Where do you go, for serenity?
The quiet respite, can be found along the soft sandy shores.
The sounds of gulls and incoming waves, play like a melody in your mind.
ocean haven cool and breezy
Simple designs often work out better than an elaborately constructed composition. This simple watercolour in a limited palette works well with the stark white of the paper as the background. The watercolour paints used were terre verte, indigo and burnt sienna. The branch has adequate tonal value shading, being lighter on the top and […]
Nothing but Fun today. And, Look at those shapes and textures! The subject in mind – the beach, sun and sand, waves and water. Absolutely Abstract. Abstractions Cool and inviting, Cobalt Teal Blue beguiles, again. Cobalt Teal Blue pg50 is an Opaque category pigment. Its not translucent or one of the […]
I’ve been lured. By the sirens of the sea. Glorious deep ultramarine blue with a whisper of violet you have to know is there to really see. And then, there is my magnificent so enticing, cobalt teal blue. I’ve been to the sea. The Indian Ocean, and she wants me again. i […]
The Shasta Daisies grew profusely every spring, like weeds cropping up in abandoned fields and old homesteads. Growing up, I loved how they were June’s herald to a respite from the winter cold. Painted from memory only and as a demonstration painting for a workshop some time ago, I’m attached to my small memento that […]
Photo taken late afternoon with Canon 600d, Canon 5omm f1.8 ISO 200 1/640 (f3.5 chosen for shallow depth of field and soft blurred background) This post is perhaps a wee bit on the short side and a bit ….. “shallow” after my last two lengthy and information packed […]
Fun! Creative and Imaginative. A great way to explore texture, line, colour and tonal values as well as using your imagination! This was done with burnt sienna, french ultramarine and a micron of permanent rose with a plastic wrap technique applied in vertical bands. Just make sure your watercolour paints are quite sloppy wet, […]
