Tag: Watercolour
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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…
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Constellation
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Nineteen A constellation of starfish, that is! A very quick doodle this – I just let the colours spread. I’m not keen – it’s too rushed and not colourful enough… although I have an idea how to develop it further. If there’s time this month I shall add Constellation II – if not,…
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It IS Lynda!
So, at long last, I can reveal who it was in my portrait that never was. But before I go on, however, just a quick word about the history. Although I have only recently started painting in watercolour, many years ago, I used to create my own caricatures of folk. I used to draw what…