cachi - persimmon fruit

© JANE MINTER 

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

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

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

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

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

 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)  

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

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

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"

link : http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/