crostoli sketch

"crostoli "

crostoli / galani dolci di Carnevale

watercolour sketch

cansons fontenay 300g/m2

wild primroses

wash # 49

"pale yellow wild primroses"

initial wash + textures

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

still life - lezione aquerello

still life

"yellow ginkgo bilboba  leaves + blue vase"

watercolour class - lezione aquerello

1/4 sheet canson fontenay 300g/m2

 black and white photo of the above still life



.....I've started another course of watercolour lessons last week with Marina Marcolin ....the excercise  was to carefully build up the painting in sections with "wet in wet" washes ..background , vase , foreground  and  then leaves ..adding some fine details at the end "wet on dry"... The yellow fan shaped leaves of the Ginkgo Biloba are so beautiful in the autumn .

inspiration - Watercolour at Tate Britain

Watercolour at Tate Britain

John Squire

Callum Ines

Watercolour at Tate Britain opened last week . I would really love to see this exhibition when I next go back to the UK.The link below gives an interesting and brief insight of the exhibition.

http://video.ft.com/v/791636647001/Watercolour-at-Tate-Britain

 .... I'm sure many of you have read about this exhibition . I'd like to know if you have already visited the exhibition  . I hope you find these videos inspiring for those who haven't seen them .

snowdrop

© JANE MINTER

"snowdrop"

watercolour study

20 x 50 cm torchon

blue skies - watercolour course

"blue skies"

watercolour

1/4 sheet arches 300g/m2 

 landscape practice .... .painted at home recently inspired by a demo of this basic landscape at watercolour class by teacher Marina Marcolin . 

wood anemones

© JANE MINTER

"wood anemones"

watercolour sketch
 torchon  300g/m2

...beautiful small purple wood anemones are appearing everywhere ...here are a couple of  simple sketches of them i painted from life.

valentine's watercolour wash

"valentine's wash "

wash # 43

......a tiny heart painted with a double loaded brush ...happy valentine's day  !

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

grape hycaniths ii

"grape hycaniths ii "
Canson Montval 32 x 41 cm
watercolour sketch painted from life

pouring and blending - watercolour wash

wash # 40 

Canson Montval CP 32 x 41 cm 

magenta + cyan + primary yellow

    2 pours  ....pouring vertically   

wash #40

a possible crop

....i've just started exploring pouring with washes as part of the 100 washes challenge .... here i made two pours holding the paper vertically  ...i did paint two small areas of magenta  whilst the second pour was still wet.

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

pouring and textures - watercolour washes

wash # 41

"pouring"  +  textures

canson montval 32 x 41cm  

wash # 35

"pouring"



http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

window boxes

© JANE MINTER

"window boxes"
watercolour study
 1/4 sheet

......i painted this a few years ago but wanted to share this quick study without an initial pencil sketch as i painted the darks first as in the demo below ....this was a wonderful old derelict building with each window carefully blocked up .

old door - watercolour class

"old door"

inspired by step by step of Marina Marcolin

1/4 sheet Arches  300g/m2

"old door" 

initial step painting the shadows

work in progress  

painted this yesterday  at class following Marina's demo . ..have to resolve a few areas still  ...the darks were painted first in this exercise ....it was a good study for textures ..it's a subject i like so will paint  this again with a different approach .