A dozen roses?

Watercolour

A3 sized on cartridge paper

At the art course, we did printing, this was a random shape taken from one of my sketches on the first day; it reminded me of a rose.  So, I decided to print a random pattern and paint on top of it with watercolour the inside petals of a rose.

A dozen roses, or should it really be a bakers dozen?

Sketch outside

Mixed Media

It's Summer, my watercolour group goes outside and Tuesday I sketched with a stick.

Impossible to photograph, but you get the idea.

Abstract still life

Mixed Media

Apologies for the bad angle, couldn't get a decent photo.
It was mounted on the wall in the studio of the art course.
Hand coloured paper created in one session.
Next session "draw" with scissors the parts of a still life that caught my interest.

Silver Spoon

Watercolour

Here are a couple of Silver Spoon packaging styles.

The one with a pink background was one of my very first attempts.

As usual painted without using masking fluid, don't like to make it too easy!

Twiglets

Mixed Media

This Twiglet sketch was drawn with a twig, which I thought was highly appropriate.

Yummy!

Graphite

Sometimes I just buy something because I love the packaging.

This box of chocolate bears was just so jolly and got quite battered until I found time to draw it.

Afterwards it was snapped up and the contents eaten by one very happy young man...

Zooming in

 

Mixed media

I was encouraged to take a slice across part of the previous painting and this is what I did!

I love the texture, the energy and the freedom.  A far cry from my normal style.

Sweep, crispy, line = flow

Mixed media

I had to choose three words to describe my plant, and sum them up with one encompassing word.  Thinking of those words, the brief was to draw less than 15 lines to describe the plant.

I chose to add black to accentuate the "spaces" and white and green to various parts of the leaves/stalks.  The pink and yellow adds a nod towards the tulip colours.

Tulips Closeup

Mixed Media

During the creative drawing course, this piece was to be a "letter box" view of part of the flowers in front of me, thinking about the "spaces".  It could have been landscape or portrait. I chose the flower heads and put together oil pastel and ink to see what it does.

Tulip Stalks

Mixed Media

This is a piece from the "Creative Drawing" course, in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci.

Bet you won't guess what mixed media is used...

Roman Legionary

Watercolour

NFS

I painted this guy who posed at the English Heritage "Festival of History".

I couldn't resist his knobbly knees!

Chocolate :)

mixed media

sketch

I thought this sketch ended up really enticing!

Tate + Lyle

Watercolour

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I was determined not to use any masking tape.

Sunflower Meadow Prickwillow

Watercolour

Hahnemuhle Paper 20x50cm
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Where I was painting this I couldn't believe it that people thought it was OK to come into the field and take sunflowers for their vases!  I loved the tractor coming by.

Pulmonaria

Watercolour

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Flower colours can be red, blue, white or violet. With some species having red-pink flower buds, opening up to reddish - violet and then turning blue as they age. Flowers close at night and open again in the morning.

London plane in the garden of the Bishop's palace in Ely

Watercolour

Hahnemuhle paper 20x50cm

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This is the National Champion London plane tree for girth.  The tree was probably planted in 1680 by Bishop Gunning and was also one of the first planted London plane trees in the United Kingdom.  The girth of the tree is 10.00 m measured at a height of 1.30 m, its height is around 33.00 m.

Seashore still life 2

Watercolour
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Claw sketch

Mixed media sketch

Seashore still life 1

Mixed Media
Framed
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