On Paper, Canvas, and iPad
*Gouache and watercolour on a tiny canvas: approx. 10.2 cm x 15.2cm (4” x 6”). To protect the painting I rubbed on some Dorlands Wax. It applies without smudging the paint, and gives a pleasant, low sheen finish. Watercolour, pencil, inkpen…have for many years been my mainstay. Delightful to use, and so handy for quick... Continue Reading →
Drawn with a dark sepia inkpen, and then added watercolour washes. Mostly my art is inspired by scenes from home - my favourite place to be. I’m not often directly looking at the subject matter. However: bowls, teapots, fruit, a vase of flowers, pot-plants, the garden, gumtrees, paddocks, bushland, birds…are daily in view - providing... Continue Reading →
This is painted with a mix of media. I began with a 9B Lyra water-soluble graphite stick on a 8” x 10” canvas board; and finished with layers of gouache, watercolour, Inktense ink washes, and acrylic matte and gloss medium. I wasn’t sure where I was going with this - there’s photos of the beginnings below. Though... Continue Reading →
*I began this with inkpen, on A5 Cotton paper, then added watercolour and gouache. These are a few more works from recent months. I often draw faces, usually women, and have done so since childhood. Occasionally I’ve drawn portraits for people, but these days I prefer to mostly draw faces from memory (not of anyone... Continue Reading →
*Drawn with my fingertip on the iPad - a little while back - with media in Art Set Pro and Procreate. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy, and safe New Year! We’re heading into our long, and often very hot Summer here in Australia. Thankful for wonderful year of family life; and time... Continue Reading →
Began with a charcoal drawing, then: watercolour (a little gouache) and Inktense ink block washes, mat acrylic medium, white acrylic paint… In these last stages I’m adding layers of gloss acrylic medium mixed with watercolours/ink to intensify colours… It’s on a watercolour canvas (8” x 10”) but I’ve found most canvases work well with this... Continue Reading →
Drawn with my fingertip, using paint media and the smudge tool, in the “Procreate” app. Thoroughly enjoyed pushing and smudging around these colours as I attempted a sort of sunset landscape. My iPad art, aside from being an end in itself, gives me ideas for similar works in my traditional art media. I did this from... Continue Reading →
Drawn with: watercolour, pencil and a bit of pastel, in the UBrush Pro app. Before I did this inkjet print on an A5 sheet of Art Spectrum (smooth) “Draw and Wash” paper, I put a grey border on it in the “Pages” app. I added a little graphite pencil on the print. Enjoy your... Continue Reading →
Janette Leeds Art 
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