Watercolour, watersoluble red pencil, and gouache, on Strathmore hot pressed, 300gsm watercolour paper. Paper size: 5” x 7”. Day 14 of the World Watercolour Month challenge.
Flower Flight – Watercolour and Gouache
Flower Play – Watercolour
Watercolour on Art Spectrum 210 gsm Draw and Wash paper. Size: A5. Day 11 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. Experimenting with both a wet in wet technique; and not doing a pencil underdrawing. I quite like this paper, though perhaps a bit thin for the amount of water I used. Anyway... easy enough to... Continue Reading →
Flowers in a Vase – Watercolour
Watercolour, graphite pencil, watersoluble pencils, watersoluble Inktense pencil and gouache, on Strathmore mixed media paper - approx. 5” x7”. Day 9 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. I began with washes of Sennelier watercolours, and dabbed on some Caran d’Ache gouache in places, and white Art Spectrum gouache. To get the added brightness I wanted in... Continue Reading →
Three Watercolours
Watercolour, graphite pencil...a touch of watersoluble pencil on the flowers - on A5 size paper....and a little gouache on the red mug - on A5 size paper. The landscape is on a tiny ACEO card. Day 8 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. Part of the challenge is taking clear photos! Thanks for stopping... Continue Reading →
Flowers 4 – in Watercolour and Gouache
Watercolour and gouache, on 12.70cm x 17.78cm (5” x 7”) Strathmore cold pressed 300gsm watercolour paper. Day 7 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. This watercolour paper is becoming a favourite. It has an attractive texture, which takes a wash in a lovely way. I ended up cropping this a bit to improve the composition.... Continue Reading →
Watercolour – Flowers 3
Top left - black watersoluble pencil, watercolour and gouache top right - gouache; bottom - graphite pencil and watercolour. On Fabriano %25 cotton watercolour paper, 300gsm. Day four of the World Water Colour Month challenge. I took a photo of a sprig of geranium in the garden, to use as visual info for these watercolours. Even... Continue Reading →
Watercolour – Flowers 2
Watercolour, graphite pencil (a touch of white gouache in the red petals) on Arches cold pressed 300gsm paper. Size: approx. 9cm x 13cm. Day 3 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. Thanks for stopping by!
Watercolour – Flowers 1
Watercolour, watersoluble graphite pencil, watersoluble coloured pencils, and gouache...on Strathmore 300gsm watercolour paper. Size: approx. 16cm x 11cm. Day 2 of the World Watercolour Month challenge. Some aspects work ok....though too tight, and muddy in places! All good fun. 🙂 Hmm, don’t think I’ll add this to my ongoing flower series. Thanks for visiting!
Janette Leeds Art 
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