Category Archives: Watercolour

Apples and Oranges (after Cezanne)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by

Something a little different!  These started with shadows cast by our lattice-topped fence onto my watercolour paper one day a few weeks ago. It looked so cool,  I traced the outlines of the cast shadows as fast as I could … Continue reading →

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Olympia with Sunflowers

Posted on September 14, 2013 by

Still having fun with my Micron Pigma drawing pens, making inky mistakes and working around them. This is my humble tribute to Édouard Manet’s infamous painting, ‘Olympia‘, starring his (arguably) favourite model, Victorine Meruent. I didn’t want to copy ‘Olympia’ … Continue reading →

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Playing with ink and (water) colours

Posted on September 12, 2013 by

It seems I’ve needed a bit of a break from pastels since Art Walk in July!  I’ve been enjoying some summer-weather time, family time, friend-time, and dart-time (have I mentioned I love to play darts, especially outdoor darts?). A couple … Continue reading →

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Map of Bilbo’s Journey (from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

  Watercolour. 1996. One of my all-time favourite novels is The Lord of the Rings, along with The Hobbit.  I first read them when I was in grade 11, in 1971.  For a time, when my children were young, it … Continue reading →

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