Lovely cool lavenders merge with turquoise blue on a sculptured, impasto textured Hot Press paper. The whole process, from start to finish was a experimental technique that was super fun! Great for Textures. Fast, fun and playful watercolor technique. Easy. Here’s how I did it. I had some small pieces of watercolor […]
Flinging paint with a Twist! This past year’s fun adventures in Watercolor with a Twist course is over. The course is under renovation. Out with the old, in with the new! Abstract Painting Design The painting has an abstracted design with a strong dominating arched curve. This ‘twist’ curves radically from top right […]
Layers and layers of lush crimson, cobalt teal and cerulean decked out with a festive dusting of gold powder pigment. This is a detail, a snippet from one of my large acrylic test strips and samplers. I really love these colors as they unite, mingle together. The Permanent alizarin crimson, which I’ve applied underneath, […]
Want a winning new watercolor combination to try? You’re going to love this one with its Spectacular Effects! Creative, fun, imaginative. Perfect for landscape paintings. Relaxing, calm, zen. What more could you ask for?! This duo can just about create a painting by themselves if you let them. Daniel Smith Watercolor Combination Lunar Black […]
The beauty of watercolor is often in the speed in which I can get the colors onto the paper. When an idea is so fleeting, it merely brushes across my mind in a micro minute – the colors must be captured then and there; else it’s completely lost. Watercolor Painting Processes and Color Ideas […]
Artist Paul Jenkins filled his abstract canvases with roll the dice, sizzling color. “I utilise past experience and my knowledge of the odds. It is a big gamble, and that is why I love it,” Jenkins said about his approach. I can relate. Art is a risk. Its always a gamble. Paul Jenkins Paul […]
My kind of watercolors! With a Twist. This is a gorgeous example of what watercolor can be: powerful yet soft, delicate edges filled with intrigue, balanced, calligraphic design, ribbon like flow. Harmonious. Its Zen. Challenging Art Lessons and Topics I’m sorry that I can’t take credit for creating this artwork, but Joyce, a lovely […]
Light glances off a group of gum trees and creates such a peace filled harmony, I want to sit and stay all morning observing the changing light and colours. What heaven, to just sit and view nature’s art gallery for a an hour or two! This is my favorite local bushland, this group of trees […]
A few stolen moments…… to have a play with colour and light. The golden light seems to shimmer against the cool cobalt teal blue. I’ve splattered a few bits of indigo here and there. Poured a wee drop or two of cobalt into the mix. No time to dawdle! The cobalt teal blue […]
Morning kiss, sun’s golden warm light upon the widening, wakening rose petals I imagine myself sitting beneath the rose trellises of Monet’s Giverny as these colours splash onto the paper before me. Creative Processes of “Morning Kiss, for Monet” Beginnings Morning Kiss, for […]
