Magnificent Magnolias, Pt. 4
I’m still battling on with this picture of Magnolia blossom, despite the feeling that it’s gone off the rails a bit. There are still aspects of it that I love,… Read More »Magnificent Magnolias, Pt. 4
I’m still battling on with this picture of Magnolia blossom, despite the feeling that it’s gone off the rails a bit. There are still aspects of it that I love,… Read More »Magnificent Magnolias, Pt. 4
After Friday’s playfully loose warm up I felt brave enough today to try sloshing in a loose background on the original painting I started last week. I knew it would never look as… Read More »Magnificent Magnolias, Pt. 3
Taking my own advice (and that of a multitude of other artists throughout the ages!) I started with a scrap of watercolour paper and some warm up painting today. Very… Read More »Loose Magnolia Warm-Up
Still on the topic of water, I spent some time today catching up on a few online video tutorials. It’s good to make the brain cells work occasionally and I… Read More »Atmospheric Water Techniques
Today we added the lychee fruit to the leaves we were practising last week. This stage was much more fun, and quite a bit easier… not surprising that those two… Read More »Lychee Fruits on Tree, Pt. 2
Farewell Chinese Summer Landscape… today we moved on to flowers in class and began painting a composition of lychees hanging on the tree. This is the first stage, the leaves and branches.… Read More »Lychee Fruits on Tree, Pt 1