This weeks prompts from Doodlewash, could not be further away from my comfort zone of prompts! I’m not a big flower painter and I envy people who can make flowers look beautiful. I almost tried a botanical watercolour course but level of detail was too much for me to fathom. Botanical painters, who build upContinue reading “Rosebuds”
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You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…
You may or may not know this, but picking Dandelions does not make you wet the bed! You have to eat them to do that. The popular myth is based around the french word for Dandelion – Pissenlit – which translates to ‘Pee the bed’. Another french word is Dent de lion to describe theContinue reading “You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…”
Sandpiper
How to create an easy reflection in watercolour! I’m quietly proud of this image! Using collage and tearing a folded piece of newsprint has really helped create 2 the reflection of the sandpiper. You will see in the time-lapse video how this was created as the gouache wash has covered up the newspaper image. MaybeContinue reading “Sandpiper”
Tumbler
Ordinary, extraordinary I love primary and bright colours. The secret to a good painting is not perhaps the colour you use, but more the tone you apply the colour. Using painted newspaper to set-up the big shapes I used watercolour to add tone to the image and make the ice in the glass stand out.Continue reading “Tumbler”
Caterpillar
Ugly or what. This is a puss moth cesura vinula! I used to be a pure watercolourist. I sometimes hated the wishy-washy images that I produced. I started to mix things up with acrylic and gouache but recently I have found collage and text adds something that makes give watercolour a bit of impact. IContinue reading “Caterpillar”
The recipe
I started baking during lockdown, like a lot of people! I used to bake cakes for my dad to take to work in his lunch, when I was at school. I guess the cooking bug never it just lay dormant. My Favourite Lemon cake recipe 275g self raising flour 225g caster sugar 225g butter 3Continue reading “The recipe”
Alpaca
It’s easy to fall into habits and places of comfort so I have started experimenting with Watercolour and collage. I have been having a lot of successes with collage but I’m not always happy with the colours of paper that I find. I have also become attracted to newsprint in my work. I spent someContinue reading “Alpaca”
Rodney Kingston Workshop – Portraits in Oils
Rodney Kingston was on Portrait and landscape artist of the year, and I went to a workshop with him at the Woodley and Early Arts Group to have him teach his method for painting portraits in oils. I first met him at the Woodley and Early arts group demo evening using Nitram liquid charcoal. IContinue reading “Rodney Kingston Workshop – Portraits in Oils”
Basil, Lettuce and Tomoto
I’m very late with planting seeds this year… I’m usually very organised and will have a window sill full of tiny seedlings, poking their little leaves above the soil. But this year! haven’t even started. Even though I know supermarkets in England are running out of fresh salad! Our government suggested we should all plantContinue reading “Basil, Lettuce and Tomoto”
My old piano
I’ve decided to use only newspaper as my collage material this week – It has a wonderfully graphic quality to it. I can’t resist using a dog in some of my images, this is a test that I might do as a finished piece. I desperately wanted to use the Soul Train in the pianoContinue reading “My old piano”
