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What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? Painting has long been a hobby of mine. I had no idea it would turn into a career. The first pet painting was for a friends birthday, not long after that I secured my first commission. I set myself a goal to paint every
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What have you been working on? I was walking to Shelly Beach in Manly, Australia this week when I spotted a man and his dog just hanging out together on the rocks, looking out at the ocean. That became the inspiration for one of my latest illustration paintings ‘Man and his dog.’ I wanted to
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When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? My favourite artist, and someone I admire is Quentin Blake. Not only because his illustrations are incredible, but because he isn’t afraid to step outside of the norm and celebrate his own style. I personally take a lot
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If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? A few years ago my family fostered a dog from Romania. Everyone quickly fell in love with him and he was adopted into the family. His name is Dexter. When Dexter first arrived, he was anxious and shy. He’d been
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What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? Since the 17th September I’ve painted a pet every single day. It’s been a really interesting challenge because even over that somewhat short time span I’ve seen my style develop and evolve. This is really obvious to me when I look at my instagram page.
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What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I think myself very lucky to have grown up not only surrounded by artists, but being taught by them. My granny was an artist who worked in watercolour and pastel. My dad sculpting in clay and painting in oil. Over the years I have worked in many mediums.
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What would you do if you lost all your possessions? I’m always in awe when my Scribbly sketch turns into life on the page in front of me. That something can be created from nothing. There are several stages I move through when I paint. I mix my base colours first and have them ready.
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What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Is he not the cutest little fluffy dog you’ve ever seen? I came across fluffy on instagram and have been following his posts for a while. So I painted him 🥰 He oozes the ultimate life lesson… be yourself! There’s so much character in his tiny
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Your life without a computer: what does it look like? One of my favourite things to do in the morning is to take my mini watercolour pad with me and sketch some illustrations of things I see whilst I’m drinking my wake up coffee. I usually sit near the fountain next to my local coffee
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What skill would you like to learn? I’m totally obsessed with the expression of animals. I think that really seeing an animal’s personality is a skill to be honed. A mouse is just a mouse until you stop and watch it. A cat is just a cat until you look into it’s eyes and realise
Emily-Rose Alcock Art
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Emily-Rose Alcock Art 