Olympia

© JANE MINTER 2013
"PHILIPPEION"

OLYMPIA

PELOPONESSE

GREECE 

on-site freehand pencil sketch 

moleskine pocket notebook 

......a glipse of my "visual diary" of  plein air sketches from our recent travels in Greece .

sketches of "La Citta del Palladio" Vicenza

© JANE MINTER 

sketches of "La Citta del Palladio" Vicenza 1997

"PORTA CASTELLO" 

PALAZZO PORTO  BERGANZA

Andrea Palladio

Vicenza , Italy 

 rotring ArtPen  - black ink sketch 

Vicenza is known as the La Citta del Palladio "City of Palladio" when you visit  the city  it's easy to miss this beautiful façade of Palladio's unfinished Palazzo . Sharing a freehand  pen and wash sketch I made when I first moved to Italy.

 As this will be my last post for a  few weeks I  just wanted to wish my fellow bloggers and friends a very creative August .... see you all  soon. 

  

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

©  FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY 
FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY 

BANDOUILLE  PAINTING AT THE MONASTERY   

Chiche , Duex Sevres, Poitou Charentes,France

 If you would like to join me for a painting holiday at the end of September I will be the guest tutor at the "Monastery"from 29/09/2013 to 05/10/2013
For further details contact Bix Nash via http://francepaintingholiday.com/  or e-mail info@francepaintingholiday.com for any other information that you require

LINKS:
SITE: http://francepaintingholiday.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE : France Painting Holidays Facebook Page
 BLOG :  http://www.bandouille-bix.blogspot.com 

              

                                                       

dry dock - corrosion iii

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"corrosion iii "

dry dock iv

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

 watercolour wash 

watercolour + gouache

 "Anti-fouling" paint .........watercolour wash inspired by  textures of corroding sailing boat's hull  

dry dock - waterline iii

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"waterline iii "
blue + turquoise

dry dock 

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

initial watercolour wash

...... carrying on with "dry dock" boat hulls theme and waterlines here's a link to dry dock  waterline ii  

seashell

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"scallop shell"
sea shell

watercolour sketch 

fabriano 300g/m2 

painted from life

dry dock - corrosion

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"corrosion i "

dry dock iv

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

initial watercolour wash 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

 crop of" corrosion i "

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

 watercolour wash 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"corrosion ii "

dry dock v

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

initial watercolour wash 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"granulation"

detail showing granulation

section of "corrosion ii"
watercolour wash 

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

.........initial watercolour washes exploring  the textures of  old corroded boat hulls . 

dry dock iii - anchor chain

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"anchor chain"

dry dock iii

56 x 76 cm

Fabriano Cold Press 300g/m2

watercolour based on a series of my reference photos 

  

Traditionally anchors and anchor chains are removed from boats and laid out on the dry dock floor ........I'm working on a series of studies and paintings exploring dry docks .

With "anchor chain"  I was inspired by  Nicholas Simmons techniques in "INNOVATIVE WATERMEDIA" DVD  by Creative Catalyst Productions

with special thanks to Nicholas Simmons      

http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.it/ .  

  

cherries

© 2013 JANE MINTER

"cherries"
orecchini ciliegia

watercolour sketch 

A5 Arches 300g/m2

painted from life ...no pencil 

broken egg shells

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"broken egg shells"

watercolour sketch

A4 CANSON FONTENAY 300g/m2
still life painted from life

rosa - single petalled roses

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"rosa"

single petalled roses 

plein air watercolour sketch 

honey spoon

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"honey spoon"

olive wood honey dipper

watercolour sketch

A5 Arches 300g/m2

a quick sketch painted from life with no pencil 

ink sketch

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"sketch"

ink

sepia ink 

Fabriano CP 


NOTE : Finding an alternative to Google reader ....as many of you know Google reader is closing "turning off their feeds" on 1 st July 2013  . There are many alternatives to choose from  Feedly,  NewsBlur, Digg reader, The Old reader , Feed reader  to mention a few  ..... so you can  keep updated with blogs that you already follow . The most important thing is to transfer your feeds from Google reader so you don't loose your own data.
Christina Dalla Valentina has written an interesting post on an alternative service "Feedly "
http://cristinaswatercolors.blogspot.it/2013/06/feedly-unottima-alternativa-google.html#.Ucxl2_lSjW8

watercolour + ink + gouache

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"sketch"

watercolour + sepia ink + white gouache

Fabriano CP

quick landscape sketch on off cut ....posting a few sketches and studies with watercolour , ink and gouache which I painted in March

red cherries

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"red cherries" 

"ciliegie"

painted from life watercolour study

still life

32 x 41cm 

The  taste of summer "eaten" unfinished  cherry study experimenting with  watercolour washes .......these cherries proved too tempting . 

blues - blu

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"blues"
blu

watercolour wash 

watercolour 

24 x 41cm

.........posting a section of a  recent watercolour wash 

white calla - la calla ii

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"white calla"

la calla ii

watercolour study

white calla lily painted from life
CANSON FONTENAY COLD PRESS

32 x 41cm 

green lunaria - honesty

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"green lunaria"

green honesty 

watercolour study ... painted from life

CANSON MONTVAL 

la calla - fading white calla lily

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"la calla"

fading white calla lily

watercolour study

 painted from life 

CANSON FONTENAY COLD PRESS

32 x 41cm  

whites

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"whites"

carnations

watercolour study 

Arches 600g/m2
 crop  of  56 x 76cm

work in progress ....painted from life

wild iris ii

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"wild irises ii"

Fabriano Artistico 600g/m2 

56 x 76cm

WIP section of watercolour wash ....painted from life 

work in progress

work in progress ......posting a  section from a larger  watercolour study .

wild iris

©  JANE MINTER 2013

wild irises

Fabriano Artistico 600g/m2 

56 x 76cm

watercolour ....painted from life  

pinks

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"pinks" 

hyacinths 

Fabriano Artistico 300g/m2 

56 x 76cm

watercolour ....painted from life  

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"pinks ii" 

hyacinths 

Arches  600g/m2 

56 x 76cm

intial watercolour wash 

watercolour ....painted from life  

frames - restoring old picture frames

©  JANE MINTER 2013

" dark to light "
restoring old timber frames

old timber frames +  sand paper 

I was kindly given a assortment of different types and sizes of old frames by a friend and artist . In the last couple of weeks I have started to restore and make good the old frames so I have a selection of frames to choose from  in the future to utilize for display purposes .

As most of the paintings I sell are unframed  it's also a very good opportunity to take time to enjoy  mounting  and framing some of my paintings  .

All of the old dark frames were badly scratched so I decided to see if I could take them back to the natural timber . To remove the dark staining from the old frames I used paint/vanish remover and then sanded them down with fine sand paper ...time consuming but rewarding.  . I've yet to decide the finish ....to leave them as they are  , treat them with a wax , vanish them or paint them . A couple of them I will re-stain to the original dark as I have a few small paintings that will look good with a darker frame . 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

" white frames" 
making good  +  repainted timber frames 

I made good some simple timber handmade frames by just cleaning , sanding and repainting them. 

The rest of the old frames were painted with multiple layers with a wonderful  variety of colours blue,  pink and white ,  and gold so it took longer to  sand  them down and repaint them . You have to be patience and very gentle when sanding  to be careful not to damage or reshape the frames .  As each frame is different with various sections and moulds to create uniformity I decided to paint them a neutral colour . I used an acrylic white paint with  a satin finish  .  I choose to handpaint them with  a fine flat acrylic / oil brush .  An alternative would have been to air brush them which would have given an excellent finish . 

Most of the frames were in reasonable condition but a few still need fixing at the corners before I start restoring them . 

  It would be good to hear if any one else refurbishes and utilizes old frames .

©  JANE MINTER 2013

" white frames"

BANDOUILLE PAINTING AT THE MONASTERY - PITTURA AL MONASTERO - ATELIER AU BANDOUILLE

VIEW ACROSS THE LAKE OF MONASTERY  AND FARMHOUSE

BANDOUILLE  PAINTING AT THE MONASTERY 

 I have just accepted a wonderful invitation to hold a weeks watercolour workshop in the Deux Sevres region of France at Bandouille . It is a stunning location for a painting holiday . If you are interested for full details of the workshop please contact Bix Nash via

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY 

http://francepaintingholiday.com/

MONASTERY STEPS 

BANDOUILLE PITTURA AL MONASTERO 

Ho accettato la bellissima offerta di tenere un workshop di acquarello settimanale nella campagna francese  in Boundouille . Le Iscrizioni sono aperte. Il corso è in inglese ma parlo anche in italiano se ci saranno italiani

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY 

 http://francepaintingholiday.com/

mandarino - mandarin

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"mandarino"
mandarin 
watercolour study
painted from life
32 x 41cm

yellows

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"yellows"

daffodils + winter jasmine  

watercolour + watersoluble wax pastels neocolour ii 

56 x76 cm
Fabriano  600g/m2

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"yellows"
WIP



flowers from the garden ..work in progress sharing a couple of photos showing sections of a larger watercolour study painted from life...have a good Easter everyone  

  Buona Pasqua !

winter jasmine

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"winter jasmine"

jasmine midiflorum

watercolour sketch
 painted from life 

32 x 41cm  

gouache + ink

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"gouache + ink  i" 
"hidden" 

white gouache + sepia ink 

fabriano 300g/m2 

28 x 38cm 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"gouache + ink ii"

work in progress 

 fabriano 300g/m2 

28 x 38cm 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

maimeri white tempera  + sepia ink 

 bamboo dip (stick) pen  + squirrel quill mop

......posting a few more  washes from this week using  just white gouache and sepia ink ......on the hillside the trees are still relatively bare some houses  can still  just be seen before the season changes and everything  vanishes again. . The  initial washes above show two different view points exploring different application of ink and gouache.

   

watercolour + ink + gouache

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"watercolour + ink + gouache"
32 x 41cm

initial wash watercolour + black ink 

second wash white gouache + sepia ink