Category Archives: watercolour

Chestnut Arab mare in watercolour

Posted on June 23, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I spent Friday night in, and needed occupying late into the night, as my daughter needed a lift to a friends house before making their way to the airport, for a girlie summer holiday in Greece. So out came the … Continue reading →

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Puffin patrol, and puffin parade. Watercolour using cling film and salt

Posted on June 20, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I decided to step away from hares and horses, and paint a stepping puffin, and a group of puffins. I used cling film and salt for the backgrounds. Puffin patrol

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Motley moments….a hare with a difference

Posted on June 18, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

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

Posted on June 6, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

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

Posted on May 31, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

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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Hare using kuretake zig dual tip pens

Posted on May 31, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I wanted to have a play with the colours that kuretake have with their dual tip pens, they are water soluble and have a brush tip and a fine line end. I love the vibrant colours, and having only a … Continue reading →

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Rivulet technique using watercolour…….and another hare!

Posted on May 31, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I just can’t get enough of these hares, here is my version of the rivulet technique, Susan Avis Murphy, AWS see link for YouTube demo Thank you to http://weisserwatercolours.com for the link, I really enjoyed the tutorial.although very different to my … Continue reading →

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Hare we go again, hare watercolour and caran dache neocolor

Posted on May 27, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

have I said before how much I am loving these neocolor? Lol well here is another hare two! both females,I think, they look that way. i just can’t get enough of the beautiful pigment, and wax feel of these crayon … Continue reading →

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Spring brings swarms. A better bee study

Posted on May 25, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

this spring/ summer, I have been privileged to see a number of bee swarms, with the abundance of flowers and warm weather, it seems to have affected many areas on the south coast of England, the busy little insects even … Continue reading →

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Mmm! Well I think I will stick to horse heads only! watercolour dressage horse attempt

Posted on May 24, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I thought it was a good idea to challenge myself, with a whole horse and rider, it did not go as planned, at the moment it is only watercolour, I keep it on the desk, and look at it daily … Continue reading →

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