Decided to do another practice piece to get my eye in and slap some paint around for fun, so I ended up working from a reference image I took a few years ago.
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Tag: watercolour
Sign of the times
It’s practice time, so I’ve been painting colours, skies, grass, clouds, washes…. and I got the point where I had to do something a bit more real. So I rattled out a quick practice painting 😉
Read MorePainting Leaves
Decided to try my hand and painting leaves, and blossom 😉
Read MoreThe eyes have it…
I’ve been told to loosen up with the paint sometimes and just start by whacking it onto the paper, well, I do try 😉 this year was supposed to be me loosening up with the paint and seeing where it went. However, I really wanted to focus on a few details, so I asked Julie if I could paint her eye – once she was happy I wasn’t actually going to paint her actual eye made a start. It’s something I need to revisit as I need to get the…
Read MoreIt takes time
Well, it takes me time to finish a watercolour these days, mainly because I find I’ve a thousand and one other things to do in a day. Anyway, I’ve been working on this Lake District landscape for a while now, and I’m calling it finished 😉 actually I’m calling it finished until I decide whether to do any more to it or not.
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