ONLINE ART COURSE - EAGLE IN CHARCOAL Several months ago I completed the charcoal module, and was heartily glad to do so, and I put my charcoal away in the dark recesses of my Spare Art Materials box, assuming they would not see the light of day again. However... we are now in…
NEGATIVE PAINTING - CELLS The second of two negative paintings I completed recently. This one was slightly more successful than the lava flow one, but I'm still not entirely satisfied with it. It did stick to the brief of negative painting a bit more, though. It ended up being a mixed media piece…
NEGATIVE PAINTING - LAVA FLOW The first of two new negative watercolour paintings. This one wasn't as successful as I'd hoped, and was actually only partially negative! The idea came from a neurographic art piece I saw online, which made me think of flowing volcanic lava. I also added some boiling mud, but…
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…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 3, AND LILY THE TELLY ADDICT For parts 1 and 2 of this challenge, please see my blog posts here and here. The completion of the Landscape Challenge! This has been the most fun project to do, and I am more than happy with the…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 2, AND RUBY HAS BEEN HELPING For Part 1, please go here. I have been working on the actual landscape, and have completed the initial drawing and the painting. The initial drawing Just as a reminder, here is my reference photo, of the gardens of…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 1 Plans, and the initial stages We are approaching the end of the landscapes module on the course, and the current project is the self-directed challenge. We are to create a landscape using at least two different media, from one of the reference photos provided,…
ONLINE ART COURSE - CAMPER VAN IN A DESERT LANDSCAPE We are now approaching the end of the landscapes module, with only the self-directed challenge to go. This is proving to be a great module to do, although I didn't enjoy the first one (the clouds in graphite). This particular project was worked…
SHOSHIVILLE BY MOONLIGHT - NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR HOUSES I have been planning to do a quirky houses negative painting for a while, and made a collection of drawings in my designs and patterns book for reference. This drawing was quite a complicated one to do, and I hit one or two roadblocks along the…
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…
