ball of string

© JANE MINTER

"ball of string"

watercolour sketch  

32 x 41 cm 

canson montval

watercolour washes # 82 # 83 # 84

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash #84

"blue hyacinths"

....initial wash painting from life  in the spring 

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 83

"wet in wet"

canson montval

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet + colbalt blue

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 82

"wet in wet"

canson montval

colbalt blue + colbalt violet

#82 and  #83 ...recent wet in wet washes creating textures with spraying splattering and gullying

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

sailing sketch

© JANE MINTER

"sailing sketch" 

"croatian coast 2010" - watercolour sketchbook

posting a plein air sketch from my sketchbook last summer .....view of the bay sketched on deck.

watercolour wash # 80

© JANE MINTER

wash # 80

cad orange + colbalt violet + vandkye brown

31 x 41cm 

fabriano 300g/m2

"wet in wet" 

..........again initial "wet in wet"  wash adding clear water


http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 79

wash # 79

31 x 41 cm 

fabriano 300g/m2 

perm rose + prim yellow + pthalo blue

"wet in wet" 

...going back to wash # 25 adding just clear water watching backruns on "wet in wet" wash ... i'd like to try this at a larger scale .

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 78

wash # 78

"wet in wet" 

Fabriano 300 g/m2

cyan + primary yellow + perm rose + colbalt blue

......earlier this week Katherine Tyrrell  kindly mentioned in " Making a Mark"  Maggie Latham's One Hundred Washes Challenge and participating  artists ..below is the link to the blog

ONE HUNDRED WASHES CHALLENGE

Maggie Latham - Jane Minter  - Olivia Quintin - Christy Lemp  -  Suzanne Lindfield  - Theresa Evans - Vandy Massey

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

a special thankyou to DANI

..a special thankyou to Dani for including my name on his list for the sunshine awards ..... here's a link to his  blog and wonderful paintings http://danihuesca.blogspot.com/ ...I'm sending  back a sunshine award to you Dani ... moltes gràcias !  

tomatoes - initial watercolour wash

"tomatoes" 

cad red +  yellow  lemon  + prussian blue

"wet in wet" 

initial  watercolour wash 

.....have been enjoying painting outside... so hot here the tomatoes smell incredible ...the cicadas are deafening . 

borlotti fagoli - borlotti beans

"borlotti fagoli"
"borlotti beans"
Fabriano 300g/m2
55 x 75 cm 

inspiration from the from the garden  ...painted a few simple studies of our bortolli beans   .. the beans are used to make a delicious soup  "pasta fagoli" 

watercolour wash # 70

watercolour wash  # 70

"cad orange + cerl blue "

wet on dry  +  wet in wet  

with splattering and small amount of cling film 

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 73

wash # 73

magenta + cyan + raw sienna  - Maimeri

32 x 41 cm Fabriano 300g/m2

"wet on dry" +  "wet in wet"  

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/