IG We Love：改寫藝術被觀看的方式，南非畫家 Bronwyn Royce 的「微型水彩」畫作

這世上精通水彩畫的藝術家並不少，但有幾人能練就南非藝術家Bronwyn Royce所具備的、魔法般的創造能力呢？

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“Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors warning.” The rhyme is a rule of thumb used for weather forecasting during the past two millennia. It is based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. If the morning skies are red, it is because clear skies over the horizon to the east permit the sun to light the undersides of moisture-bearing clouds. The saying assumes that more such clouds are coming in from the west. Conversely, in order to see red clouds in the evening, sunlight must have a clear path from the west, so therefore the prevailing westerly wind must be bringing clear skies . 29 x 20mm (1.14 x 0.78”) miniature watercolour painting . . . #redsky #sunsetsky #redsunset #fireinthesky #firesky #skyonfire #skyscape #skypainting #sunsetpainting #sunrisesky #skyart #landscapepainting #landscape #miniart #minipainting #miniature #dollhouseminiature #miniatureart #microart #tinyart #tinypainting #smallart #smallpainting #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorart #watercolourart #watercolorpainting #watercolourpainting #originalpainting

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乍看之下，Bronwyn Royce（IG：@pigmentsart）的畫作看起來與普通繪畫無異，然而仔細地對照她刻意放在旁邊作比對的耳機、火柴和回紋針等小物件，會發現這些被框在方形、圓形和三角型空間中的多彩畫作，竟只有一枚2英磅錢幣的大小！究竟她是如何辦到的呢？

以微型繪畫挑戰藝術觀看視野

Bronwyn Royce是土生土長的南非人，隨著2位兒子遠赴英國從軍後也跟著移居英國；不過，在遷徙他鄉之前，Bronwyn Royce便已習得精湛的繪畫技巧，這對一位左眼只有常人10%視力的藝術家來說，絕對是個非常艱鉅的任務，幸好Bronwyn Royce憑著堅毅的性格、孜孜不倦地練習，也才有了今日透過獨特風格在Instagram圈了上萬名粉絲的成就。

作畫空間雖小，卻從未阻撓Bronwyn Royce深入細節的野心，誠如其官網上的標語“more with less”，富有禪意地道出了微型繪畫的奇特魅力；然而，Bronwyn Royce並非一開始就喜歡較少人創作的微型繪畫，她跟許多畫家一樣在正規尺寸的紙張上揮灑創意，直到2018年加入Instagram並勉勵自己每天繪製一張作品後，發現這樣的工作量太過龐大，「微型水彩」的概念因而浮現，「我天生患有『在畫作中加入越多細節越好』的強迫症，因此創作這些迷你畫作的時間，其實跟我創作正規尺寸繪畫的時間差不多。」她在自介中如此表示道。