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"