textures - watercolour + bubbles

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"bubble"
photo

watercolour + washing up liquid 

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 

FONTENAY cansons 

1.  Here I simply added watercolour to the fine  foam ( washing up liquid + water ) in the sink  . 
2.  A sheet of paper was laid over the top of the fine bubbles .
3.  As the bubbles burst a delicate  imprint of the bubbles was left on the paper - some of the bubbles burst on the paper .  Hopefully the photos show this . This pattern reminded  me of the pattern of  flox glove petals.
4.  The paper was left to dry  .. The effects vary with the type and quality of the paper..... here I used Canson Fontenay 300g/m2 . (I could have carried  on working on this whilst it is still wet ) .

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 
blowing bubbles with straw and printing on paper

PRINTING  paper 

1. A mix of watercolour pigment + washing up liquid + water  in a container were blown with a straw  to create a mass of large bubbles . 
2.  A sheet of paper was laid over the top of the bubbles ( the pattern will vary with the placement of the paper  and type of paper - there are  lots of options to play with  you can place the whole sheet or just part over the bubbles.  Moving  the paper whilst the bubbles burst is also interesting . ) 
3.  As the bubbles burst a delicate random  imprint of the bubbles was left on the paper - some  bubbles  burst on the paper . Hopefully the photos above show this and the variation of the imprint . The images are very pale (more pigment can be added if a darker value is required .)
4.  The paper is left to dry  . The effects vary with the type and quality of the paper. . Here I used a smooth good quality printing paper which worked well I also used a fine cardboard with a smooth surface that made very fine prints .( I'm looking for an economical solution to work with children . It would be interesting to hear from anybody who has tried a variety of papers.)
5. Beautiful effects can be achieved repeating the process with the superimposition of the bubble patterns.

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 
superimpostion of bubbles on paper 

PRINTING  paper 

1.  Above I placed the residue of the bubble mix  (watercolour + washing up liquid and water ) onto a few of the swatches I made above. The organic patterns are fascinating . You can charge the bubbles with other colours and bubbles whilst the bubbles are drying on the paper . An alternative which kids love is to  blow the bubble mixture with colour onto paper and watch the bubbles burst on the paper.

more bubbles! ...exploring a few different techniques and applications to create textures with bubbles and watercolour  .

textures - watercolour + shaving cream

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + shaving cream" 

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + shaving cream" 

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

                                                       

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + shaving foam "

last residue mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

"kids play" ....more textural swatches watercolour + shaving cream/foam .... mono printing / marbling with shaving foam and watercolour is great  fun for kids ....a smalll quanity of shaving foam and one colour went a long way and created some interesting patterns and forms .

textures - watercolour + washing-up liquid

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + washing-up liquid" 

textural swatches + work in progress

cansons 

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + washing-up liquid "

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

cansons 

"bubbles" ...posting a few recent  textural swatches experimenting with  a mix of washing - up liquid + watercolour.

SAA painting challenge 2014 - "on reflection"

SAA challenge “On reflection" 

SAA PAINT magazine

January 2014

I've only just received my copy of January 2014 SAA PAINT magazine . It's lovely to have had one of my watercolours "ESPRESSO POT" published alongside other SAA members work as an example of “metal objects” for this year's SAA challenge “On reflection" ... "getting to grips with painting metal painting surfaces ".

If you'd like to join in with the challenge you can find full details of this year's SAA challenge HERE or  

SAA website under COMPETITIONS  :  http://www.saa.co.uk/index.php  

….I'm looking forward to seeing the challenge throughout the year . Lastly a special  thanks to the SAA team for selecting my painting  "espresso pot" . 

van dyke brown + maganese blue

© JANE MINTER 
"van dyke brown + maganese blue" 

watercolour wash

W&N - CANSONS FONTENAY 

pots + pans - pentole

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"pots + pans"

"pentole"
interior view - casa  i

watercolour sketch

painted from life no pencil

I'm keen to tackle simple interior views so I've  decided to  start at home "casa" .This low key sketch is of  a few of our cast iron and mild steel pots and pans hanging from the dark old timber beams in the kitchen . Each day the arrangement changes. 

notizie - news

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"notizie"

"news"

corrosion iv 

initial watercolour study

wet on dry + wet in wet + masking tape resist + lifting 

Fabriano Artistico  

GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"news"

"notizie"

corrosion iv 

section of watercolour

 Fabriano Artistico 

GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"masking tape resist + mono - printing "

inital textural swatch
watercolour textures 

Plein air watercolour sketches

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains i
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains ii
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch
Fabriano Artistico  
FINE GRAIN   - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps"
 PREALPI VENETE

section of  mountains iii
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

......posting a few of my first plein air watercolour sketches of the New Year .... there was very little snow at the beginning of the week in the mountains the cold grey overcast sky enhanced the colours of the trees .... it was a treat to sketch outside .... ongoing challenge.