Marvellous Monday Mountains! Mountains, frequent symbols of challenges but also of permanence, safety and forward progress. Painting my Monday Mountains, I found they’re both my comfort and my challenge. Miniature Watercolour Mountain Landscapes – These two side by side miniature mountain paintings are Micro tiny! They’re 1 inch by 1 inch and painted in watercolours. […]
When Good Men Do Nothing sometimes silence is golden. sometimes it is not.
Sunday rolls by, with Monday’s class agendas on my mind….I need to get in the creative zone! Perhaps, with some experimentation inspiration and Ideas will arise. Cobalt Teal Blue pg50 paired with Indigo Daniel Smith watercolours makes a great duet I think. Forest in Snow, (Indigo, Cobalt […]
A mauve water lily gleams against the background’s deep velvet shadows. The dark shadow’s power conveys a drama that midtone could not. The fair lily set in midtone would surely be washed out, a blasé wallflower. Tonal Values, Light and Shade We need the shadows and the darkness just as much as we need the […]
If not for the shadows… the Lights would not seem to gleam so brightly! Light and Shade Early this Friday the 13th morning, I had a bit of a play with light and shade using some borrowed props. Just…to be silly, just for fun. Once in a while, a wee bit of silliness […]
Watercolour artists like to fiddle. No, not the musical kind. The poking the bear kind! Where you know you really shouldn’t…but do. The kind that causes cranky, tired, overworked paintings. What to do? Stop Fiddling! Watercolour Techniques and Hints Painting Direct I chose to Paint Direct, a watercolour technique style that as a […]
Triumph, a tantalising brushstroke away. Inspiring and encouraging watercolour paintings by BE Minns, still glorious 100 years on!
The always lovely cobalt teal blue comes to the rescue in “Water’s Edge Reflections.” Saving a drab ugly painting, creating a fresh and lively landscape!
Hello! I went out to get the mail, glancing over at my flowers against the house. (Not the neighbours’ this time!) Soft cobalt and cobalt violet tendrils waved in the warm afternoon breeze, the passion flower blossom beckoned. A fast Happy snap ensued, with the thought of sharing this lovely Hello greeting with you. […]
Watercolour Wednesday again! Fun and exciting, Watercolours are predictably unpredictable. With their own unique Quirkiness. Love them! Watercolours Wonderful and Unpredictable You just never know with watercolours, they seem to have a mind of their own at times. You tell them to go right and they go left! And then you have all […]