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Magnolia

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:35:12 +0000

Nupastel, ref photo fr Pixabay

Another pink rose

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:14:12 +0000

Arteza watercolor pencils on Fabriano hot-pressed watercolor paper. From random photo

Peppers

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 01:45:44 +0000

Gerbera on End

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 23:14:08 +0000

The photo does not do justice to the vibrancy of the medium. The flower is quite orange. Done with Derwent Inktense both pencils and blocks on Fabriano 140 lb cold-pressed watercolour paper.

Mistake or happy accident?

Thu, 25 May 2017 19:35:42 +0000

Bob Ross called mistakes happy accidents... This is unfinished and I have gone farther but the mistake here was that the masking fluid that I used on 3 of the cherries refused to lift off after the paint was dried.

So, instead of bright, white areas I ended up with greyish lumpy spots. My fix is to use a textured fixative on top and then covering with white.

I have since bought a different jar of frisket. LynnDel, remember that this happened with one of those masking fluid pens that are German-made. I like the idea but for some reason it didn't work properly.

Pink Rose

Sun, 16 Apr 2017 05:01:13 +0000

Prismacolor on Fluid 100, 140 lb hot pressed paper

Dover hearts- colouring

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:04:46 +0000

Here is another reason that inspired me to change medium. When the colouring craze began I did one picture to display in the store to help sell colouring books. I found, though, after a few pages like this I felt limited by heavy black lines. So I decided to transfer photos to paper and colour that way. A good drawing is the basis to a good painting...

I did discover that many GOOD painters DO use reference photos, although there is some debate.

So that's the story.

Little mushrooms

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:04:45 +0000

An interesting little macro. I was a bit frustrated with the yellow stems as in real life they have an almost iridescent quality. My tools (or the technique) wasn't really doing what I intended

Misc Redouté rose

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:04:44 +0000

Taken from a Dover coloring book. Watercolour

Altamira study

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:04:43 +0000

I did this a few years ago in watercolour. I kinda like it! There is a movie with Antonio Banderas about the discovery of Altamira which is very good. When I was watching the movie I dug up this picture. At first I thought I had used a photo of Lascaux (?) the French cave but then decided I did use one from Altamira.