Tag Archives: watercolour

13#worldwatercolormonth a study of lottie

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

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

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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Brusho imposter, dylon fabric dye

After painting my hummingbird hawk moth for today’s world watercolour month in dylon fabric dye ( plus a little conventional watercolour). I decided to put together some swatches for anybody interested in trying out this different painting medium . It … Continue reading

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10#worldwatercolormonth- hummingbird trend brusho alternative experiment

For today’s world watercolour month post I decided to follow the trend of late, many blogger friends have painted the most beautiful hummingbirds, for the monthly celebrated draw a bird day, hosted by Laura at create art every day. Now … Continue reading

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9#worldwatercolormonth- happy birthday mum

Day 9 of world watercolour month, and it’s my mums birthday, so I thought it appropriate that her card was done with watercolour. This little hedgehog was created on  masa paper, and mounted onto card stock. Happy birthday mum xx

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8#worldwatercolormonth- sexy lady

When I first created paintings for charity auctions, I hit the first big stumbling block, -what to paint?  I wanted a popular subject matter, that would sell well for the charity, I looked up the most popular themes for wall … Continue reading

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7#worldwatercolormonth- ‘home is where the heart is’

For today’s post, day 7 of world watercolour month, I decided to step away from furry creatures, this post is not cuddly, in fact you might get slimed, although that sounds horrid, they are really quite beautiful, their very own … Continue reading

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6#worldwatercolormonth back to the hares

For today’s post I have gone back to my old friend the hare. This hare was found on the Facebook page photos for artists, the photograph was taken by Danny Brannigan. This is a great group to join for inspiration. … Continue reading

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5#worldwatercolormonth

Today involved some more practicing of horses, I had the charcoal out, so to fit in with world watercolour month, I added a splash here and there to give more shape to the equine. The second is all charcoal and … Continue reading

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