I went to a workshop hosted by the Woodley and Early Arts group with Linda Saul, ARWS, with some trepidation. Using watercolour and creating granulation is not something I would normally do, but then it’s good to get out of your comfort zone.
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Big News Round-Up, Nov 28
Some big news at the end of the big news round-up post this week…so read on and be amazed! Is this too much excitement? Learn Saturday was the Woodley and Earley Art Group workshop with Linda Saul learning to use granulating watercolours to produce small landscape paintings. This was a great workshop and an easyContinue reading “Big News Round-Up, Nov 28”
Something Different!
I recently took some online courses to prepare a post about my learning experiences. In doing so I found a new outlet for my art – Comic books! I tell a lot of stories on my hospital radio show and I’ve always wanted to share these with a wider audience. The course from Domestika gaveContinue reading “Something Different!”
To Market
This is a post about my recent painting – To Market – A collage using ink and limited palette of sugar paper and gouache.
Pandemic Success
During the Lockdown in June 2021, I was asked by Painters-online website to produce some videos. They are now online and you can see the results of 2 days worth of video production! Click on the image below to see the video.
My sketchbook process, translating my sketches to a finished painting
In this video I develop my urban sketches into watercolour thumbnails images to help evaluate colour and composition working on 4 images at once! The sketches were drawn as urban sketches in my Lockdown sketch book on a visit to Saundersfoot, Wales. The thumbnail paintings are approximately 2*3 inches in size and are offcuts ofContinue reading “My sketchbook process, translating my sketches to a finished painting”
Exploring mark making with ink.
In this video I show examples of my work in sketchbooks and the kit I use while out working. I explore the use and making of a dip pen from a twig and show how I use Japanese ink stick and brush to create tone.
Boats and Buoys
I have been working to include collage into my ink sketches. Trying to use the collage element as a colour to make the ink stand out.
Bournemouth Pier in Collage
Following on from my experiment in Collage I have recorded my process for creating collage and line art.
Weekend Collage Experiment
I tried following an article from the Artist magazine (Create a collage of costal life, Mike Bernard, Summer 2021issue) to help me understand the process for collage. I’m not sure that the result was what I intended but I love the use of the word Wellbeing in the clouds and you can see text throughoutContinue reading “Weekend Collage Experiment”
