martedì 8 dicembre 2015

cachi - persimmon fruit


© JANE MINTER 
"cachi"
ripening persimmon fruit
 watercolour study 
still life painted from life
31 x 42 cm

venerdì 4 dicembre 2015

TEXTURES - CYPRUS BLACK SALT FLAKES


2015 © JANE MINTER
Cyprus black salt flakes   
 "Cypro"  white sea salt flakes with activated charcoal


2015 © JANE MINTER
MONTHLY CHALLENGE  SALT
Cyprus black salt flakes  + tinted wet wash
Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

applying black salt very finely grinded on wet wash ...the black is the charcoal of the black salt


2015 © JANE MINTER
MONTHLY CHALLENGE  SALT
 Cyprus black salt flakes + colbalt violet Maimeriblu  
 Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

3 seperate watercolour  washes....exploring mixing watercolour with salt and then applying with flat brush directly on paper wet on dry ( black salt with grinder was added in some areas)  

giovedì 3 dicembre 2015

TEXTURES - BLACK SALT + WATERCOLOUR


2015 © JANE MINTER
MONTHLY CHALLENGE  SALT
Cyprus black salt flakes   
 "Cypro"  white sea salt flakes with activated charcoal



 
2015 © JANE MINTER
Violetta di cobalto 
 colbalt violet - Maimeri Blu

2015 © JANE MINTER
MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT
Cyprus black salt flakes  + Violetta di cobalto
 Canson Fontenay 300g/m2
 working flat 

2015 © JANE MINTER
MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT
Cyprus black salt flakes  + Violetta di cobalto 
Canson Fontenay 300g/m2
gently tilting the paper  after the salt is applied 

.....above are 3 examples of black salt flakes grinded finely on various washes of violet colbalt "wet on dry"

I'm sharing the first of two posts I made earlier on in the year for the monthly challenge with salt from "WASH A WEEK CHALLENGE"



lunedì 30 novembre 2015

sabato 28 novembre 2015

St.Martin's summer # 2


© 2015 JANE MINTER
"WILD SAGE "
SALVIA SELVATICA
WATERCOLOUR SKETCH
WILD BLUE FLOWERS # 2
ERBE DEI CAMPI - WILD HERBS
painted from life

martedì 24 novembre 2015

St.Martin's Summer


© 2015 JANE MINTER
"COMMON CHICORY"
CICHORIUM INTYBUS
WATERCOLOUR SKETCH
WILD BLUE FLOWERS # 1
ERBE DEI CAMPI - LA CICORIA COMUNE
painted from life

As November finishes the fields and meadows are still a mass of wild flowers and herbs. A quick and simple watercolour sketch of one of many wild blue flowers .


martedì 17 novembre 2015

mercoledì 4 novembre 2015

watercolour wash # 5

 2015 @ JANE MINTER

WATERCOLOUR WASH - WEEK # 5 
SIZE : 24 X 32 cm



WATERCOLOURS :TRANSCULENT ORANGE ( SCHMINCKE) + CAD ORANGE ((W&N) +  NAPLES YELLOW (W&N) + BURNT UMBER(W&N) + RAW UMBER (MAIMERI BLU) +* SEPIA  W&N)
TECHNIQUE : "WET ON DRY WASH + WET IN WET  + WASHING OFF +  LIFTING + SPONGING
BRUSHES : FLAT 50MM + SPONGE ROLLER + NATURAL SPONGE 
  PAPER : canson MONTVAL 300 g/m2










2015 @ JANE MINTER 

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/








giovedì 29 ottobre 2015

watercolour wash # 4


© 2015 JANE MINTER
WATERCOLOUR WASH #4
http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/
 WATERCOLOURS :TRANSCULENT ORANGE ( SCHMINCKE) + CAD ORANGE ((W&N) +  NAPLES YELLOW (W&N) + RAW UMBER (MAIMERI BLU)  
TECHNIQUE : " WET ON DRY"
BRUSHES : FLAT 50MM
                          PAPER : canson MONTVAL 300 g/m2

© 2015 JANE MINTER
WATERCOLOUR WASH #4










mercoledì 28 ottobre 2015

watercolour wash challenge - week #3


© 2015 JANE MINTER
WATERCOLOUR WASH #3
http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/
 WATERCOLOURS :TRANSCULENT ORANGE ( SCHMINCKE) + CAD ORANGE ((W&N) +  NAPLES YELLOW (W&N) + RAW UMBER (MAIMERI BLU)  
TECHNIQUE : " WET ON DRY"
BRUSHES : FLAT 50MM
                          PAPER : canson MONTVAL 300 g/m2





© 2015 JANE MINTER
WATERCOLOUR WASH #3


posting the first of a  few of the watercolour washes I started  with the wash a week challenge at the beginning of the year below is the link to the blog:




http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/