I was totally inspired by Chimamanda’s full TED Talk about the danger of a single story which appeared on Facebook. For more information about this subject…here is the link http://bit.ly/2utmnE5
I was inspired by a video on You tube done by an artist called JelArts who showed how to paint with gouache (thank you for sharing). I simply tried her technique which seemed to be very impressionistic involving lots of spontaneous brush strokes. So here is my version of her “blue dog”.
Inspired by the beauty and the colours of this subject I happily layered paint without removing the base application of gouache. I finished the print motif with ink sticks. So different from the watercolour approach!
Another trial with colour mixing on the paper and trying not to make “mud” with a too thick application of the gouache paint.
I bought a cheap gouache set yesterday and tried to paint this parrot. Gouache is so different from watercolour and I am sure there are good techniques to know how to paint properly with this medium… Another challenge for me but I have to keep learning and in the end I just enjoy doing something out of my confort zone..
People use the phrase “wily like a fox” or “sly as a fox” for a reason. Foxes are very smart in ways that matter: finding food, surviving in weather extremes, outwitting predators, protecting their young. They’re smarter than most, but not all, dog breeds and on top of all…they are so beautiful!
For this portrait of a chimp, I did not use my sketchbook as I wanted to do a bigger painting and used instead a square sheet of watercolour paper .Searching for photos (copyright free) I found such a wise looking little chap that I adopted it straight away. It is strange sometimes to paint animals as they seem to take a life of their own. For this one particularly, I had even a name coming through my mind…
I am in the process of making a birthday card. I had in mind to use seagulls as a subject. I painted several of them from photos and started to cut them out to position them manually on a double spread watercolour paper. Well I have to think of a background and appropriate design now for the card…Not sure yet. I will probably play around with the birds before glueing them…
From my sketchbook this portrait is marking the last day of August with beach and beauties. Watercolour and pentel brushpen sketch.
A bit of sketching on the spot in Scotland.The drawing was done quickly as the weather conditions were cold and windy.I added the watercolour once in a warm and sheltered place.
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