Colourful cow on canvas
If you fancy seeing how I painted this cow with watercolour on canvas, I’ve done a short film: https://youtu.be/X25NZoXGXGQ
time lapse
Pen and wash – a quick way to loosen up
If you are struggling to loosen up your work (and there is nothing wrong with tight work), try pen and wash. The pen or ink gives you the control you crave and acts as a scaffolding to hang loose watercolour washes upon. You can see a time lapse here: https://youtu.be/bEPJgnV4Tw8
Rainbow otter 🌈
If you fancy seeing how I painted this little otter, follow the link below:
Mini canvases
It’s the Reading Guild of Artist’s exhibition at the moment and I was delighted that my little otter got sold before he got hung on the wall. So, I had to paint a replacement promptly. Given I’d done a truly dreadful demonstration of a beautiful Swaledale sheep on Friday, I thought I would try to …
Rolling down the river
In a couple of week’s time it is the Reading Guild of Artist’s annual exhibition, but in the week before the RGA is taking over the Reading Museum for half term. We have been asked to do a small piece that’s ‘happy’ and suitable for children. Well most of my paintings are happy, so I …
Time lapse jackalope / horned hare / lepus cornutus
Lepus cornutus is the Latin for the horned hare, a creature of mythology. People think that rabbits with a virus causing warty growths, were the foundation for these stories. in the 1930s enterprising taxidermists in America created Jackalopes for sale, founded on lumberjack stories. Jackalope comes from the jack rabbit and antelope…. I’ve been …
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