venerdì 30 settembre 2011

acorns


© JANE MINTER

acorns ii
watercolour wash # 90
work in progress 2 inital "wet in wet" washes with initial pencil sketch 


© JANE MINTER


"acorns i"
watercolour wash # 89
"wet in wet" no pencil  small amount of glazing when dry of quin gold 

 a couple of small  autumn washes  /studies from life 
transparent yellow , windsor blue, quin gold +  raw umber  W&N palettes 
 23 x 30.5 cm fabriano  aristico 

23 commenti:

Judy ha detto...

Wow! Both are beautiful!

Isabelle ha detto...

I admire your work! how you transform three tassels piece of art

A Brush with Color ha detto...

Oh, these are just marvelous, Jane. Perfection, both.

Sandra Busby ha detto...

It's that time of year again - How beautifully and sensitively painted :0)

Katrina ha detto...

Jane,
So different, yet both so beautiful.

Tito ha detto...

Belli entrambi, ma il n°2 lo trovo fantastico. Complimenti Jane! Ciao.

Lydie ha detto...

I have the same piece of branch with an acorn at home on my desk but I did not take my brushes ... you preceded me up nicely.

Lorraine Shirkus ha detto...

I love your work . . . all wonderful!

Debbie ha detto...

Gorgeous acorns Jane, both appeal to me!

Jane ha detto...

Love both of them, and I love your free way of painting.

Anamaria do Val ha detto...

Both are amazing, Jane, but I love acorns ii because of it's background. Makes me think about an old, old print. So beautiful!

Cobalt Violet ha detto...

So beautiful!

Blaga ha detto...

So beautiful! I admire how you manage to use a minimum number of brushstrokes, leaving the paintings very neat and crisp

Susan Liles ha detto...

Beautiful, fall is here.

Carlos León Salazar ha detto...

Wonderful works!!

MILLY ha detto...

Jane,
The acorns are beautiful in your watery style. One of my favourite subjects, just been collecting some.
So enjoyed looking through your work and love so much.

Studio at the Farm ha detto...

Jane, these watercolors are absolutely elegant!

JANE MINTER ha detto...

thankyou judy you've been painting beautiful autumn scenes!

isabelle enjoy just observing/ sketching a small section ..merci !

sue thankyou as always !

sandra still very green here so hot ! ...thankyou

katrina would like to experiment yupo with theses thankyou .

ciao tito grazie mille i like of the idea ii .. need to develop iii !....lots of things not quite right

JANE MINTER ha detto...

lydie will look foward to seeing your paintings :)

thanks lorraine so much for looking ..hope your show is a huge success.

hi debbie thanks .. keep with BW dwg :) ...lots of textures to play with at a larger scale ..these are very small .

JANE MINTER ha detto...

ana thankyou glad you like the yellow didn't like the initial wash ...added lots of yellow wash ii

lucinda thankyou !

blaga many thanks

carlos muchas gracias !

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hi milly good to "see" you ...visited henry moore's studio when i was back in the uk .. the collection of found objects which inspired his work were fascinating to see stones, bones , timber ..sure you would love it .. your fabric designs look fantastic !..thankyou

thankyou katharyn :)

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hi susan must be beautiful there in the fall ..my aunt painted in oils and sister in law paints in oils .. ....loved your last peach in oils ..will follow your oils with interest

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hi jane grazie mille ... i want to start trying to paint portraits have tried so few .. love your last post .