I painted this Red Capped Crane a while ago using Schmincke Horadam watercolours. I decided yesterday that I wanted it to form a group of paintings on my wall, all with a similar oriental theme so today I touched it up a little, making the sun a bit redder, adding flag iris and a couple of koi carp for the bird to focus on. I then coloured the paintings frame with Annie Sloan 'Graphite' to match the frames for the other two paintings, shown below.
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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 ...