Tag Archives: ink

Tester/samples Saunders watercolour paper

I had been given a sample pack of Saunders watercolour paper by my wonderful local art shop ( new forest stationary) the pack contained all samples of paper they manufacture for watercolour, from 90lb, to 300lb. Each is 5×5″. I … Continue reading

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Inky I think!

This weekend I have been playing with inks, but for a change I have used water soluble, rather than the carbon water resistant ink, let’s just say, I got very inky fingers. It was a lot of fun, but quite … Continue reading

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‘Ears, bows and pukka pose’ more hot press paper put through paces!

Its Friday night, yippee,  the weekend is here, chilled evening finishing this ink and wash which I stared the other day, and putting the hot press paper through its paces. Super cute little girl fashioning some unusual ears! What could … Continue reading

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Fun with ink and wash

The last few days I have been playing around with ink and wash, with the difference being the paper I have used, I decided to give hot press watercolour paper a try again. I already had a pad of A4 … Continue reading

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30#worldwatercolormonth ‘some quick practice’

I am wondering if anybody has some spare time to help me out, I am thinking of getting some greeting cards printed, about four image designs, my problem is deciding which would be the best pictures to have as a … Continue reading

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#4 wordwatercolormonth

Day 4 of world watercolour month, and I am feeling pleased with myself for keeping with the event…..will see if I can continue during the week with the addition of work to divert my attention away from painting. This is … Continue reading

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‘Chico’chestnut horse in oil and sketch, ink with watercolour

  This is my friend janes’horse ‘Chico’ he is gorgeous, and my fav colour, so it was lovely to paint him. I managed to get some great action shots of him prancing around the field, which is great as I … Continue reading

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‘Simon the seal’Charlie’s nature hike

Today when I got home from work, I decided to pop along for a nature hike with Charlie and friends. If you are interested in joining in with this exciting months challenge then pop over to Charlie’s blog for more … Continue reading

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‘The warm up’ watercolour/ ink sketch

Back to some familiarity, this is ‘ the warm up’ using watercolour and ink.

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‘Serval’ cat ink, watercolour and pen

This is my Serval cat portrait, finished tonight. I guess it is mixed media, as it began as a pure ink portrait, with gesture brush strokes, I wish I had taken a photo at that point, I really liked it, … Continue reading

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