winter woodland scene - watercolour class

"winter woodland scene"

inspired by Marina Marcolin

1/4 sheet arches 300g

wanted to share this  basic snow scene of a winter woodland scene i painted at class following my tutor's Marina Macolin demo ...i'm  finding each lesson  invaluable to practice and to just excercise various techniques brushstrokes and  approaches .

salt - watercolour wash

 

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 wash # 30

quin gold + indanthrene blue + perylene (W & N)

canson fontenay 32 x 41 cm

experimenting with "wet on dry" and "wet in wet"  watercolour wash with fine salt

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sunflower - watercolour wash - wash # 27

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"sunflower" 

watercolour wash # 27

32 x 41cm canson fontenay  300g   

quin gold + perylene maroon + indanthrene blue

.....an initial wash no pencil combined "wet on dry" and "wet in wet"  adding a small amount of salt and spraying a little water  creating an  underpainting for a sunflower .

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watercolour wash - wash # 26

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wash # 26

watercolour inital wash

viridian + al crimson + sienna 

.....posting another watercolour wash which i  painted recently as part of the one hundred wash challenge

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tree seeds

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" tree seeds"

10.5 x 15.5cm small initial study/wash

Montval cansons

....these small beautiful circular tree seeds are everywhere in the woods ...i have no idea of the name of these seeds or tree ...here is one of a few washes i made of them... painting from life .

watercolour wash # 23 - one hundred wash challenge

wash #24

"wet in wet" blended wash

indigo + sepia 

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yellow boat - week 12 watercolour course

"yellow boat"

inspired  by "step by step" of Marina Marcolin

old man's beard + rosehips + catkins - photos

"old man's beard + catkins "

"old man's beard "

"catkins"

"rosehips + snow "

....after reading a couple of the comments on my last post thought i'd post a few of my photos  .....for those who aren't familiar with old man's beard "clematis vitalba".... it is also known  as traveller's joy .

old man's beard and rosehips

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"old man's beard and rosehips"

 initial wash

20x50cm vangrow torchon

.......wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR with the first post of the new year