grey + turquoise

© JANE MINTER

"grey + turquoise"

watercolour wash 

NIVEA

© JANE MINTER

"NIVEA"

watercolour study painted from life 

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

portrait sketch #1

© JANE MINTER

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

"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

"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

© JANE MINTER
"bacche rosse i" 
red chokeberry
aronia arbutifolia

initial watercolour study  

painted from life

© JANE MINTER
"bacche rosse ii"
brilliant red chokeberries
aronia arbutifolia brilliantissima

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

© JANE MINTER

"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

"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

"garlic i"

© JANE MINTER

garlic head watercolour study 

30 x 34 cm Fabrinano

"garlic ii" 

© JANE MINTER

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

© JANE MINTER

"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

 © JANE MINTER  

"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 !