So, shall I get the awful puns out of the way now? Yes, the eyes have it. I am keeping an eye on you etc etc Seriously, watercolour is a lovely medium for capturing human or animal eyes. Its transparnecy really lends a sparkle and if there is an eye in your painting, you know …
So here is the finished cat from yesterday. I rather like the eyes and I’ve put a close up below. If you are painting an animal and can see both eyes, I would recommend trying to make one slightly more dominant – either in clarity or colour -I don’t mean size!! It’s just we find …
Starting with a drawing and kicking off with the eye and nose, I wanted to paint this long haired cat in a loose and colourful way. To boot, I had paint left in my palette from yesterday’s cat and I hate to waste paint! . Leaving those to dry, I dampened the body and tail …
So in the harsh light of day, I look again at my cat. Rubbed out a few marks I hadn’t spotted under artificial light and gave myself a stiff talking to. ‘Don’t fiddle’ should be written across every watercolourist’s heart. The temptation is overwhelming sometimes, but you lose the energy and freshness so easily… Here’s …
Cat demonstration finished (with bonus features, as they say…) Read More »
Had a happy afternoon painting cats. And I would like to know, why one day you can paint with fresh colours and a spirit of excitement and on another day, using the same colours, everything looks solid with not an ounce of life in it. Yesterday was a dead loss, today a happy one – …