A day at the beach

'Shell collector', about 8 by 12 ins., watercolours, paperwave paper.

For a project at wetcanvas. I did this one tonight to catch-up, as I was falling behind with my projects. It took me ages to get the pose to look right... there is a pencil verson of this. When it came to doing the watercolour version, I was tired, and so I kept it simple in technique.

I need a break. If only I could go and join this beachcomber at the seaside for the day!

Busy day.

1. 'Blue coffee pot with spoon', 8 by 12 ins., watercolours on paperwave paper.

2. Copy of part of a Benjamin Paterssen painting, 5 by 7 ins., ink and watercolour on bristol.

3. Nude (not shown), sketch in pencil.


I thought it might be another day of rain so I stayed in. First of all, I did a small copy of the Paterssen sea scene for a project at wetcanvas (image 2 above). Sea scenes are not my usual thing...come to think of it, everything I did today was not my usual thing...so it was a day of trying things out, I suppose.

Secondly, I sketched along with the nude drawing class on TV channel 4 at lunch-time...and that was fun. I posted it on Flickr and its in the channel 4 Flickr group but I won't post it here as I'm not sure about nudity settings for blogger. It was a female reclining on a couch. I thought it was rather a good way to go to a life class whilst sitting in your own living room.

Thirdly, I had a bash at a watercolour still life of a rather unusual shaped coffee pot I bought in a charity shop in town a few weeks back (image 1 above). I really bought the pot to try out still life painting in oils but I haven't been in the mood to get out all the equipment to do oil paintings this week. So here it is in watercolours...a bit tentative...I need more practise...and I am not really a big still life fan.

As I said...busy busy day.

dog

'Noble dog', 7 by 9 ins. Graphite sketch and then a watercolour version. A dog from the WDE at wetcanvas this weekend.

She is rather noble and handsome, I thought. Her name is DORA.

Copy of illustrator-Greenaway

A study/copy of a Kate Greenaway illustration for a project at wetcanvas. The image size is around 5 by 3 ins. Its in acrylic inks.

Cat in sunlight

' Calico cat', watercolours, 6 by 8 ins, Fabriano paper.

A close-up, trying a different colour combo, for the calico cat on the armchair.

cat on a big chair

'Calico cat on big chair in sunlight'. Watercolours, 7 by 9 ins., paperweave paper.

This is a study for a painting I hope to do later...perhaps in watercolours, or perhaps I will do this scene in another medium. If I do it again in watercolours, I think I will use a looser watercolour style, with more wet in wet painting, as I am not a big fan of wet on dry - which this one is mostly. However, I am happy with it as a first study.

It was inspired by a very beautiful photo posted in RIL at wetcanvas.

Tuxedo cat

'Tuxedo cat in wild flower meadow', watercolours, 7 by 11 ins. Perhaps I will crop it down to 7 by 9 ins or maybe put it in a 6 by 8 matt. It may be for a birthday card/gift. My relatives have tuxedo cats. This one looks very like my sister's cat.