venerdì 27 gennaio 2012

NIVEA

© JANE MINTER
"NIVEA"
watercolour study painted from life 


back to exploring blue washes ...still life study of a blue tin of Nivea Cream.

martedì 24 gennaio 2012

portrait sketch #1

© JANE MINTER
portrait sketch #1
pencil sketch A4

..wanted to share my progress with portrait practice ...a free-hand pencil sketch of my grandmother  working from an old  black and white photo  ...I'm struggling but at the same time I'm enjoying just taking time to focus on portraits and sketch ...consuming lots of 8B pencils.

lunedì 16 gennaio 2012

blue rabbit


"blue rabbit "
© JANE MINTER
Canson Fontenay
32 x 41 cm
watercolour  painted from life


another toy study ....a still life of  "blue rabbit"  a  favorite soft toy of my daughters .

venerdì 13 gennaio 2012

orange spinning top

"spinning top i "
© JANE MINTER
watercolour sketch painted from life 
canson montval 
24 x 32cm 



"spinning top ii "
bird's eye view 
© JANE MINTER
watercolour sketch painted from life 
canson montval 
24 x 32cm 


....."childhood memories" i was given this very small timber orange spinning top as a child in turn both my daughters have played with it ..i found it yesterday so made quite a few quick sketches ..here are a couple of initial sketches  not sure if they look like a spinning tops but exploring the movement with washes ...still love watching it spin.


giovedì 12 gennaio 2012

bacche rosse - red chokeberries

© JANE MINTER
"bacche rosse i" 
red chokeberry
aronia arbutifolia
initial watercolour study  
painted from life

© JANE MINTER
"bacche rosse ii"
brilliant red chokeberries
aronia arbutifolia brilliantissima
WIP initial loose watercolour wash 
painted from life 

.....here are a couple of watercolour studies of  choke chokeberries "bacche rosse"  painted from life before Christmas .

lunedì 9 gennaio 2012

antique iron iii - chimney iron - charcoal iron

© JANE MINTER
"chimney iron" 
antique iron iii
30.5 x 45.5 cm 
Fabriano 300g/m2
watercolour study painted from life 


.....posting another study of an antique iron  the last of the three antique irons .... the "chimney  iron"  has a  practical design but looks quite perculiar with the funnel. 

sabato 7 gennaio 2012

venerdì 6 gennaio 2012

garlic - aglio


"garlic i"
© JANE MINTER
garlic head watercolour study 
30 x 34 cm Fabrinano




"garlic ii" 
© JANE MINTER
garlic gloves watercolour wash 
32 Xx 41cm Canson Fontenay






...a couple of watercolour  still life studies painted  from life  ...should have reserved more of the whites in the garlic head "garlic i"  .... might add some white ...some garlic heads are  quite brown ... broke the garlic head and made a quick and simple wash  "garlic ii" using the same palette and working on a much smoother paper . 




martedì 3 gennaio 2012

antique iron i - cast iron flat iron





© JANE MINTER
"cast iron  flat iron" 
"No 8"
Fabriano 300g/m2
watercolour study painted from life
 30.5 x 45.5cm

....watercolour study of a simlple cast iron "flat iron"  or "sad iron" ....a beautiful object in it's own right .
Flat irons can been seen in both paintings of
 Edgar Degas Women at Work "Women Ironing"  19th century and  Picasso's "Woman Ironing" 1904.

lunedì 2 gennaio 2012

mountain sketch

 © JANE MINTER  
"Prealps" 
 Plein Air watercolour sketch
New Years Day 2012 
Fabriano 300g/m2

....posting my first sketch of the New Year and wishing everyone a Happy and creative 2012 !