now sold. Prints available in my bio…traditional realism)

Save these words. ⁣ Read them again and again, u

Save these words. ⁣
Read them again and again, until it becomes second nature to not fret and worry when your mojo goes missing. ⁣
As artists, we are constantly switched on…always seeking the next inspiration, making and doing. ⁣
When we find ourselves lacking in ideas, energy or motivation, read this as a reminder that it’s okay to be dormant for a short period of time. ⁣
Prepare for the spring and the blossoming of creativity again. 🌸🌸🌸⁣

‘That Sinking Feeling’ is what we had in Perth

‘That Sinking Feeling’ is what we had in Perth this afternoon…a major rain storm came through and caused floods all over our suburbs. Made for some fun whilst stuck in my studio…see my stories, and yes, call me weird, but heavy rain is a big deal in Western Australia! We need these winter rains to help get us through our long, hot summers. How’s the weather in your part of the world? (Original oil on canvas now sold but prints available. Link in bio 💙)

@fineart_at_hale is opening soon! Mark your diarie

@fineart_at_hale is opening soon! Mark your diaries Perth peeps. 23-25th July at Hale School. Seriously one of the best exhibitions, an incredible line up of professional Perth artists and Im thrilled to have three new works in it. See more details on their page. ✏️

Last Swan for a while! This is ‘Crowning Glory’ another that was snapped up by @lalalandshop and @hivemind_prints. I’ve enjoyed painting these whimsy pieces so much but have moved away from them for a while. So much I want to paint! So little time. I’m glad to have had these professionally photographed, so they still feel fresh to me and they still get to fly to new homes. 🖤🖤🖤 Links in bio for print shopping,

Swan Song…one of my most popular paintings to da

Swan Song…one of my most popular paintings to date. The original sold a few years ago and since then has been picked up as a greeting card with @lalalandshop and is available in my print shop. It’s flown all over the world in celebration of our beautiful black swans. Thinking I need a pelican in this style next! Link in bio to my print shops…Magic Realism.

Just listed ‘Silken’ on @bluethumbart…it’s

Just listed ‘Silken’ on @bluethumbart…it’s been with one of my regional galleries and ‘almost’ sold a few times, but is now back in my studio after an artwork swap over. Keeping artworks circulating and getting fresh eyes 👀 upon them is half the job of an artist. Don’t get disheartened if your artworks take longer than you think to find a home. They eventually fly. It just takes one person to have the perfect wall. Link to BT is in my bio…and yes, haha, it is available! 76x76cm oil on canvas

Following from yesterday’s Auguste Rodin…here’s another artist for your eyeballs. Frida cavalier (Kahlo) complete with her little friend…it’s the eyebrows that got me on this beautiful pooch. Cavalier King Charles Spaniels may possibly be my next favorite dog after golden retrievers. ❤️ Btw, the original to this print is unbelievably still available at @repeatoffendergallery in Subiaco. The prints link is in my bio. Lots of choices. I haven’t added to my ‘Almost Famous’ series in a while….any ideas of who to paint next??

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