Tag: Art
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30 Minute Regatta
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyfour A quick wash of blue for today’s watercolour as we venture out onto the open seas, where we stumble across an armada of sorts, seemingly bobbing aimlessly on the still waters. There are people on board each of those boats, but they aren’t clear from this distance, and they’re too busy to…
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Woodland Walk
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentythree Today’s watercolour is a view of the Martian surface as seen through – wait a minute! This isn’t Mars! No, it’s a woodland walk as found in many locations here on Earth, our remarkable home. I’ve painted it based on a photograph I found online, using only three colours, green, brown and…
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Knickerbocker Glory!
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentytwo Scrumptious vanilla and banana ice cream, blended to perfection with fresh cream, layered in a lopsided glass with strawberry, black cherry and passion fruit sauces, sprinkled on top with one or two crumbled biscuit pieces and a cherry and a chunk of pineapple to top it off. Looks appalling… but looks aren’t…
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Painted Butterfly
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyone I couldn’t think of anything to paint today, so I reached for my paintbrushes, watercolour pads, and paints, sat myself down and decided to go for the first thing that came into my head. Luckily, it was a butterfly! As I was painting, I realised that I also need to get back…
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The Sunny Side of the Street
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twenty (Day twenty? Already???!!!) Today’s sploshing of colour takes us into town, on a very quiet morning where everywhere is closed, and the Sun is shining brightly. The long closed-down cinema is directly opposite us, the building earmarked for a trendy nightclub. The bank, the building in the shade on the right of…