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.
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, March 06 2018
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Tropical leaves. This weeks drawing board has a new crop of watercolours in my tropical leaves series. Top row: Colour swatch sketch book, open on my Winsor & Newton watercolours page, I find it a really handy reference when working out colour schemes for new paintings. (Underneath sketch book) a tropical leaf painting I keep coming back to, … Read More
What’s on my drawing board, Feb 02 2018
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Saltbush leaves and flowers This weeks drawing board has a beach vibe and a few experiments Top row: Sketch book with colour swatch samples from some new tubes of Winsor & Newton paints – Winsor Blue, Phthalo Turquoise, Indigo (my new favourite colour!), Paynes Grey & Burnt Sienna, plus a little sketch of an Agapanthus flower using Winsor … Read More
What’s on my drawing board, Nov 16 2017
Patterns from the 16th Century. This weeks drawing board is full of 16th Century Jacobean patterns featuring flowers and leaves (of course!). Top row: Top sketch book with colour swatch samples for leaves, mainly yellows, blues and greens, lower sketchbook with gum leaf pattern in watercolours using tonal shades mixed up from Payne’s Grey, Ultramarine and Crimson. Square 6″ x … Read More
What’s on my drawing board, Oct 14 2017
Leaves, vines and new watercolour paints. This weeks drawing board is full of patterns featuring leaves and vines and pink flowers, inspired by a recent trip to country Victoria. Combined with 2 products new to me: Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints and De Atramentis waterproof drawing ink. Top row: Sketch book with colour swatches, colour copy of a nearly finished … Read More
What’s on my drawing board, Sept 06 2017
Greens and Purples This weeks drawing board has preparatory work for some new tropical watercolour paintings. I’ve been looking at deliberately planning complimentary colour schemes to help make my tropical compositions pop. I’ve been adding purple, which is the complementary of yellow, and this works with the Lemon Yellow I often use for initial colour washes. A true complementary of … Read More
July #WorldWatercolorMonth challenge
#WorldWatercolorMonth A painting a day Since the 1st of July I’ve been taking part in #WorldWatercolorMonth, the challenge is to paint and post a watercolour painting every day – I’ve made it to day 20, its been a stretch – but that’s exactly what its all about. I have mostly painted pictures that are approx 6 x 8 inches and … Read More