I've been working on watercolour basics recently, just reminding myself of core skills that will help me progress then with my own style of work. Watercolour layering is something i was working on with this piece. The above photo shows the final Daphne, the below photo shows it as a watercolour painting before i added my fine liner overlay.
You can watch how I painted this piece and paint along here:
I had a go at recreating one of my most popular pieces (bee in a meadow, one of my best selling card prints) in a different colourway. I'm not as happy with this one as i was with the purple flowers but it was fun to recreate.
I love working in loose watercolours, i enjoy the freedom to allow the paint to flow.
I don't feel like the flowers quite work as well in this piece, i didn't leave enough white space but that is something i can improve on the next piece.
Take a look at how i create this little piece here...
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I've been working a lot recently on character designs for childrens books.
This little fox character i hope to paint in a variety of scenes, mostly getting up to mischief i expect as his character is based on my youngest son Finley who LOVES foxes
You can see a short speed paint video below of how i started him, the pen overlay part didn't film correctly unfortunately so i wasn't able to add that bit but you can see above how he turned out.
This is a piece i created in 2018 (i think) one of the first pieces where i began to experiment with the loose watercolour florals and fine liner overlays.
It's funny, at the time i didn't realise this would be the style that i too further and developed into a who process of my ow.
I just love the freedom of creating these pieces, i don't feel restricted, i don't feel like i have to follow any rules. I can apply the paint and watch it flow, follow it and watch the piece form in front of me.
If you are interested in taking part in Open Studios events then take a look at this video where i share my experience of taking part in the Devon Open Studios in 2019.
If you have any questions please pop them in the comments and i'll do my best to help.
Abstract & Impressionist florals have always been a love of mine. I love to create them and i love how other artists paint them, i actually own a number of pieces by other artists that are hung around my home. There is just something about imaginative florals that capture me.
I used inspiration from a layout i saw in this book to create the above piece, you can see how i created it in the video below. (Please remember to click through to the video, like and subscribe to my channel to help support me and my art journey)
These watercolour pencils are actually my sons, they came in a Ready Steady Paint subscription box that he gets monthly.
I did a video review of them over on my Youtube which you can watch here below:
As you'll notice there is no sound, this is because there was an issue with the sound part way through so i removed it. The video does still showcase these pencils and what they can do.
Over all i think the pencils worked really well. The colours were vibrant and the pigment quality was good. A great selection of colours was in this 12 set. I was able to move the colour around with my brush and even after it had been down on the paper for a while.
The pencils worked well onto wet as well as onto dry which i was really impressed with.
I'd certainly say that for their price they are well worth purchasing
Loose watercolours have always been something i enjoy. Above is the photo (before finished drying) this is a loose watercolour base layer. Next i'll add black fine liner overlays.
To see how i painted this piece take a look at the above video above
Below if the video of the final layer where i add a fine liner overlay.
