Tag: Daniel Smith
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Learning to paint in watercolour from books
For the past year (2022) I’ve been learning to paint with watercolour and remember hearing about how in art school they learn to paint by copying the masters. I have been on the hunt for some nice paintings to decorate my home with that are beautiful, calming and inspiring. I tried one or two YouTube…
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Camping therapy – switching is hard work
This was painted when we were camping it was pouring with rain so we had some time hanging out in the tent. I used a water soluble graphite pencil to sketch then painted on my A5 Strathmore watercolour journal using Daniel Smith watercolours. My daughter has cerebral palsy and is non verbal and was playing…
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Straddie on the way home
I painted this from a photo taken from our car behind, we were heading home from camping with friends on South Stradbroke Island, what we locals like to call ‘Straddie’. It is a beautiful spot but we had to bring all our own water, showers, there were enviro loos and travelled 40min each day so…
Rachel Fong Art 