Paintings of Nuweiba, Where the Sand Dunes Lead into the Waters of the Red Sea
I was travelling in the Sinai Desert in early 1979. At the time the Sinai belonged to Israel and they had just signed a peace accord to hand it back […]
Author Archives: Albatz Travel Adventures
Sedum Spectabile, August’s Plant of the Month
Sedum, with the common name of ‘Stonecrop’, is a type of succulent with small star-shaped flowers showing up in late summer. Sedum spectabile just about to burst into bloom. A leggy […]
An Overview of Matter, a Photo App that Adds Sci-fi Structures to Images
Matter is a really complex photo app with a bewildering array of options. So far I haven’t been able to duplicate a single thing I did while playing with my photos of […]
Beige, a Bland, Boring Colour that Starts with B
A quick look at ‘beige’ in Wikipedia shows that, in spite of being a colour with a reputation for being boring, it actually has an interesting history. Currently ‘beige’ is […]
Insects, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once I had to illustrate the ‘all about bugs’ section of a grade seven Science textbook. While admittedly I felt a bit crawly drawing all these insects I also learned a […]
One Word Photo Challenge: Horse Art from Around the World
Horse art from around the world. The yellow horse riders in Vancouver’s Chinese New Year parade. Statue of Pancho Villa on a horse in Zacatecas, Mexico.Old wooden rolling horse in […]
Adding More Texture to Mixed-Media Paintings with Tissue and Other ‘Fragile’ Papers
Examples of ‘fragile’ papers include tissue, rice paper and toilet paper/kleenex. Tissue Paper Relatively delicate papers tear easily when soaked in acrylic medium. To prevent this, a thicker acrylic gel is applied […]
