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7 day challenge#WorldWatercolorgroup Day 1

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challenge-day1

After having been invited to do a  7 day watercolour challenge by Alice Cox Humphreys an artist from New Mexico through the Facebook worldwatercolourgroup, I have decided to do a portrait sketch inspired by photos from newspapers or  magazines lying around .The rule is to nominate another artist everyday to do the same “to keep the watercolour flowing”…

I decided to sketch today in my moleskine sketchbook using an 8B graphite pencil and my prize winning  small watercolour set which I got last year thanks to the public vote for  best watercolour ( Hangar group show with over 800 visitors)

 

Scarf in a jug still life

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scarf

Scarfs were the theme during last week’s watercolour class at the Hangar where I go regularly. I chose a bright and cheerful  scarf that was on offer and made this still life with it wrapped around a jug standing on a stool.

I painted  a very subdued background as the colours and motif of the scarf were loud enough … a bit of a calming down for the eyes would balanced out the picture, I thought.

Two blackbirds above cars in Valbonne.

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2-black-birds

If they are not having a bath like in my previous post I was inspired this time by 2 blackbirds up in the sky, perched on the winter trees in Valbonne. I liked the row of trees and cars for the perspective effect and as usual I took artistic licence to create a new brand of car , increased the size of the birds and put some colours to brightened up the scene.

The manufacturing of wine barrels in Bercy, Paris.

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bercy-tonneau

Bercy village today in Paris is a very trendy shopping centre which was built in the 1990’s . In the past Bercy used to be an important wine market. This sketch is done from a vintage black and white picture. I chose a main colour which evoked wine . I know some people use wine to replace watercolour but this is not the case :  I don’t think I would have obtained the same transparency and  and I am not sure  the paper of my sketchbook would have taken it well…