One of the most important reasons (to me at least) for my starting up this blog was to encourage myself to do more drawings. Unfortunately sometimes time just doesn’t allow it. Hence this is my first drawing for 10 days. The sketch depicts a tiny begonia plant. It was one of several bought at the…
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Daffodils #3
Today’s sketch is a watercolour painting of two daffodils. It was painted on watercolour paper, and is around A4 in size. I haven’t used watercolour paints regularly for something like 15 or 20 years, and I’m in the process of remembering how to use them. I approached this image slightly differently to previous recent attempts,…
Daffodils #2
Another go at depicting the daffodils I drew yesterday (post: Daffodil #1), this time on A4ish watercolour paper. I was intending this sketch to be a pure watercolour painting but it ended up a mixed media image. I felt the forms of the daffs needed a little more defining, and used soft pastels to pick…
Rainbow Tulips #2
This is my third attempt in the last 3 or 4 days to capture these rainbow tulips. I hope I’m getting closer. This third sketch was painted in watercolour on watercolour paper. I added a little heightening in chalk pastel.
Rainbow Tulips #1
A couple of sketches here of some rainbow tulips. The first sketch (above) is rendered in chalk pastels, which (as has become second nature) I’ve struggled a bit with. I did it a couple of days ago but a radiator kindly burst before I had time to upload a photo of the scrawl. The second…
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