Tag: watercolour
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My first big painting!
This is my first large watercolour painting of a Ken Duncan photo from WA Kimberley’s from his Chasing the light series. I was trying out using sheet paper I didn’t have a board big enough so used masking tape to a new canvas board still in its wrapping. I didn’t stretch the paper and should…
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Hybrid Solar Lunar Eclipse
Caught up on the Livestream of this rare event a hybrid solar lunar eclipse. As I watched the NASA Livestream on YouTube I decided to paint the different phases of it in watercolour. It is incredible that there isn’t any moonlight for the duration of the eclipse. I found the commentary interesting that they described…
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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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Watercolour travel kits – tools for Plein air painting 2023
This is my current list of art tools, paints, brushes, palettes and paper that I use when out and about. When I first started down the rabbit hole of watercolour painting last year I did a lot of researched and the first thing every artist said was to buy the best that you can afford…
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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…
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My first plein air kit
I started painting again as a way to fill time whilst the kids played in the park. My oldest daughter has special needs so would often fall asleep whilst everyone played and I’ld be left minding all the stuff. So I started sketching then bringing cheap watercolour paints along to paint what I saw. The…
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