blank canvas...

blank canvas meets colour strokes who dares to #name a ghostly thought before it breathes #vss365 #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 2 May 2026 at 10:12

blank canvas
meets
colour strokes

who dares to #name
a ghostly thought
before it breathes#vss365 #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) May 2, 2026

cautious sketching...

a year ago today

I returned to a little cautious sketching

it's been awhile

quite awhile

(back in the days when my children were very young

I wrote

and illustrated

stories for them)

for now, I tend to sketch

(and sometimes paint)

in fractured blocks of time

my confidence has fragile limits

above all

I do not wish to copy

an image

a style

or even underlying ideas

of others

my writings

(especially my poetry)

and my photography of unusual

scenes or perspectives

are my sources of inspiration

 

if that fails

sleepless nights can be quite useful

as may be a second cup of coffee - no sugar

and so it could be

that my writing, my sketching or my paintings

may require a second glance

if you wish to tune in to my songline

of something different

P.S.

I am still dabbling - but progressing in regularity 

and cautious confidence

 

harbour lights...

John Atkinson #Grimshaw (1836-1893) Greenock Harbour at night. pic.twitter.com/4jKGbLXa8Z

— Mordecai (@MenschOhneMusil) August 5, 2024

ground your home...

ground your home
your castle fort on
your hill
and let the world rage
far below#tanka https://t.co/NvNV0PR5PB

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 4, 2024

breathtaking watercolour...

Breathtaking perspective of lighting, dimension and detail...https://t.co/3k3E4elK76

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 29, 2023

Thomas W. Schaller - 'Afternoon in Rome' - watercolour

more Anne Louise skills...

You're a remarkable, inspiring lady...esp for this old duck (moi) - survived pneumonia, sepsis + a major breakdown when I first retired last year...
I've told myself more than once,
'if Anne can do it, so can I'...🙏
P.S. I'm now exploring painting+sketching skills...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 2, 2023

magical glow of peace...

There is a magical glow of peace in this scene...https://t.co/zDSLeRzVt0

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) September 17, 2023