I played with blobs of watercolour placed randomly on the paper. Turning around the page I saw the shape of a sea horse in between watercolour stains. With an ink pen and a bit of imagination… a whole under water world with different creatures appeared to give some company to this sea horse !
This is a watercolour done with the Valentine theme in mind from last week.
The challenge was the rendering of the soft fur and the expression of affection. I am pleased with the result as these two look very cuddly and fluffy. I miss my two cats long gone and painting a cat is always an emotional act of remembrance. Dogs are lovely too but I am more “a cat person” !
From my sketchbook another interesting character with her dog , done with 8B pencil.This was taken from an advert for pet insurance…
This oyster was created from a painting of an old piece of wood. I was invited by an artist friend to a painting class which took place in a very beautiful Hampshire (UK) village in the countryside.
The theme of the morning was to paint a piece of wood placed on a table in the middle of the room and every artist present could choose in which medium to paint the proposed still life. I chose watercolours.At the end of the session, I had a good look at the result and liked the colours but not the overall painting.I turned it upside down and suddenly I could see the shape of an oyster appearing… That was it …several hours later the oyster and its pearl were replacing the not so inspiring chunk of wood !
As I was painting these 3 fish, the top trout seemed to jump at me and have a life of its own..Watercolours can truely be magical ! I used some gesso for the bubbles to enhance the textured effect of the background
Hobby Sketcher 