Sunset last year

Posted on February 28, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged A year ago, Art, Landscape, Life, paint sky, Sketching, Sunset, Time, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch2 Comments

Sunset, watercolour, February 2021.

I had been for a walk with a good friend and walked a lot further than I thought I could. Oh what a difference a year makes. I couldn’t walk a third of that distance now. Every time I think I’m going to go for a walk something seems to stop me. For instance this weekend was lovely, but I had an upset stomach (too much information?), so I stayed home. I’m getting increasingly frustrated by this. I want to be out there, walking, painting, being back to normal. Instead I’m just burbling away here. Spinning out my old memories into a web of comfort that doesn’t equate to doing things for real.

Old cartoon

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cartoon, Cat, Fun, Life, Play, Sketching, splashes, Watercolour sketch, WetLeave a comment

I painted this little cartoon years ago. Don’t remember the date but probably 20 years? I think I’d splashed drips of watercolour onto the paper and the cat was a way of using the paper up and not wasting it. Photo taken late afternoon with a dim sidelight on. I could have waited till tomorrow but I wanted to share.

I have a friend that hates cats. I wish I could explain how I love them. Their character, their expressions, their true friendship when you get to know them. They seem aloof, but once you know them they are not…. And they don’t seem to hate rain. I’m often soaked when they come in from a rain shower, but I thought this looked funny. X

Wanting the sea…

Posted on November 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Boats, Journey, Memories, Sea, Sky, Thinking, Watercolour sketch, wishesLeave a comment

I need the seaside, it’s been a couple of months since we went and I really miss it. I want to see the big blue sky. The blue or grey waves. Stormy, misty or sunny. I don’t care.

I like being beside the sea like it says in the old song, I’m not really bothered about being on it. I don’t like the motion of the ocean.. Up and down, around and down. Waves, breaking over the boat.

Yes, I need to go on a trip along the coast, taking in the scenery. Looking at the boats, feeling the breeze.

Holly in sunlight

Posted on November 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Fun, Holly, Metallic paint, Painting, Sketching, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch2 Comments

I did this painting a few months ago in metallic watercolours which are lovely, but I can’t find them now. I wanted to use them a few times but I think I put them somewhere ‘safe’ but I have so much art stuff, old paints, pencils, pens, that sometimes I can’t find them. Yes buying to many art supplies is bad. It’s consuming too much perhaps, but I try and balance that with other purchases.

I want to try and paint on black paper and I thought these metallic paints would stand out better against it. I shall go on a hunt for them. My idea is to paint gleaming frosty leaves to celebrate the autumn chills.

Fish

Posted on September 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Goldfish, Painting, Swirls, Time, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch, White1 Comment

My watercolour of goldfish I did this April. I just came across this while I was looking back at my previous art.

I was talking to someone yesterday about letting white paper come through in watercolours. I rarely soak the paper before I start painting and I frequently mix up strong colours, leaving patches of white where I want to show light coming through. The way I think about it is that I can control the paint without having to use masking fluid… And it’s cheaper tgan using white paint or gouache.

Dancer/music

Posted on June 3, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Arteza metallic watercolours, Drawing, Experiment, Fun, ink liner pen, Learning, Sketching, Watercolour sketch2 Comments

I went a bit mad for this, today’s #bandofsketchers prompt dancer/music. Made a drawing in metallic watercolours of a ballet dancer, I didn’t base it on a particular pose. When it was finished I wasn’t happy so I drew over it, then changed it in the photo app on my phone . I’m including all three versions I saved.

Galaxy

Posted on May 30, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Acrylic paint, Art, Astronomy, Life, Prompt, Sketching, sky at night programme, Watercolour sketch, whirlpool gallery2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Space. It is a favourite subject. I love the Sky at Night Programme on the BBC. I’ve tried to paint the Whirlpool galaxy, using Arteza metallic watercolours and some black and white acrylic. A bit splodgy but the detail on the photo was overwhelming.

Lamp

Posted on May 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black cartridge paper, Dark, Lamp, Light, metallic water colours, Night, Watercolour sketch, WatercoloursLeave a comment

Metallic watercolours on black cartridge paper. I painted this back in February. I’m going over my college work and trying to select the ten best images, or the most experimental ones. I’ve got far to many to choose from but I like this, it’s got its problems, a bit rough round the edges, but I was just looking at someone else’s post and the way she used light and shade on figures, and it reminded me of this.

Old watercolour

Posted on April 21, 2021April 25, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drought, Flowers, grey skies, Painting, Rain, rain clouds, Water, Watercolour sketchLeave a comment

I miss rainclouds, full of dark grey promise. We’ve had a few weeks of dry weather and apart from a few spots of rain this morning we’ve had nothing. With that and the cold, frosty mornings, it’s taking a while for the plants to grow. We have a few seedlings, but when I went to a garden nursery they had hardly any perennial plants ready for growing on. I for one am hoping for rain soon.

Observational painting

Posted on February 21, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, cat litter, Colours, Life, Painting, Watercolour sketchLeave a comment

A strange thing to paint, it’s a bag of cat litter. Just quickly painted, I’ve been busy for the last couple of days and just remembered to post this. I tried to keep the watercolours clean and not to make them too muddy….

Mallaband-Brown

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