Jagluiperd se trane

 An English version of this story can be read here.

Hierdie is die Afrikaanse weergawe van Why Cheetah's Cheeks are Stained. Indien u die storie geniet, oorweeg om 'n kopie te koop by Amazon - skrywers  oet ook eet. Maar hierdie webweergawe is gratis en verniet. Lees hom gerus vir jou kinders!

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Waarom die Son en Maan in die Lug Woon

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Hierdie is die Afrikaanse weergawe van Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky. Indien u hierdie storie geniet, oorweeg dit om 'n kopie te koop op Amazon. Maar hierdie webweergawe is gratis en verniet - lees hom gerus vir jou kinders!

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Portrait study

 Paul Kruger. Acrylics on board, 15 x 10 cm:

With portraits I am thoroughly out of my comfort zone, and they always tend towards the awkward side. But that is partly precisely why I do them - always a good idea to push oneself a bit. I stick to grisaille though; I really don't trust my ability to mix proper skin tones yet!

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Summer landscape, highveld

 Acrylics on board, 15 x 20 cm:

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With good summer rains, which by no means happens every summer, the highveld region becomes as green as Ireland. Beautiful as it is, it then becomes a horror to paint - there is no more difficult color to work with in a landscape than green!

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Off the R42 near Bronkhorstspruit

 Acrylics on board, 15 x 20 cm:

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A winter scene not far from the town where I grew up. Winters around here are frosty, though still pretty mild by European or North American standards. They are also bone dry, so the above-ground part of grass dies off, and then bleaches in in the African sun. A day like this will be very brightly sunlit, but generally quite mild.

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Dirt road, Gauteng

 Acrylics on board, 10 x 15 cm:

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Digital paintings

 After years as artistic Luddite, I finally caved in, downloaded Krita and tried some digital paintings:

There's quite a bit of a learning curve, I think! I am somewhat in two minds about it. I'm not sure one can ever really quite get the same kind of effects as one can with physical media, but then, that might say more about my own lack of technique and experience than about the medium itself. On the positive side, there is no mess and you don't end up with your whole living space cluttered up with boxes of paintings.

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