Phew...no more watercolour!

I'm giving myself a rest from watercolours. I've found them exhausting and too frustrating, I just ended up doing very little of anything. I'm giving myself a rest and going back to the scripted lessons. Chicken wire 3D sculpture is next, inspired by movement. Hmmmmmmmm..........


For light relief I have just doodled with pastels, these are the result. I have surprised myself. I like them!!!!

 Pumpkins

Lake Hawea surrounds

Lemons

My parents have been staying for the last 3 weeks, I get to see them rarely, so there's not been a lot of art activity going on. I've continued to read "how to", watching dvds and a little watercolour. Also of course planning future ideas.

This is my effort following Nancy Titchbournes DVD. Hope she isn't viewing this!

The main change was using a wash underneath the painting and of course filling the whole page with those pesky leaves!

Practice makes Perfect?

Well for those of you who were wondering if I'd completely given up my course....I haven't.

However, I have spent a lot of time reading, watching dvds and attempting to teach myself watercolours.

Its not easy, there's so much to learn and my pathetic attempts are barely worth exhibiting on a blog! However this blog is about development! so here we are... my shag from the Sounds, an exercise in masking and mixing colours wet in wet

and the Moeraki Boulders, a graduated wash, masking fluid and removal of paint for clouds, wet in wet for the reflections and boulders.