Negative Painting – Hexagons

NEGATIVE PAINTING - HEXAGONS ...with a couple of stray octagons which crept in unawares! A new negative watercolour After a disastrous false start which really didn't work, I turned the paper over and started again. This negative painting is of simple hexagon shapes, with the darker layers having smaller shapes to give the…

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Two Art Pieces Framed

TWO ART PIECES FRAMED Some time ago I visited an online picture framing site and added a couple of pictures to my gallery there. You can upload a photo of your picture and then customise the frame and mount. In the preview window, your picture will show up with the frame of your…

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Quirky Houses and a Greedy Cat Update

QUIRKY HOUSES AND A GREEDY CAT UPDATE Quirky houses Rhodia designs and patterns book I have an A4-sized Rhodia notebook with squared paper, 80 gsm. Although it is thin, the quality is better than your average printer paper; it has quite a smooth surface and it is very good for drawing. I use…

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Negative Painting

NEGATIVE PAINTING When I first came across this, I thought, "What...?" I was intrigued, and decided to investigate. The idea The idea of negative painting is that you don't paint the objects; you paint the negative space between the objects. Sounds counter-intuitive? Actually it's quite good training for looking at the spaces between…

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