toucan

Watercolour collage

animal portraits, Art, how to, step by step, Techniques, Uncategorized, Watercolour / By Liz / Leave a Comment / 12/12/2018 19/07/2021

Been playing with collage as a background for watercolour and it was fun! I spent the day sketching birds at Bird World near Farnham a month or so ago. This toucan played hide and seek with me. He saw my sketch book, he went in his next box. I put it away, he came out…. …

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Pen and wash

animal portraits, Art, how to, Techniques, Watercolour / By Liz / 2 Comments / 12/03/2013 01/07/2021

I like pen and wash, as I enjoy the structure the drawing gives and the freedom that delivers to use watercolour. I think it is important not simply to colour in your drawing but to add more, so that the paint and drawing add to each other. Once I have done the pen part, I …

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We’re all going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

animal portraits, Art, how to, step by step, Techniques, Watercolour / By Liz / 2 Comments / 07/03/2013 01/07/2021

I have a personal rule, which is I don’t paint animals I have not encountered – generally cows, pigs and cats are my thing. I need to express how they make me feel and try to capture more than their anatomy, so I need to have a deeper understanding of what makes them tick. So …

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toucan

Watercolour collage

Pen and wash

We’re all going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

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