Painted with Sennelier watercolour on Arches Cold 300gsm Pressed Paper. Begun with watersoluble graphite pencil. Size: Aprox. 10cm x13cm. First day of the WorldWatercolourMonth challenge!
Watercolour – Landscape 1
An Inky Drawing – Hakea “Pin Cushion” Leaves
A beautiful bunch of Hakea leaves were given to me by a friend; she thought I’d enjoy drawing them. So true! They have a similiar elegance to the gum leaves I recently drew. For this very quick sketch I used an Artline pen. I love how the ink lines travel in unexpected ways when I add... Continue Reading →
Two Works in Progress – Watercolour, Pencil, Art App Media
Gum leaves are a favourite subject of mine; their sweeping curves are a joy to capture in a dance of pencil lines. These had their beautiful bonnet shaped flowers on show. I picked them while I was out walking with our dogs. I also collected some with gum nuts, which I’ve drawn in graphite pencil -... Continue Reading →
Flowers 1.W – Pencil and Art App Media
Began with graphite pencil on paper, then scanned the drawing into the iPad. I then brought it into the “Procreate” app where I drew in some colour (freehand) with the burnt tree and 4B charcoal, and darkened some of the line work with the ink bleed pen. *I post here usually every two to 3 weeks; more... Continue Reading →
An Illustrated Poem From My “Haiku from Home” Book
Oh the endless (mini) dramas of spilt milk...(or other liquids). These deserve to feature in a splash of paint, and a dash of words. A frequent scene when I had a household of young children. This is another poem from my collection of illustrated haiku/haiga. I wrote and drew them many years ago, in a... Continue Reading →
Water Soluble Pencils, Art App Media – on Acrylic Paper
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 →
A Mix of Art Media – Some Recent Works
I often like to draw or paint a “Mother and Baby” image. Being a mum brings me so much joy, and also: hard work, tiredness, and sometimes heart ache. And though we celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, here in Australia; I think mothers are worth special attention everyday! I began this artwork above with a... Continue Reading →
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