On Paper, Canvas, and iPad
*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 →
As I did with my garlic drawing, I began this drawing on paper. I again used a fineliner pen. With this one I also added graphite pencil. The pencil is soluble in water. I swished a wet brush across the pencil marks and turned them into a grey wash. I scanned the drawing into my... Continue Reading →
The other day, my husband brought in some garlic from the garden. Their tendrils and the bulbous shapes looked so attractive. I thought...I must draw them! It was a favourite subject matter of mine years ago. This is the completed drawing above, with drawings of the various processes further along. So I went searching around for... Continue Reading →
*Graphite pencil drawing, with a small poem - a haiku. I drew this quite a few years back, probably with a flurry..in a hurry; which was often the case, in a household with four young sons.(Young men now) I used a watercolour graphite pencil. Just a little water brushed on the line work, creates lovely... Continue Reading →
A bit more about the "Art Set Pro" app. This past week I tried out more of the media in the "Art Set Pro" app. I've spent a while using the paints and oil pastels and a bit of crayon, pencil.... in this app; but I've hardly (mainly due to lack of time) "touched" on... Continue Reading →
This is another one of my illustrated haiku from my handmade book, "Poems from Home: a Collection of Illustrated Haiku." I painted the watercolour on paper and wrote the haiku, quite a few years back. About the Scan and Arrangement of My Haiku and Watercolour I used the "Scanner Pro" app to scan my watercolour,... Continue Reading →
A few years back I did some artworks using oil pastel on paper; over which I brushed on a thin wash of black paint. This simple technique makes the colours stand out quite vividly. On my kitchen wall, is a bright orange flower drawing I did back then, using this method. Today I did a... Continue Reading →
The pic above is from my handmade book, “Mother as Writer”. This is how it looks after adding colour to it, freehand in an art app, and then placing it in a page, in the “Book Creator” app, and typing in the words, which replace the pen written words of the original page. Though I... Continue Reading →
Janette Leeds Art 
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