[Thanks so much...ill have to look for those. Funny what pops up.quote=dragonfist]I see a crocodiles eyes just above the water, an otter, and a frog in the second one. Looks like you have found a very interesting new hobby. Oh dear, on second examination I just spotted some sort of long billed bird laying horizontally on the bottom.[/quote]

[Wow that's gorgeous! I know what you mean...but I guess physical art will never die out. To me, two very different art forms, and this is so interesting to create.
quote=Fotoartist]50 years ago you could have had a career as an avant grade abstract artist. Today, it's hard to compete with Photoshop.[/quote]

Thanks, no its acrylic paint thinned a little with pva glue and water. You mix your colours separately in cups, add a drop or two of silicone or hair oil, then pour the colours into one cup. Then flip the cup onto canvas and let sit for a minute to drain. I poured white paint around the cup, then dragged and lifted the cup, then tilted the canvas this way and that. The silicone creates the beautiful cells and effects. I then ran a bbq lighter flame across which brings up more cells. Such fun. Uses a lot of paint and there's some waste which I hate, but there it is.
That's just one method called a dirty cup pour. There are lots of others and if you like arty stuff, Google acrylic fluid pour. It's fascinating what people do.

Thanks...Good imagination!.. a possum stands for me in the second photo, the beauty of this technique is you never know what will happen.

Fabulous Brent, I wish I could take photos like that.

I've found a new hobby. This type of painting is great fun. Messy and a little expensive due to the amount of paint used, but so interesting. Every piece a surprise.

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Can you see the weird animals here?

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You are so right...The old photos I have are in excellent nick, some are almost 100 years old, or whenever box cameras came out. When I moved house years ago, the photos got wet in a storm and I was devastated. They were all curled up and I flattened them out with books. You would never know that happened, they are so good. I'm glad those photos have come to me, because I treasure them whereas someone else might have just chucked them in the garage.

Who knows what secrets the future will reveal about us....I'm writing a family history and the info I've found on google and ancestry sites is mind boggling. I'm sure g.g.g.grandma wouldn't have had a clue that her shady past would be revealed for all to see, generations after her death. It can be tricky writing about some things, respect, and conscience comes into it.

Thanks...

Many thanks for looking.

Oh no...at least your house is ok. My family are camping at Nymboida near Grafton...no phone reception. Hope they fared ok as there was a line of storms all the way down.

Looks like a very pretty place!

Very nice Earl, that drone is priceless.

Hey Earl, did you get that massive storm yesterday? I heard the roof of the Maclean pub got blown off!

Thanks Jederick, glad you enjoy them, thanks for looking.

Lovely to have the old family photos Grace, I am blessed to have inherited a box full of old photos, have some of my great-great grandparents even. I'm working on writing a family history so those photos are very special to add.