Category Archives: Hare

Last day of my holiday, back to work after the weekend.

So the last day of my holiday has ended, Friday is now a distant day,hello Saturday! I only have the weekend remaining before I am back to work, but what a productive two weeks, I have ridden the ponies every … Continue reading

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Commision painting hare with poppies

              As I mentioned in my previous blog post, a friend of mine had asked if I could paint a hare with poppies, as a gift for a family member. Now I don’t usually … Continue reading

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Charcoal, is there a technique?

I had to pop to my local art/ craft shop, as I needed a charcoal neocolor pastel for a painting I have been requested to paint for a friend. While there I just got a little side tracked, as you … Continue reading

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Cutsie Hare and Wishful Wait- watercolour and elegant writer

I have had a really great weekend of painting, I started with my safety blanket of a hare head, and a small hare A4 size, both on 140lb. I bought a small A4 watercolour block, I don’t usually paint on … Continue reading

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Blue timidus- watercolour hare

I am now part way through my two weeks holiday, and so far so good, I have ridden the ponies every day, painted every day, and managed to get out in the garden ( although not today, as a little … Continue reading

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Watercolour hare appearing as if by magic

I had lots of fun with this, it really did not turn out the way I had originally planned, but I do like it, the way the hare seems to emerge from the paint. I used a lot of water, … Continue reading

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Motley moments….a hare with a difference

I am trying to be much more free with my paintings, in a way that challenges me away from my usual portrait style of painting. I want to use unusual colours, that are not conventional to the photo used, when … Continue reading

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My take on the rivulet technique

I am really enjoying this rivulet technique with watercolour, this is my take on the background, which I thought was a bit of fun, the brown hare is not finished, but I wanted to post it as I am so … Continue reading

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Back to basics, 0.2 pen scribble art hare

I decided to go back to basics, I was going to draw a pen sketch to later watercolour, but having problems with this smooth watercolour card stock, which really does need stretching, I decided to take the sketch further and … Continue reading

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Back to traditional tube watercolour…..using up the extra smooth watercolour paper

Having found how much the extra smooth paper buckled when wet( more than my other card stash) I decided to paint images without doing a wash background, hoping to preserve my flat card. So I have gone back to a … Continue reading

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