japanese anemones

© JANE MINTER

"japanese anemone" 

initial watercolour wash

Fabriano 300g/m2

© JANE MINTER

"japanese anemone + flower buds" 

watercolour sketch

Sanders 300g/m2  1/2 sheet 

© JANE MINTER

"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

© JANE MINTER

" pine trees "

Dalmation Islands - Croatia

plein air watercolour sketch 

Arches 18cm x 34cm 

© JANE MINTER

"Southern Dalmation Islands"

Croatia 

plein air watercolour sketch 

Arches 18cm x 25cm 

Exhibition of illustrations by Marina Marcolin

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

© JANE MINTER

"white rose"

watercolour sketch

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

ball of string

© JANE MINTER

"ball of string"

watercolour sketch  

32 x 41 cm 

canson montval

watercolour washes # 82 # 83 # 84

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash #84

"blue hyacinths"

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

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet

© JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 83

"wet in wet"

canson montval

perm violette bluastro + colbalt violet + colbalt blue

© JANE MINTER

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

© JANE MINTER

"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

© JANE MINTER

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

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

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

..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

"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

"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

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

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

"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

© JANE MINTER

"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

© JANE MINTER

"hairbrush"
watercolour sketch  

perylene green + cad red 

32 x 41 cm Montval canson  

watercolour washes

"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

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

© JANE MINTER

"cad orange + cerulean"

A4 watercolour sketch

Fabriano 300m/g 

Mostre Pittura Disegno Acquarello - OSSIDIANA Mostre 2011 - Watercolour exhibition

 

"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

" 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

© JANE MINTER

" poppy iii "

watercolour study painted from life  

May 2010 

irises

© JANE MINTER

"irises"

watercolour study ..painted from life no pencil 

40  x 60 cm 

Fabriano 300g/m2 

vine - sumi - e iv

© JANE MINTER

"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

"blossom" 

sumi-e ii 

 A4 moleskine watercolour sketchbook 
watercolour wash # 59

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

watercolour wash # 61 - sumi-e + pouring

"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

" 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

© JANE MINTER

"view of Bascilica Palladiana"

1/2 sheet  Fabriano 300g/m2

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