My warmest friend is my dog who we brought for our son who has been asking since he was able to talk! She sleeps on our bed and is the best hot water bottle in the world. Fortunate for me then that today’s 64 million artist January challenge is to create a picture of yourContinue reading “Easy Pet Portraits!”
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Act it out!
Welcome to Day 8 of the 64 Million Artist January Challenge. Act it out – is the title dreamed up by Simon Batchelor Artistic director of the Drama geezers. That sounds like a fun troupe! Sometimes we have ideas that we don’t have time to draw or our sketchpad are not with us. I likeContinue reading “Act it out!”
Simple Cartooning Techniques
Today’s 64 Million artist challenge is an excellent opportunity for me to show you some cartooning techniques – Set by Nathan Mann the challenge is called 10 Minute storytelling. Here is an example of a cartoon that I created this year. It’s based on my hospital radio show and is part of an on-air conversationContinue reading “Simple Cartooning Techniques”
Wait a minute…
‘Wait a minute’ is the name of the 64 Million Artist challenge today. The task involves a ruffle through my collage papers and a chance to show how I create an interesting backgrounds for your sketches. My favourite collage papers are simple children sugar paper. It is so versatile and plays beautifully against dark inkContinue reading “Wait a minute…”
From My Window
Today’s inspiration comes using the January Challenge Prompt – From My Window. I like to experiment with new materials so I’m going to be using Derwent XL Graphic Blocks to show you how easy it is to get started sketching. The Challenge Sally and Claire from Caerphilly Skills in Wales presented a unique art challengeContinue reading “From My Window”
Valuable
The most valuable piece of advice I would give to beginner watercolorists is – Don’t give up, make mistakes. I’m not sure that today’s image is anatomically correct, it is copied from a sketch and it has a lot of errors. But you can learn a lot from mistakes. The bled of beach colour overContinue reading “Valuable”
Otherworldly
Day 12 of World Watercolor Month – I’m just about getting used to the American spelling of watercolour. But I don’t like it! Otherworldy – I’ve taken a different approach to colour recently. I no longer strive to get the correct colour in my paintings. I’m more interested in tone and shape. This does giveContinue reading “Otherworldly”
Element
World Watercolor Month – day 11 – A busy scene if full of elements that must be simplified to work in a watercolour. Don’t get distracted by detail to soon. I like to do an initial wash across the whole painting, allowing the colours to touch and mingle. It is quite a leap of faithContinue reading “Element”
Clutter
The irony of todays image is the lack of clutter. Penbryn beach is a national trust owned coastline. It was the most empty beach I have ever been on, despite a full car park. The light in the image was bizarre in that the hills were really dark and I wanted to capture that againstContinue reading “Clutter”
Vegetation
I am enjoying working from my little sketchbook, so I have stopped using the Doodlewash optional prompt! Well, almost. This image is a little bit of MWNT in Wales. when the tide goes out you can walk along the bank of the river to the pub! I have struggled to paint this picture many timesContinue reading “Vegetation”
