This is actually a work in progress and it has been on hold for a long time while I forget it about it and then I remember and wonder if I should leave it, add to it, and so on. I thought it was time to bring it into the light on this Chinese New Year of the Dragon. It has been painted on almost a full sheet of heavyweight watercolour paper and was originally intended to be a diptych. This might just be the year I finish it.
Breaking rules, create art your own way, painting, drawing, watercolours, acrylics, chalk-paint
Koi Carp and lily pads in a journal
I am trying so hard to get back into painting and instead of just relaxing and splashing about, I keep trying to do something worthy of hang...
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As I work on my Strathmore watercolour journal I want the adjoining pages to relate to one another. I did one painting of primitive pottery ...
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I dived further into unknown watercolouring territory today when I painted my first clear glass and colourful marbles. I didn't have any...
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Another one that threw me into the deep end. I thought it would be relatively easy but I struggled with the sharp edges due to the texture o...
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I think I bit off a bit more than I could chew with these raspberries and vanilla ice cream. I took the reference photograph a couple of yea...
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I've been doing a lot of writing lately and am afraid to break off in case I go back into a writer's block, but I have been missing ...