Tag Archives: watercolour

Sonny the PAT dog watercolour King Charles spaniel

Posted on June 28, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

This is Sonny ( King Charles spaniel)our hospice has a few PAT dogs, sonny is one that visits regularly, he is a very gentle character, and the patients really bond with him. So I decided he should be painted. I … Continue reading →

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My Mum’s watercolour puffin finished

Posted on June 28, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

My watercolour puffin is now complete, I enjoyed painting him, but really should have left more white space I think, I am slowly getting to grips with a more free approach to painting. I did struggle with this technique when … Continue reading →

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PAINTING BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH! Sleep deprivation!

Posted on June 27, 2015 by REcreate-RebeccaEvansCreate

So for some crazy reason I paint best at stupid o’clock (1 am in the morning) at least it is a Friday night! I would like to think I could stay in bed on a Saturday morning, but three ponies … Continue reading →

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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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