chinese lattern

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"chinese lattern" 

work in progress 

"an initial wash"      +     " chinese lattern"

1/4 sheet Arches cold press 300g

......as part of my course work i've been experimenting with bright washes and night time scenes
here's an intial study i've made of a chinese lattern .  

wash # 6 - one hundred washes challenge

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wash # 6

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Radicchio Rosso di Chioggia - Chicory

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"Radicchio Rosso di Chioggia"

watercolour study i

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"Radicco Rosso di Chiogga "

watercolourstudy ii

work in progress

The "Radicco Rosso di Chiogga"  have a wonderful bitter spicy taste to eat simply as salad or grill ...delicious with  pasta and  rissotto ....here are two studies i painted last night whilst cooking ..the red leaves with the white veins are really striking .  

autumn colours - leaf study ii

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"maple leaf"

leaf study ii

moleskine watercolour  sketchbook

skies

sky i

sky ii

sky iii

this week at my watercolour class we were practicing painting just skies .. here are a few of the " wet in wet " studies of  skies i've painted after the class ...lots of practice needed  ! .

autumn colours - leaf study i

autumn leaf  study i

one leaf painted from life  with two real leaves placed beside it as reference

watercolour moleskine sketchbook

ONE HUNDRED WASHES challenge blog

Maggie Latham had a wonderful idea to start  ONE HUNDRED WASHES challenge blog  along with other artists  i decided to join this challenge which started this month ..... i wanted to mention the blog here and add a link .... which i hope you visit  .....i've added a  link on my blog list  and i'll post my washes as and when i paint them on the  page "one hundred washes"  which you can find at the top of my blog......thought i'd post my first wash here with a quick "plein air" wash i painted this summer ..... if you would like to join in with the challenge please contact Maggie  http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/.

wash # 1

"flat wash" - colbalt blue - squirrel mop size 10

"plein air" wash

Croatian coast - summer 2010

watercolour moleskine sketchbook

swans + snow - week 4 watercolour class

"swans + snow" 

1/4 sheet canson

......painted this today following a step by step by my teacher Marina Marcolin  at watercolour class