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 MoreSign of the times
Tag: watercolour
Painting 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.
Read MoreUp Close
Well, that’s enough time spent looking at myself for self portraits this month, the ‘Selfie’ theme of the month over on John Howe’s forum has resulted in me staring at my ugly mug for far too long. Now I need to look at some green fields dotted with Hobbit holes and maybe a wizard or two 😉
Read More