Tag Archives: painting

18#worldwatercolormonth-‘an old bet’

Posted on July 18, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

For this painting I had a really great idea, I was so excited, but I did not enjoy painting it one bit. I got an old page from a newspaper, the racing page, then I mounted it onto some watercolour … Continue reading →

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17#worldwatercolormonth ‘Alice’

Posted on July 17, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Day 17 of worldwatercolormonth, and it’s a better day for painting. Pheww! I decided to use one on my backgrounds which I had created see day #16worldwatercolormonth. Please meet ‘Alice’ she is a very inquisitive and thoughtful young hare. A … Continue reading →

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Painting in oil on wood-hard lesson learned!

Posted on July 17, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

At the yard where my horses are kept, there is a beautiful piece of wood, sliced straight through the trunk of the tree, it has some terrific markings, it would look beautiful painted on. My friend and I managed to … Continue reading →

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16#worldwatercolormonth- when your mind is not on it, change the plan

Posted on July 16, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Today’s painting really did not go to plan, my mind was not on the task, and I ended up over working, putting paint in unplanned areas, well generally a mess. After dry I did manage to pull it back a … Continue reading →

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15#wordwatercolormonth -even less time to paint today,

Posted on July 15, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

I had even less time to paint today, so I am afraid I rushed this equine, and took little care over features, highlights and shadows. I used a combination of watercolour and the dylon fabric dye, on 140 lb cold … Continue reading →

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14#worldwatercolormonth- homemade claybord watercolour Sicilian greyhound and miniature poodle

Posted on July 14, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Today I was still busy with the oils, so I grabbed one of my home made claybords to paint on, the watercolour does not behave brilliantly on this surface, but the look is loose, and can create some nice effects, … Continue reading →

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‘Looking for a charlotte’piglet in oil

Posted on July 13, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Today I started my large horse head of Bettie in oil, because the paint was out I finished my piglet too. Meet peanuts, he is ‘looking for a charlotte’ his very own special spider. Piglets are so adorable, this one … Continue reading →

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13#worldwatercolormonth a study of lottie

Posted on July 13, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

This is a couple of fairly quick pieces of work, one watercolour,the other is graphite on Kraft card. I have been busy with the oils creating ( hopefully) a large horse head, of Bettie 1mX1m, so my energy is being … Continue reading →

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12#workdwatercolormonth ‘Bettie’new forest pony

Posted on July 12, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Todays post is quite quick, this is Bettie, the New Forest pony. Whilst taking photographs of my friends warmbloods, I also took a few photos of Bettie, another friends pony. Bettie is super cute, she is a young three year … Continue reading →

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11#worldwatercolormonth ‘lottie’ two year old warmblood painted with dylon fabric dye and watercolour

Posted on July 11, 2016 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

Todays post is another using the dylon fabric dye. I managed to get out and try a different camera lens, taking photographs of my friend James’ horses, lottie and Chico ( both warm bloods) -hopefully I will get out to … Continue reading →

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