On Paper, Canvas, and iPad
Black water-soluble fineliner pen and watercolour on paper. This is from my homemade book, "Poems from Home: a Collection of Illustrated Haiku". I wrote, drew and painted them, quite a few years back. I enjoy sharing one here occasionally; a few left to share yet. 🙂 Have a great weekend.
* I prefer to draw and paint with my finger on the screen, rather than a stylus, or iPad pencil.
Watercolour on paper.
*There are progress pics, further along. I prefer to draw with my finger on the screen, rather than use a stylus, or iPad pencil. Since childhood I've been drawing "faces"; often from memory and imagination. This is another one of them. In my post called "About Drawing Faces", there is more about these "faces" and... Continue Reading →
*The steps in how I put this above "Picture with Scripture" together, and the download link for it are further along. I've never used computers much; I built my blog on my iPad, through the WordPress app, and I do all my posts on my iPad. I've discovered some really useful apps to help me to do... Continue Reading →
There's a lot of chattering of pots and pans, every time I go to my saucepan drawers. Sometimes it's like all out war! I grab for a saucepan lid, and it's slid way up the back...I reach to get it and I'm: attacked by a metal grater, snapped at by saucepan handles, and held back... Continue Reading →
*I write more about the "Scanner Pro" app further along. I painted this about 20 years ago, and still remember how much I enjoyed the whole process.I used pan watercolours mixed with a clear gel medium and painted thin translucent layers of colour onto canvas. Back then, I had a young family and no studio... Continue Reading →
Drawing from observation is certainly very important in the early stages of learning to draw - also an ongoing journey. However, after many years of doing this and possibly by now, thousands of drawings later, I find myself sometimes using, what I like to call, "poetic licence"; and draw from memory and imagination. This has... Continue Reading →
Janette Leeds Art 
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