*Painted freehand on the iPad screen, with my finger, using: Gesinski ink, smudge tool and the ink bleed pen in the Procreate app. The Gesinski ink has a rather pleasant washy feel. Watercolour, gouache and coloured pencil on 300gsm tan Strathmore mixed media paper. This paper is lovely, even though it does have some odd... Continue Reading →
I began this watercolour pencil drawing/painting above, with a blue Inktense pencil, then used Caran D’Ache Supra Soft watersoluble colour pencils, on Canson A4 245gsm acrylic paper. Again, as in this previous post, in the gallery of pics, I managed to chop of the top of the head! After I scanned it into the iPad, I fixed... Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m back from my annual Summer blogging break. When I left I was beginning to use more of my traditional art media. After an intensive time (I’m not one to do things by half measures) with iPad art in these past few years, it was a bit strange to be dipping brushes into water,... Continue Reading →
I often draw and paint images of a mother and baby; as a mum of four boys (young men now) it's probably not surprising. I do so many of them I've decided to begin giving each a number and letter as a title; which I also do now with my flower artworks. A bit of a... Continue Reading →
As is usual, a favourite "go to" subject matter when experimenting with media, is to draw or paint a women's face. I also employ a "face" as a way to convey a mood or emotion. They are mostly imaginary. Sometimes I can see a inkling of a likeness to me, though perhaps a younger and prettier... Continue Reading →
These are drawn and painted in a few different apps, and I did get to try out the oil pastel in the "UBrush Pro" app, which I mentioned in a previous post. *More info with the pics below, on the captions - to enlarge them all, just tap on one image. Looking at my art in this... Continue Reading →
*I draw and paint with my finger on the iPad screen, rather than use a stylus. In a revisit to the "ArtRage" app, as seen below, I discovered there were more ways with watercolour, than I initially thought. Some art apps require too much fiddling around with dials and so forth, to discover what's there. Though with... Continue Reading →
