jane minter's sketchbook

white + brown vases

2012-02-15T00:02:00.002-08:00

watercolour study

32 x 41cm

work in progress

wet on dry + wet in wet ....painting from life ...no pencil

"work in progress "... I would have liked to have kept working on this whilst the paper was still wet but had to stop painting at this point ...will paint another study based on this initial study .

San Valentino

2012-02-14T11:41:00.002-08:00

"frozen rose bud"

"Buon San Valentino"

Happy Valentines

photo by Jane Minter

wild hellebore

2012-02-11T06:45:00.000-08:00

helleborus foetidus

watercolour study painted from life
31 x 42 cm

watercolour brushes

2012-02-07T01:16:00.000-08:00

watercolour sketch

31 x 42 cm

I have a large collection of old jam jars to keep my brushes and which I use as water containers ...posting a quick sketch of a few watercolour brushes in a jam jar with no preliminary pencil sketch .

old enamelled cast iron sink

2012-02-05T05:41:00.000-08:00

"old enamelled cast iron sink"

32 x 41 cm
watercolour study

....couldn't resist painting this study of an old enamelled cast iron sink which I chose and interpreted from one of the many course reference photos...this was my last lesson of the course with Marina Macolin .

water lily

2012-02-02T23:59:00.000-08:00

"water lily"

watercolour
32 x 41 cm

inspired by photo by Marina Macolin

....posting a watercolour study from my penultimate watercolour lesson with Marina .

colour swatches

2012-02-02T08:35:00.000-08:00

colour swatch iii

small watercolour wash

colour swatches

small watercolour washes

blues + gold

2012-02-01T13:55:00.000-08:00

"blues + gold"

watercolour wash

grey + turquoise

2012-01-31T13:42:00.000-08:00

"grey + turquoise"

watercolour wash

NIVEA

2012-01-27T14:27:00.000-08:00

"NIVEA"

watercolour study painted from life

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

portrait sketch #1

2012-01-24T13:55:00.000-08:00

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.

blue rabbit

2012-01-16T08:24:00.000-08:00

"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 .

orange spinning top

2012-01-13T01:14:00.000-08:00

"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.

bacche rosse - red chokeberries

2012-01-12T11:43:00.000-08:00

initial watercolour study

painted from life

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 .

antique iron iii - chimney iron - charcoal iron

2012-01-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

"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.

antique iron ii - box iron - charcoal iron

2012-01-07T11:24:00.000-08:00

"charcoal iron" or "box iron"
© JANE MINTER
antique iron ii
30.5 x 45.5 cm
Fabriano 300g/m2

initial watercolour study painted from life

garlic - aglio

2012-01-06T05:30:00.000-08:00

"garlic i"

garlic head watercolour study

30 x 34 cm Fabrinano

"garlic ii"

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 .

antique iron i - cast iron flat iron

2012-01-03T07:07:00.000-08:00

"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.

mountain sketch

2012-01-02T13:35:00.000-08:00

"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 !

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

2011-12-18T01:04:00.000-08:00

" H A P P Y C H R I S T M A S "

WISHING YOU ALL
A VERY
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

tanti auguri
JANE

BUON NATALE
© JANE MINTER 2011

blogger award - special thankyou to Irina

2011-12-13T10:20:00.000-08:00

My blogger friend Irina Ирина Рехвиашвили  awarded me with "The Verstile Blogger" a while back please have a look at both Irina's art and photography blogs Irina painting and stuff  .... as part of the award I have to pass the award on and highlight 15 bloggers and their blogs ..a belated thankyou Irina !
as part of the award I also have to include 7 facts about me

I pass the award of "The Versatile Blogger Award" on to the following wonderful 15 bloggers and artists :

Junkar's Cardesin's  The creative bug
Jeanette Jobson's ILLUSRATED LIFE
Neomi Gonzàlaez's  Pintar Acuarela
Fernando's blogs http://watercolorspainting.com/ and http://acuarelas-fernandopena.blogspot.com/
Carlo's DIBULOS - Calos Leon Salzar
Jala's blog Jala pfaff
Rhonda's WATERCOLOURS AND WORDS
Sandra's Sandraws
Lucinda's Colbalt Violet
Tito's Blu Oltremare
Jamilia Alladin's Passion for Art
Sue's A BRUSH WITH COLOUR
Javi's blog http://acuablog-javi.blogspot.com/
Hilda's blog http://hildasnaturblogg.blogspot.com/
Jean Haines Watercolour with life http://watercolourswithlife.blogspot.com/
Jean has started great monthly challenges ..the Christmas challenge sounds fun !

7 facts about me :

...I'm a Piscean ... I love water
..."less is more" .... one of my favorite quotes
... one of my favorite watercolour books I've read this year is "Painting from the Heart" by Barbara Nechis.
...it's been a wonderful experience this year to be invited as a parent and volunteer to both of my daughters schools to give "art lessons in English" - to 6/7 year olds and 12/13 year olds.
...one of the most exciting things to happen to me this year as a result of my exhibition was to be asked to teach watercolours here in Italy .
...Wish I could go back to UK more often ....it was a treat to see David Poxon's Watercolours at the Mall Galleries in November . "Pots" is an incredible painting .... the exhibition Discerning Eye was fascinating ...here is a link to read more. http://www.discerningeye.org/exhibition/gallery/gallery.php?filter=POXON%2C+David
I'd love to see this collective watercolour exhibition if we were in UK over Christmas .... " The Magic of Watercolour", an exhibition at Christmas , London . I've recently discovered Geoffrey Wynne's blog who is one of the artist exhibiting ...here's a link to Geoffrey's site , a few of his superb paintings and details of the exhibition. http://geoffreywynne.blogspot.com/2011/12/london-at-magic-of-watercolour_4236.html
...I've been enjoying designing Christmas Cards for the last couple of weeks.

Thanks again Irina !

pandoro

2011-12-06T06:17:00.000-08:00

"pandoro"

"christmas tree"

watercolour sketch

montval canson
24 x 32 cm

© JANE MINTER
"pandoro"
"golden bread"
WIP
montval canson
24 x 32 cm

....with Christmas in mind......a couple of quick sketches /ideas of pandoro which is a traditonal Italian sweet yeast bread popular at Christmas time and New Year . Both sketches are from memory ....the top sketch hopefully gives the idea of a pandoro cut in the form of a "Christmas tree" with the star sections - one on top of each other dusted with icing sugar ...the bottom sketch shows a simple pandoro covered with icing sugar which is meant to resemble the snowy peaks of the Italian Alps

100 +

2011-12-04T01:01:00.000-08:00

"100 +"

watercolour washes

fabrinano 300g/m2

recent watercolour washes / swatches carrying on from 100 washes challenge ...hooked.

dog portrait - initial study

2011-12-02T06:32:00.000-08:00

golden retriever

dog portrait

watercolour study
32 x 41cm Fabriano

....wanted to share one of my first attempts of a dog portrait ....I painted this study about five years ago , with the initial "wet in wet" wash adding some detail "wet in dry" , at the time I took the advice of a good friend and artist to leave it as it was at this stage and just enjoy it as it was ....so it was left unfinished without adding darks and further details ...the owner of nina loved this initial study so much I gave it as a present to her.
I have recently been looking at old portraits and pet portraits studies and sketches as i've decided to take a "portrait course" with London Art College ....hope to post a few of the exercises ... busy drawing eggs at the moment ! ..the portrait course will be a difficult challenge for me.

cat

2011-12-01T15:08:00.000-08:00

"cat"

watercolour study

32 x 41cm

.......this week's watercolour lesson inspired by Marina Macolin.

Vote for your favourite Wash Paintings on 100 Wash Challenge

2011-11-29T00:04:00.000-08:00

To Vote for your favorite WASH paintings from ONE HUNDRED WASH CHALLENGE
http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/2011/11/vote-for-your-favourite-wash-painting.html

here's an extract from Maggie's post :

By now you all know that our journey with 100 Washes is over, and I would like to thank all the participating artists and all our followers who have left encouraging comments throughout the year.

It has been a wonderful journey for Jane, Olivia, Theresa, Vandy, Christy, Suzanne and myself who took part in this challenge, and I know many of us are continuing our washes journey on our own blogs.........................

..........The poll will be open for voting until December 31^st 2011, after which I will tally up the votes and each voters name will go into a hat and the lucky name pulled out will receive fourteen greeting cards (two winning images from each blog participant) showcasing the wash paintings with the highest number of votes.

All blog participants and followers/blog readers may vote, but only followers/readers will be entitled to win the set of greeting cards.......

Happy voting !

My best wishes to everyone and happy voting!

Maggie

To Vote:

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/2011/11/vote-for-your-favourite-wash-painting.html

Watercolour Exhibition in Verona

2011-11-28T13:56:00.000-08:00

"Ponte Pietra"

Verona

L'Acquerello Oggi AIA

Collectiva AIA ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA ACQUERELLISTI

Museo MINI SCALCHI ERIZZO di VERONA

12 - 27 Novembre 2011

Sunday 27th November was the last day of AIA's www.acquerello-aia.it collective watercolour exhibition in Verona - L'Acquerello Oggi AIA
It was good to have the chance to visit Verona at the weekend and see the exhibition . I especially enjoyed seeing a few blogger friends work on display ... you can see photos of the exhibition and their paintings on their links below.

Jane True Colour's http://jane-truecolors.blogspot.com/2011/11/mostra-al-museo-miniscalchi-erizzo.html
Floriana Quani AQUALUNGA http://rossoriso.blogspot.com/2011/10/aiutooo.html

It was also the first time I've seen actual paintings of two artists work I admire Lughi Meregalli and Lughi Zucchero
Lughi Meregalli http://www.luigimeregalli.com/ - there are several photos of the exhibition and Lughi Meregalli demonstrating at the exhibition on his facebook page http://www.facebook.com/luigi.meregalli
Lughi Zucchero 's http://acquerellidizucchero.blogspot.com/

There where many other beautiful watercolours from abstract to botanical.

white sheet - watercolour course

2011-11-23T06:51:00.000-08:00

"white sheet"

32 x 41cm

watercolour course

inspired by "step by step" of Marina Marcolin

posting my painting from this week's watercolour lesson with Marina Marcolin working from a photo in a 2 hour session ..... "wet in wet" "wet on dry"

single rose bud

2011-11-21T02:18:00.000-08:00

"single rose bud"
watercolour study

32 x 41 cm Canson Fontenay

a simple watercolour study of one of the last rose buds .... painted from life with no initial pencil sketch .

chestnuts - castanea

2011-11-14T06:10:00.000-08:00

"chestnuts"

castanea

watercolour sketch

"chestnuts"

castanea

watercolour sketch
painted from life - section of painting above

walnut tree - initial watercolour wash

2011-11-08T03:37:00.000-08:00

"walnut tree "

initial watercolour wash

Arches 300g/m
WIP

more walnuts ....enjoying the freedom of painting just watercolour washes ... painting from life , no pencil ...the colours seems even brighter with the continious rain and grey skies ..paper is still wet so it will dry alot lighter.... "wet on dry" "wet in wet" .

leaf sketches - walnut leaf

2011-11-08T00:37:00.000-08:00

" walnut leaf "

watercolour study

a simple quick watercolour study of a single leaf no pencil " wet on dry" "wet in wet "

"walnut leaves"

watercolour sketch

another quick sketch no pencil ...initial wash .

walnuts - noci

2011-11-07T02:32:00.000-08:00

"walnuts"

noci

Canson Fontenay

32 x 41 cm

watercolour study painted from life

.....the walnuts are falling from our trees .... this is one of a few studies I painted before hulling them .

nespola - nesploe - medlar fruit

2011-11-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

"nespola"

medlar fruit

300g / m 2 Fabriano

watercolour study painted from life

medlar fruit

300g / m 2 Fabriano

watercolour study painted from life

medlar fruit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica

umbrella

2011-11-05T07:17:00.000-07:00

"umbrella"

38 X 48 cm Arches 300g/m2

inspired by Marina Macolina "step by step"

...sharing my painting from this week's watercolour lesson with Marina Macolin.

hydrangea

2011-11-03T07:11:00.000-07:00

"hydrangea"

32 x 41cm Canson Fontenay

watercolour study painted from life

watercolour wash # 100

2011-10-31T03:57:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 100

"counting"
" a section of my daughter's abacus"
painted may 2010

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

Posting my last watercolour wash # 100 ! ...from the ONE HUNDRED WASHES CHALLENGE http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/ .... a huge thankyou to my fellow "washers" Maggie ,Suzanne ,Theresa, Olivia ,Vandy and Christy .... I feel as if I've only just started this challenge ...will miss all of you. I hope there will be a similiar challenge in the future.

A very special thankyou to Maggie Latham who had the initial idea for this challenge ,setting it up and bringing us together as a group on this joint challenge ..it's been so inspiring and I have learnt so much with you all ...wishing Maggie all the very best for her new personal challenge of 1000 Washes.

disheartened

2011-10-28T10:22:00.000-07:00

I'm dishearted it's just been brought to my attention a crop of one of my paintings of poinsettas "Stella di Natale" has been posted today and used by a blogger the link is below ...it's very sad to see someone posting your artwork and saying they have painted it ...I ask why ? and What is the point ?
Copyright is an issue .....

I used my painting of "Stella di Natale" Poinsettas last year for e-mail cards and a limited number of printed christmas cards.

here's a copy of laurie's post with my painting of poinsetta's cropped http://www.howmytimeflys.blogspot.com/

home made books and foggy mornings,

This is a painting I did a couple of weeks ago,, I was puddling around with Christmas card ideas.This is so very Christmas predictable isn't it.

I want something much more,,, mine.

my original post :

GIOVEDÌ 17 DICEMBRE 2009

"stella di natale" poinsettias

12 commenti:

Kat Farmer ha detto...: this is beautiful, great wet in wet, lovely and christmassy...; 17 dicembre 2009 14:52
Jean Haines ASWA ha detto...: STUNNING JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; 18 dicembre 2009 07:44
jane minter ha detto...: kat thankyou so much ... happy christmas! jean THANKYOU !; 19 dicembre 2009 09:13
Stephie Butler ha detto...: I loved this the minute you posted it in your sketchbook Jane...One of my favourites of yours, perfect in every way... Stephie; 20 dicembre 2009 15:00
jane minter ha detto...: a big thankyou stephie; 21 dicembre 2009 06:46
devotedmomof7 ha detto...: I love this!! I tried a poinsettia and it was not showable to anyone...lol! Your combination of loose and crisp edges is perfect. I really love the composition, too. It looks like you've used several types of w/c approaches, positive painting, negative painting... GREAT!!; 21 dicembre 2009 15:56
jane minter ha detto...: cheryl thankyou ... this was one of many sketches and studies ... will look out for your poinsettias; 21 dicembre 2009 23:28
Annaquarel.les ha detto...: That's a lovely watercolour! Wonderful! Merry Xmas!; 27 dicembre 2009 05:08
Priti ha detto...: Wow these are beautiful, also like the maple seedheads. excellent work.; 28 dicembre 2009 17:13
jane minter ha detto...: just got back from uk ..thankyou so much anna ..have just admired your paintings and blog thankyou priti for your lovely comment ...happy new year to you both; 29 dicembre 2009 08:18
Jala Pfaff ha detto...: So beautiful...Okay, I'm going to stop leaving comments now because I want to say "beautiful" on every one. If I could paint in watercolor, this is how I'd like to do it.; 09 marzo 2010 22:04
jane minter ha detto...: jala :) that's such a lovely thing to say .. i'm very much a beginner ..i love the medium ... i'm sure you would paint beautifully in watercolour.; 10 marzo 2010 00:50

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ornamental corn on the cob

2011-10-26T08:36:00.000-07:00

" ornamental corn on the cob"
watercolour wash # 99

Canson Fontenay 32 x 41 cm

.......quick initial "wet in wet" wash /sketch from life of decorative/ ornamental corn on the cob .... no pencil watercolour wash # 99

watercolour wash # 98

2011-10-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

"Crostoli"

Dolci di Carnevale

Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

...... I painted this earlier this year at the end of Carnival at the same time as I painted the Venetian Masks wash # 53 .. it was fun wash and an example of using bubble wrap to create texture in a wash .

reds

2011-10-21T01:21:00.000-07:00

"reds"

watercolour washes

.......posting a couple of my recent small red swatches

Rose Herczeg has just started a 365 washes challenge having followed Maggie Latham's 100 wash challenge here's the link to Rose's new blog

http://www.365washes.blogspot.com/

watercolour washes # 97

2011-10-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 97

77 x 58 cm Arches 600 g/m2

swatches : rectangles 22/ 25 x 9 cm squares 9 x 9 cm

winsor blue + windsor green + light turq + phtalo turq + raw sienna + red oxide

inspired by Maggie Latham....a large sheet subdived in swatches / washes painted very quickly yesterday ...colours are quite saturated ... wet on dry and wet in wet .... mix of round and flat brush

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

dried hydgrangea head

2011-10-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 96

"single dried hydrangea head"

Canson Fontenay

32 x 41 cm

.......painted from life watercolour study "wet in wet" inital wash and "wet on dry"

2011-10-14T10:41:00.000-07:00

"yellow flowers"

Arches 1/2 Sheet

32 x 41cm

inspired by Marina Marcolin

.....I decided to start another 12 week watercolour course locally with Marina Macolin at Ossidiana .....

this is an exercise from week 2 with initial "wet in wet" followed by "wet in dry" using a photo as a reference .....it's a good challenge in itself to follow a class demonstration in two hours there isn't much time to think or reflect between stages .

watercolour wash # 94

2011-10-14T08:08:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 94

turq phtalo + turq light + magenta + trans yellow

Canson Fontenay
32 x 41 cm

watercolour wash # 93

2011-10-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 93

Montval Canson 40 x 32cm

BLOCKX Magenta + BLOCKX Blue + transp yellow W&N

wet in wet

camera

2011-10-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

"camera"

fotocamera

30 x 42 cm

....quick watercolour sketch from life no pencil

yellow roses

2011-10-06T08:28:00.000-07:00

"yellow rose i "
watercolour wash # 91

initial watercolour wash with pencil sketch

canson montval

30 x 42 cm

"yellow rose ii"
watercolour wash #92

initial watercolour wash without pencil

canson montval

30 x42cm

.....a couple of watercolour rose studies i enjoyed painting in the garden this week.

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

acorns

2011-09-30T00:08:00.000-07:00

acorns ii

watercolour wash # 90

work in progress 2 inital "wet in wet" washes with initial pencil sketch

"acorns i"

watercolour wash # 89

"wet in wet" no pencil small amount of glazing when dry of quin gold

a couple of small autumn washes /studies from life

transparent yellow , windsor blue, quin gold + raw umber W&N palettes

23 x 30.5 cm fabriano aristico

watercolour wash # 88

2011-09-22T23:11:00.000-07:00

"books"

watercolour wash # 88

23 x 30,5 cm Fabriano artistic 300g/m2

....work in progress to finish ... "wet in wet"

cyan + umb + yellow orche + raw umber

watercolour wash # 87

2011-09-21T14:24:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 87

work in progress
WIP iii
HP Fabriano 1/2 sheet

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

WIP i

WIP ii

MY 7 LINKS PROJECT

2011-09-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

The My 7 Links Project was generated by TripBase to "unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavour to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again." Bloggers list their Top 7 Links in the following categories...

My 7 Links Project
– Your most beautiful post
– Your most popular post
– Your most controversial post
– Your most helpful post
– A post whose success surprised you
– A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
– The post that you are most proud of

...and then Bloggers tag others and so it goes on.

Thankyou Katharyn Ragan of Studio at the Farm blog for tagging me for this project

7 LINKS

My most (beautiful) favorite post

prehaps collectively my 100 watercolour washes challenge posts which are grouped together in "100 washes page" have been the most inspiring and stimulating not always beautiful but definately my favorite posts http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 26

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2011/01/watercolour-wash-wash-26.html

" watercolour wash #24"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2011/01/wash-24-one-hundred-wash-challenge.html

My most popular post

This post has received the most comments

"cad orange + cerulean"

the following posts are a few of the "popular posts" listed by google

"red rose sketch"

"vendemmia "

vintage

"squirel quill mop"

My most controversial post
As I write very little with each post I feel I don't have a controversial post ............I hope my sketches, studies and watercolours speak for themselves .....I often post a painting with just the title ... a visual diary of my work in progress ... good , bad , unfinished , finished ...I value everyone who takes the time to leave a comment

My most helpful post

A couple of posts that have inspired fellow bloggers

cad orange + cerulean

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Irina asked if she could copy my painting as a learning exercise last week ..have a look at her beautiful painting ... irina's painting and stuff blog.

"watercolour wash # 30"

Rhonda carpenter "WATERCOLOUR and WORDS" blog was inspired by the effects created with salt of watercolour wash # 30 she tried the same approach here is a link to Rhonda's wash http://rhcarpenter.blogspot.com/2011/01/washing-that-birthday-business-away.html

The post who's success surprised me

The following posts from workshops and exercises inspired by watercolour books have far the most hints

"Jean Haines watercolour with life workshop"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/04/jean-haines-watercolour-with-life-and.html

"Watercolour by Jean Morelle Rosehips inspired by Ewa Karpinkska step by step"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/02/watercolour-painting-by-jean-louis.html

"woodland scene inspired by The Atmospheric Landscape The Tao of Watercolour by Jeanne Carbonetti"

http://janeminterssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/05/woodland-scene-based-on-demonstration.html

The post I feel didn't get the attention it deserved

I made a slide show of a few paintings of old doors at the very beginning of my blog as the images have disappearred I thought I 'd post a couple of them here.

"old door latch"

special thanks to Kay Smith for the reference photo

"old door handle "
special thanks to Kay Smith for the reference photo

The post I am most proud of

.....my first solo watercolour exhibition a couple of paintings from the show

"keys"

"expresso pot"

Finally, my seven nominated artists to take part in the 7 Links Project are 7 artist ... my " fellow washers" a wonderful group of artist who i've enjoyed partIcipating with in the One Hundred Wash challenge over the last year :.... thankyou all !

Maggie Latham http://maggielathamart.blogspot.com/

Suzanne http://herborium.blogspot.com/

Christy Lemp http://christyswatercolor.blogspot.com/

Olivia Quintin http://atelierpetitemer.blogspot.com/

Vandy Massey http://www.vandymassey.com/

Theresa Evans http://landscape-paintings.blogspot.com/

Caroline Simmill http://simmill-arts.blogspot.com/

olive

2011-09-15T02:17:00.000-07:00

"olive"

watercolour wash # 86

indian yellow + colbalt turq + windsor blue +quin magenta

"wet in wet"

fabriano 300 g /m2

23 x 30,5cm

......one of a few initial olive sketches /washes painted from life as part of the 100 washes challenge .

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

japanese anemones

2011-09-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

"japanese anemone"

initial watercolour wash

Fabriano 300g/m2

"japanese anemone + flower buds"

watercolour sketch

Sanders 300g/m2 1/2 sheet

"japanese anemone ii"

WIP watercolour wash

...... it was a treat to share a day painting together with friends Jean Haines , Lindsay Berry and Helen when I was over in the UK earlier this week with my daughters visiting my family. Jean's garden is a "picture" .... the day went far too quickly painting flowers from life in Jean's studio .Thankyou Jean.

Pine trees - Dalmatian Islands

2011-08-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

" pine trees "

Dalmation Islands - Croatia

plein air watercolour sketch

Arches 18cm x 34cm

"Southern Dalmation Islands"

Croatia

plein air watercolour sketch

Arches 18cm x 25cm

Exhibition of illustrations by Marina Marcolin

2011-08-26T05:42:00.000-07:00

EXHIBITION of ILLUSTRATIONS by MARINA MARCOLIN

Original illustrations watercolours and sketchbooks by Marina Marcolin taken from the book "Giordano del Faro", Lapis Editions will be exhibited at the bookshop "Due Rode" Vicenza Contra Do Rode 29 ,Italy , which is located in the historical town centre of Vicenza.

Saturday, August 27 2011 at 16:00

http://www.marinamarcolin.blogspot.com/

white rose

2011-08-03T03:31:00.000-07:00

"white rose"

watercolour sketch

... single white rose with eucalyptus cinera leaves and blue opaque venetian glass vase...painted from life .

ball of string

2011-07-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

"ball of string"

watercolour sketch

32 x 41 cm

canson montval

watercolour washes # 82 # 83 # 84

2011-07-29T04:32:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash #84

"blue hyacinths"

....initial wash painting from life in the spring

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet

watercolour wash # 83

"wet in wet"

canson montval

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet + colbalt blue

watercolour wash # 82

"wet in wet"

canson montval

colbalt blue + colbalt violet

#82 and #83 ...recent wet in wet washes creating textures with spraying splattering and gullying

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

sailing sketch

2011-07-23T02:58:00.000-07:00

"sailing sketch"

"croatian coast 2010" - watercolour sketchbook

posting a plein air sketch from my sketchbook last summer .....view of the bay sketched on deck.

watercolour wash # 80

2011-07-22T01:30:00.000-07:00

wash # 80

cad orange + colbalt violet + vandkye brown

31 x 41cm

fabriano 300g/m2

"wet in wet"

..........again initial "wet in wet" wash adding clear water

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 79

2011-07-21T10:20:00.000-07:00

wash # 79

31 x 41 cm

fabriano 300g/m2

perm rose + prim yellow + pthalo blue

"wet in wet"

...going back to wash # 25 adding just clear water watching backruns on "wet in wet" wash ... i'd like to try this at a larger scale .

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 78

2011-07-20T06:05:00.000-07:00

wash # 78

"wet in wet"

Fabriano 300 g/m2

cyan + primary yellow + perm rose + colbalt blue

......earlier this week Katherine Tyrrell kindly mentioned in " Making a Mark" Maggie Latham's One Hundred Washes Challenge and participating artists ..below is the link to the blog

ONE HUNDRED WASHES CHALLENGE

Maggie Latham - Jane Minter - Olivia Quintin - Christy Lemp - Suzanne Lindfield - Theresa Evans - Vandy Massey

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

a special thankyou to DANI

2011-07-20T04:20:00.000-07:00

..a special thankyou to Dani for including my name on his list for the sunshine awards ..... here's a link to his blog and wonderful paintings http://danihuesca.blogspot.com/ ...I'm sending back a sunshine award to you Dani ... moltes gràcias !

tomatoes - initial watercolour wash

2011-07-17T06:47:00.000-07:00

"tomatoes"

cad red + yellow lemon + prussian blue

"wet in wet"

initial watercolour wash

.....have been enjoying painting outside... so hot here the tomatoes smell incredible ...the cicadas are deafening .

borlotti fagoli - borlotti beans

2011-07-17T01:20:00.000-07:00

"borlotti fagoli"
"borlotti beans"
Fabriano 300g/m2
55 x 75 cm

inspiration from the from the garden ...painted a few simple studies of our bortolli beans .. the beans are used to make a delicious soup "pasta fagoli"

watercolour wash # 70

2011-07-12T02:18:00.000-07:00

watercolour wash # 70

"cad orange + cerl blue "

wet on dry + wet in wet

with splattering and small amount of cling film

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

watercolour wash # 73

2011-07-10T01:52:00.000-07:00

wash # 73

magenta + cyan + raw sienna - Maimeri

32 x 41 cm Fabriano 300g/m2

"wet on dry" + "wet in wet"

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

old buttons

2011-06-28T13:28:00.000-07:00

"old buttons"

30cm x 42cm Canson Montval

initial watercolour sketch

.....inital watercolour sketch of a collection of my grandmother's old "sewing buttons" sewn on card .

wash # 69

"old buttons ii "

30cm x 42cm Canson Montval

raw sienna , colbalt violet , colbalt green + burnt umber

watercolour wash

...............watercolour wash adding some pencil detail at the end

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

feather

2011-06-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

"feather"

"wash # 68"

cad red + colbalt turq W&N

30 x 42 cm Canson Montval fine grain

wet on dry ..wet in wet

painted as part of 100 washes challenge inspired by olivia's "part of a bird washes "... a single seagull feather...... watercolour study painted from life no pencil

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

hairbrush

2011-06-21T23:32:00.000-07:00

"hairbrush"
watercolour sketch

perylene green + cad red

32 x 41 cm Montval canson

watercolour washes

2011-06-20T00:02:00.000-07:00

"wash # 67"

horizontal

raw sienna light red al crimson FUM + payne grey W&N

Fabriano

"wet in wet"

"wash # 67"

vertical

raw sienna light red al crimson FUM + payne grey W&N

Fabriano 300g/m2

"wet in wet"

"wash # 66"

raw sienna light red al crimson FUM + payne grey W&N

Fabriano 300g/m2

"wet in wet"

.................recent watercolour washes from 100 washes challenge

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

Postcard Box Set - JANE MINTER WATERCOLOURS

2011-06-12T13:43:00.000-07:00

JANE MINTER

WATERCOLOURS
"POSTCARD BOX SET"
designed by Daamstudio

a collection of 12 postcards printed from original watercolours by JANE MINTER

I'm posting a few photos of my "Postcard Box Set" that was designed for my fist solo-exhibition . The box contains a selection of 12 of my original watercolours printed in a postcard format .

If you would like more information contact me directly via my website .

WWW.JANEMINTER.COM

cad orange + cerulean

2011-06-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

"cad orange + cerulean"

A4 watercolour sketch

Fabriano 300m/g

Mostre Pittura Disegno Acquarello - OSSIDIANA Mostre 2011 - Watercolour exhibition

2011-06-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

"invito"

La scuola di Pitture Disegno e Acquarello di OSSIDIANA Mostre fine anno degli Allievi 2011

Galleria d'Arte ART.U' - Vicenza , Italia

.......my watercolour course at Ossidiana with Marina Marcolin finished this week ..the school organizes a collective exhibition of the course work of students of both Toni Vedù and Marina Marcolin each June .... I'm posting the invitation for the watercolour exhibition which starts next week 7th June - 14 June 2011... below are two of my paintings which have been selected to be exhibited ....a special thankyou to Marina who is a super artist and teacher .

"yellow boat "
inspired by Marina marcolin step by step

"swans + snow"
inspired by Marina Marcolin's step by step

bamboo - watercolour class

2011-06-01T09:42:00.000-07:00

" bamboo"

Arches 300g /m2

watercolour lesson

inpsired Marina Macolin

had a wonderful lesson today........ Marina had brought some incredible references of Japenese paintings and gave a fantastic demo ....using small amounts of gesso , working "wet in wet" and "wet on dry" .

poppy iii

2011-05-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

" poppy iii "

watercolour study painted from life

May 2010

irises

2011-05-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

"irises"

watercolour study ..painted from life no pencil

40 x 60 cm

Fabriano 300g/m2

vine - sumi - e iv

2011-05-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

"vine"

"sumi-iv"

watercolour wash # 64

neutral tint W&N

55 x75cm Fabriano 300g/m2

........some of the old vines in the vineyard have incredible shapes ...inspired by Lian Quan Zhen and Federico Bianchi vine paintings .....i painted outside in the vineyard today ... posting my first attempt of a "vine" sumi-e iv ...i don't have a hake brush so i used a 50mm flat brush and chinese brush .

blossom - sumi-e ii

2011-05-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

"blossom"

sumi-e ii

A4 moleskine watercolour sketchbook
watercolour wash # 59

......inspired by Suibokuga - Sumi - e Painting Lessons

watercolour wash # 61 - sumi-e + pouring

2011-05-20T10:06:00.000-07:00

"bamboo"

watercolour wash # 61

sumi-e + pours

.......as part of the 100 washes challenge we were asked if we would like to create 10 washes with a Japanese theme ..I've started looking at and practicing "sumi-e" brushstrokes ... instead of using ink and rice paper ..I've used black ivory and watercolour paper ...posting sumi-e iii bamboo .. after masking I added 2 pours of sap green and cyan .. I posted the steps on challenge http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/.... I've started looking at various books and videos wondering if anyone can recommend a good book or video on "sumi-e " ?

Greek windmill - watercolour course

2011-05-17T02:14:00.000-07:00

" Greek windmill "

"Mulino Greco"

31 x 41cm

inspired by Marina Macolin

......posting another excercise I painted last week in watercolour class following Marina Macolin demo .

view of Bascilica Palladiana

2011-05-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

"view of Bascilica Palladiana"

1/2 sheet Fabriano 300g/m2

..... an initial watercolour study of a view of Bascilica Palladiana , Vicenza

salad

2011-05-15T09:31:00.000-07:00

"salad"

watercolour wash # 62

watercolour sketch

55cm x 75cm

......an initial watercolour sketch of salad bowl ....enjoying lots of fresh salad from the garden ...working on a larger scale

wild daisy

2011-05-08T12:33:00.000-07:00

" wild daisy"

watercolour wash # 60

31 cm x 41 cm

Arches 300g/m2

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

iris

2011-05-02T23:30:00.000-07:00

"iris"

watercolour sketch

arches 300g/m2

31 x 41 cm

a single iris painted wet in wet from life with no pencil

Westminster Abbey - Royal Wedding

2011-04-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

pencil sketch of interior of "Westminister Abbey "

1996

.....following the celebrations of the Royal Wedding of William and Kate yesterday ....I'm posting a quick sketch of mine made on location back in 1996 .

Il delta del Po - The Po Delta - watercolour course

2011-04-28T10:32:00.000-07:00

Delta del Po

"The Po Delta"

Arches 300g

31 x 41 cm

...finished this yesterday at watercolour class following a step by step of our teacher Marina Macolin ... built up in sections with wet in wet and wet on dry washes and dry brush.