Garden Sketching – daisies and negative painting
Half an hour sketching out in the garden is giving me a much needed dose of calm. Today it was daisies and nasturtiums
Exploring a design theme
Using lino printing to explore colour combinations.
What’s on my drawing board, January 09 2020
A sketchbook for every occasion, and a nearly finished painting.
This weeks drawing board is dominated by a drawing that’s been on the go for over a year, plus some experiments and design explorations in a variety of sketchbooks.
What’s on my drawing board, August 21 2019
What’s on my drawing board, May 10 2019?
New work – This weeks drawing board has a few projects about to start.
More watercolours on wood panels
Characteristics of painting on a ground
What’s on my drawing board, May 10 2019
What’s on my drawing board, May 10 2019?
New work – This weeks drawing board has a few projects about to start.
What’s on my drawing board, May 03 2019
Variations on watercolour This weeks drawing board has some watercolour paintings in different formats. Top row drawing board: Notebooks – Colour swatches from latest swivel pan watercolour set. Quick daisy sketch, tall tree study, focusing on tree bark, quick rhododendron sketch – prep work for picture in next row. Middle row: Rhododendron watercolour painting, 8″ x 8″ wooden panel with … Read More
Painting on watercolour ground
Using a wood panel for a watercolour painting
Watercolour Oranges
Taking a painting from an initial idea to finished piece I recently resolved to make a quick sketch of any idea I had for a painting. I normally just write a quick note down in my daily sketchbook, but the other day I was flicking back through some ideas for pictures, and really couldn’t remember quite what I had wanted … Read More
Cropping paintings
Whilst testing a new circular hole punch, I remembered how effective cropping an image is, not just in Instagram but also in real life!