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Shai Coggins: Starting off the year with one of my favourite daily practices - #DailyArt Making! Here's a page from my sketchbook, with patterns inspired from our visit to Lesedi Cultural Village. Pictured here too are some of the souvenirs we bought from the local mak
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Shai Coggins: Watercolour portraits of imaginary faces. Day 2 of #DailyArt2016 . This was a good reminder of not giving up on a piece too soon. When I was working on this last night, I nearly decided it wasn't worth pursuing and sharing. I was considering doing somethi
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Shai Coggins: Botanical Garden Visit in Joburg. Day 3 of #DailyArt2016. The botanical garden is one of our regular stops whenever hubby and I visit Johannesburg. This trip was no exception. Hubby was keen to show the kids the waterfalls here. Due to achy feet, I didn't
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Shai Coggins: Still doing my #DailyArt in the middle of the South African bush. This one's from Day 4 at the game lodge. Will try to catch up with sharing whenever I get internet connection. x
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Shai Coggins: Day 5 of #DailyArt2016 . Just a quick sketch to capture a day of bird and wildlife watching in the South African bush. I'm no expert at it so learnt a bit from my sis-in-law and her husband.
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Shai Coggins: It was getting late in the South African bush by the time I got around to my #DailyArt on Day 6. So, I ended up doing this in the dark. I love it, in all its wonkiness. More catch-up posts soon.
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Shai Coggins: Day 7 of my #DailyArt practice this year didn't produce a piece I love. But, the moment captured in this sketch is one I'd always remember. Done on location, I sketched this view in an open Land Rover jeep next to wildebeests, zebras, and warthogs with ou
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Shai Coggins: Still behind on my #DailyArt posts so I'm sharing two in a row. Will post more next time. This one was from Day 8, the day after our Big 5 game drive and our last full day in the bush. We were all pretty wiped out from the day before so we took it easy. T
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Shai Coggins: Day 9 of my #DailyArt practice marked our last day in the South African bush. Thought it was only fitting to pay homage to the elephants that played such a huge part of this trip. Have always loved elephants but my love for them has grown even more now. T
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Shai Coggins: Was feeling uninspired and overwhelmed on Day 10 of #DailyArt practice, so I started with just painting watercolour circles and ovals, then started doodling on them with lines using black and white pens. Called it done.
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Shai Coggins: Posting yesterday's #DailyArt effort for Day 11. It's inspired by the South African bush. Today's our last day in Joburg. Looking forward to the next leg of our adventure but feeling sad to say goodbye to family again.
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Shai Coggins: Sometimes, all you need to make art is a simple ballpoint pen and paper. For Day 12 of my #DailyArt practice, and our last full day in South Africa, I thought I'd draw something to remember the home we have here. So, I drew some of these lovely old keys
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Shai Coggins: Haven't shared my #DailyArt in a while so I have a lot of catching up to do. This one's from Day 13, when we left Joburg and went to Singapore. Not a great sketch. Wasn't feeling too inspired at the time! I'm sure there will be many uninspired days but wi
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Shai Coggins: My #DailyArt from Day 14. Was really having trouble keeping up with this practice at this stage. Between heightened work commitments, family outings, and jetlag, I didn't have much time or energy left for art making. This felt uninspired again, but enjoye
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Shai Coggins: Still playing catch-up with my #DailyArt posts. This one's from Day 15. Inspired by a #Marimekko design I kept seeing during our walks in Singapore. I love the simplicity.
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Shai Coggins: Haven't posted my last three #DailyArt pages. So, here's one for today, Day 16. Sketched quickly on location at Yum Cha in Chinatown. So busy due to CNY stuff! Will post other pages later on IG.
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Shai Coggins: Since I already posted Day 16 from my #DailyArt practice, here's one from Day 17 - inspired by our family trip to Gardens By The Bay in Singapore. This makes me smile because it serves as a great memory of a lovely day spent with the family. <3
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Shai Coggins: Some days, #scribbles are all I can muster for my #DailyArt practice. Here's my Day 18 catch-up post.
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Shai Coggins: My #DailyArt for Day 19 was inspired by my catch-up with @cdeeme at @Facebook #Singapore office & #12monthsofpaint theme of #Blue. Belated thanks for the FB notebook too, Clair. :)
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Shai Coggins: Not a great entry to remember a (mostly) great day to celebrate my boy's birthday. But, happy to have it recorded in my #DailyArt .
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Shai Coggins: Day 21 of my #DailyArt marks our last full day in Singapore. We celebrated the day by mostly resting (
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Shai Coggins: Day 22 of my #DailyArt entry marked our last day in #Singapore, with our day spent mostly getting ready for our late night flight. Definitely mixed feelings. After a long holiday, we were ready to go back home. But, it was sad that it was all over at the
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Shai Coggins: Day 23 of #DailyArt was another "Scribbles Only" day. Finally back home in #Adelaide. Extremely tired and jetlagged. Glad to be home but felt weird at the same time.
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Shai Coggins: I'm almost all caught up with my #DailyArt posts! This one was from Day 24. Our first full day back home in Adelaide. Struggling with jetlag but at least managed to get mostly unpacked. Must admit that I'm finding it strange ro be sharing pages from my
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Shai Coggins: Definitely experiencing That Friday Feeling today. Looking forward to some down time this weekend. How about you? Here's my Day 25 #DailyArt piece. Just a couple more posts and I'll be all caught up. Yay!
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Shai Coggins: "How do you do that?" My 8-year-old girl asked as she watched me work on Day 27 of my #DailyArt just before bedtime. "Do what?" I wanted to make sure I understood what she was asking. "Do that!" Gesturing her hands towards my sketchbook. "What about i
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Shai Coggins: For Day 26, I wanted to do something Australian-inspired for my #DailyArt as it was Australia Day. Something abstract, as that's where my headspace is at the moment. However, even though it was a public holiday here, I still had a long work day. So, I did
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Shai Coggins: Started falling behind with sharing my #DailyArt again, so here's one from Day 29. Just a quick tiny sketch using pen and wash, with crayons.
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Shai Coggins: This second piece from Day 28 of #DailyArt was possible due to an A4 cardstock that I've been using to wipe off and drip excess paint from other pieces. I ended up just building up from that page. Definitely highly recommended practice!
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Shai Coggins: I started off feeling way too stressed and busy to my #DailyArt for Day 28, but instead of giving up, I decided to take out my acrylic paints (something I haven't done in weeks!) - and took out a few different grounds (my huge A3 sketchbook, a canvas pane