‘ watercolour ’ category archive

Mar
10

More New Stuff, and Renovations, Too.

watercolour-goomba

New stuff. I guess kind of the same, but I like it like that. I’m also enjoying some of the new gadgets on the blog. Don’t want to make it too busy.

I tried a couple of new themes, but didn’t like them as much as this one. This one was pretty old, and didn’t have a lot of devices I could use in it, but seems to be working.

I’ll fool with some other stuff, and see how it works. Unfortunately, I’m not a genius with CSS or any kind of computer programming, though I hazard to tinker.

tuxie

This quick sketch I think really captured an aspect of Nora, the new cat. As spring comes in, she’s sort of lording it over the other two cats. Or, at least they’re nervous of her, but seem to hold their own. It’s a house of happy cats, still. Which is great.

awardswomancol

I Photoshop coloured the woman I drew yesterday. Not that great at it, but that’s how you learn and get better.

Mar
04

Icons?

redpage

Just means “pictures,” I think.

paintpage

Mar
03

Little Old Lady Who…

littleoldlady

Mar
02

Watercolour Chops

strip2

A lot of technique involved in watercolour. Maybe it’s not something other artists deal with, but I find I have to work and relearn things if I want to do something well that isn’t just totally an accident.

strip1

Sounds as if I’m down on it, because it never looks as polished to me as my black and white drawings. I still get a kick out of working with it.

strip4

I want to paint, rather than just people blankly looking around, pictures with life in them. That’s why I like the visible strokes, and backgrounds which aren’t totally uniform.

Feb
28

Ed Wood and Retro Dinos

ed-wood

dinos-ed-wood-2

greenguy

building

Feb
19

And More from Yesterday…

hat-in-room

I was drawing in that little book. Hence, things take less time to do. I’ll have to think about the implications of that.

woman4

Not sure what the black squiggle means. I had intended it as a design element, to balance things. This morning it looks ominous.

monk

beard

Feb
18

Two Sketches

transport

I did some more of these, but I’ll put them up later. Good night again!

big-cat

Feb
16

…Still More

women1

plane2

howie

Feb
14

…And Another…

curtain1

Everyone’s been looking to the left, this time. Sometimes that seems easier. I’d also like to draw some things that have more of a story behind them, so they’re just not some anonymous face looking … to the left, for instance.

Feb
13

Miniatures

horsegallop

I like these little paintings. Though I have to take my glasses off to do them. The biggest is four inches high. These others, more like three and two.

blondeforest

No, he’s not Pedobear:
bear2

Feb
11

Untitled, this time.

Untitled-1

Another garish, unlovely watercolour to spoil your morning. But I’m not going to stop doing them. Maybe I will, and then what will you say?

Feb
10

Alice, and a Friend

dodo

Feb
09

No Better Things to do?

dvdguys

I’m actually putting off some important work, but thought I’d screw around with watercolour, because it’s important to keep one’s hand in. These guys are from some things I watch a lot, which are the “making of” documentaries from the Extended set Lord of the Rings DVDs.

I think I like those more than the real films. They remind me of stuff I’ve done, both in front of and behind cameras. Painting sets, etc, running around in armour, yelling. Even writing and working with few of the people from this very project.

Below, your standard horsie. I did some yellow underpainting to get the effect of “light,” which didn’t really come off. Still, I like these, because they’re free and unlaboured.
horsie4

Jan
13

Watercolour Crowd

purplegirl

Working on stuff. Depressed over the earthquake in Haiti. Found time to do some watercolours. But they’re hard, still no system of how to do them.

Actually, though they don’t always turn out the way I want them too (part of my brilliant system of not thinking before I start anything), I really enjoy doing them. Drawing in general, too. But there’s something very soothing in handling the brush, and watching the colours bloom. That’s what the old Asian painters knew.

yellowfaces