iPad art - photo manipulation

© 2014 JANE MINTER

"notzie" 

iPad art 

digital art image

photo manupulation  of watercolour study "notizie"- "news"

Based on "Creativity Workshop" : Beyond the Ordinary by artist Nicolas Simmons

http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/inspiration-creativity/wca_creativity_beyond_the_ordinary

 I've started to use the iPad  to manipulate photos of my watercolours . With "news"/ "notzie" I used  iPad's basic iPhoto App  to edit and create the digital image above.The next step will be to use this digital image and others to explore and generate ideas for new paintings .There is definately  a  lot of scope with this approach and a lot to learn. It's a brilliant design tool.

© 2014 JANE MINTER

with special thanks to Nicholas Simmons      

http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.it/ . 

red rose

© 2014 JANE MINTER

"red rose"

watercolour sketch 

painted from life - no pencil
FABRIANO COLD PRESS 

painted from life 

fragments of antiquity

© 2014 JANE MINTER

"fragments of antiquity"

Acroplis - Athens - Greece

Greece Sketchbook 2013

 watercolour study painted from memory 

mark making ix

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mark making # ix

watercolour textures

red +blue

 watercolour wash /swatch 

printing roller + PC inkjet photo paper 

watercolour textures on synthetic coated paper

© 2014 JANE MINTER

mark making # vii 

watercolour textures

PINK - W&N perm rose  XBLOCK MAGENTA

section of watercolour wash 

printing roller + PC gloss  inkjet photo paper 

© 2014 JANE MINTER

mark making # viii 

watercolour textures

PINK - W&N perm rose  XBLOCK MAGENTA

section of watercolour wash 

printing roller + PC gloss printing paper 

watercolour on synthetic coated paper

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # vi 

black Schmincke

watercolour wash 

printing roller + PC gloss printing paper 

.....another small wash painted on plastic coated inkjet paper . The paint was applied with a brush and a printing roller .From a distance the pattern created reminds me of a night time view of a glass façade . The plastic  coated  surface of the printing paper is fascinating to work on .It appears to be very similar to working on Yupo and other synthetic papers - here's a link about synthetic paper on handprint.com   http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/paper4.html 
It would be interesting to develop this wash  by wiping/lifting off areas creating hard edges  and adding additional layers . 

mark making v

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # v 

sepia + perylene maroon + perm rose
watercolour wash 
printing roller + PC gloss printing paper 

mark making # iv

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mark making # iv 

sepia + black + burnt sienna 
watercolour wash 
printing roller + gloss printing paper 

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # iv
section

sepia + black + raw sienna 
watercolour wash 
printing roller + gloss printing paper 

mark making # iii

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # iii 

sepia + black + raw sienna + perm rose
watercolour wash 
printing roller + PC inkjet printing paper 

mark making

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # i 

sepia + black 
watercolour wash  on PC inkjet printing paper 

© 2014 JANE MINTER
mark making # i 

rotated 180 ° 
sepia + black

watercolour wash  

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mark making # ii 

sepia + black + brown madder

watercolour wash  

"mark making" .....  I recently created  50 small watercolour washes rapidly  in one session experimenting with  a printing roller /brush and watercolour on off cuts of gloss printing paper  ...the results are very mixed and interesting . I'll post a sample of some of the washes which hopefully will give you an insight into the process .

blue wood anemones

© 2014 JANE MINTER

"wild blue wood anemones ii"

windflowers
section of watercolour study -  work in progress 

Before the wood anemone disappear I was keen to make  a few watercolour washes . This shows a section of a larger study  I'm  working on at the moment.

wild hellebore - sketch

© JANE MINTER

"wild hellebore iv "

watercolour sketch

 FABRIANO COLD PRESS 

painted from life 

WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP IN FRANCE

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

BANDOUILLE  PAINTING AT THE MONASTERY  

Chiche , Duex Sevres, Poitou Charentes,France 

JANE MINTER'S WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP 

DATES: 14/09/2014 -  20/09/2014

I'm very happy to have been invited back to Bandouille as a guest tutor this September if you'd like to join me  please contact 

  : 

 BIX NASH via FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

http://francepaintingholiday.com/

wine bottles

© JANE MINTER
"empty bottles ii"

wine bottles
Fabriano Artistico 300g/m2
watercolour + wax resist
watercolour study painted from life

wild hellebore

© JANE MINTER

"wild hellebore iii "

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS

WIP  inital watercolour study 
38 X 38 cm FABRIANO COLD PRESS 

painted from life 

Work in progress ..... the small vivid green flowers of the wild hellebores  are beautiful ......each  year I try to capture them .

bacche rosse

© JANE MINTER
"bacche rosse iv"
brilliant red chokeberries

WIP  watercolour wash

red choke berries - bacche rosse

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"bacche rosse iii"
brilliant red chokeberries
aronia arbutifolia brilliantissima

WIP   watercolour 

folly

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"folly"

old etching  - casa  ii

initial watercolour study
32 x 35cm
Canson Fontenay 

painted from life with pencil 


"painting of a painting " ... initial watercolour study of an old etching of a folly 


Pai

textures - watercolour + bubbles

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"bubble"
photo

watercolour + washing up liquid 

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"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 

FONTENAY cansons 

1.  Here I simply added watercolour to the fine  foam ( washing up liquid + water ) in the sink  . 
2.  A sheet of paper was laid over the top of the fine bubbles .
3.  As the bubbles burst a delicate  imprint of the bubbles was left on the paper - some of the bubbles burst on the paper .  Hopefully the photos show this . This pattern reminded  me of the pattern of  flox glove petals.
4.  The paper was left to dry  .. The effects vary with the type and quality of the paper..... here I used Canson Fontenay 300g/m2 . (I could have carried  on working on this whilst it is still wet ) .

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 
blowing bubbles with straw and printing on paper

PRINTING  paper 

1. A mix of watercolour pigment + washing up liquid + water  in a container were blown with a straw  to create a mass of large bubbles . 
2.  A sheet of paper was laid over the top of the bubbles ( the pattern will vary with the placement of the paper  and type of paper - there are  lots of options to play with  you can place the whole sheet or just part over the bubbles.  Moving  the paper whilst the bubbles burst is also interesting . ) 
3.  As the bubbles burst a delicate random  imprint of the bubbles was left on the paper - some  bubbles  burst on the paper . Hopefully the photos above show this and the variation of the imprint . The images are very pale (more pigment can be added if a darker value is required .)
4.  The paper is left to dry  . The effects vary with the type and quality of the paper. . Here I used a smooth good quality printing paper which worked well I also used a fine cardboard with a smooth surface that made very fine prints .( I'm looking for an economical solution to work with children . It would be interesting to hear from anybody who has tried a variety of papers.)
5. Beautiful effects can be achieved repeating the process with the superimposition of the bubble patterns.

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + washing up liquid"

WIP AND TEXTURAL SWATCH 
superimpostion of bubbles on paper 

PRINTING  paper 

1.  Above I placed the residue of the bubble mix  (watercolour + washing up liquid and water ) onto a few of the swatches I made above. The organic patterns are fascinating . You can charge the bubbles with other colours and bubbles whilst the bubbles are drying on the paper . An alternative which kids love is to  blow the bubble mixture with colour onto paper and watch the bubbles burst on the paper.

more bubbles! ...exploring a few different techniques and applications to create textures with bubbles and watercolour  .

textures - watercolour + shaving cream

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + shaving cream" 

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

©  JANE MINTER 2014
"watercolour + shaving cream" 

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

                                                       

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + shaving foam "

last residue mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

FONTENAY cansons 

"kids play" ....more textural swatches watercolour + shaving cream/foam .... mono printing / marbling with shaving foam and watercolour is great  fun for kids ....a smalll quanity of shaving foam and one colour went a long way and created some interesting patterns and forms .

textures - watercolour + washing-up liquid

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + washing-up liquid" 

textural swatches + work in progress

cansons 

©  JANE MINTER 2014

"watercolour + washing-up liquid "

 mono- printing textural swatches + work in progress

cansons 

"bubbles" ...posting a few recent  textural swatches experimenting with  a mix of washing - up liquid + watercolour.

SAA painting challenge 2014 - "on reflection"

SAA challenge “On reflection" 

SAA PAINT magazine

January 2014

I've only just received my copy of January 2014 SAA PAINT magazine . It's lovely to have had one of my watercolours "ESPRESSO POT" published alongside other SAA members work as an example of “metal objects” for this year's SAA challenge “On reflection" ... "getting to grips with painting metal painting surfaces ".

If you'd like to join in with the challenge you can find full details of this year's SAA challenge HERE or  

SAA website under COMPETITIONS  :  http://www.saa.co.uk/index.php  

….I'm looking forward to seeing the challenge throughout the year . Lastly a special  thanks to the SAA team for selecting my painting  "espresso pot" . 

van dyke brown + maganese blue

© JANE MINTER 
"van dyke brown + maganese blue" 

watercolour wash

W&N - CANSONS FONTENAY 

pots + pans - pentole

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"pots + pans"

"pentole"
interior view - casa  i

watercolour sketch

painted from life no pencil

I'm keen to tackle simple interior views so I've  decided to  start at home "casa" .This low key sketch is of  a few of our cast iron and mild steel pots and pans hanging from the dark old timber beams in the kitchen . Each day the arrangement changes. 

notizie - news

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"notizie"

"news"

corrosion iv 

initial watercolour study

wet on dry + wet in wet + masking tape resist + lifting 

Fabriano Artistico  

GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"news"

"notizie"

corrosion iv 

section of watercolour

 Fabriano Artistico 

GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"masking tape resist + mono - printing "

inital textural swatch
watercolour textures 

Plein air watercolour sketches

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains i
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains ii
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch
Fabriano Artistico  
FINE GRAIN   - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps"
 PREALPI VENETE

section of  mountains iii
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

......posting a few of my first plein air watercolour sketches of the New Year .... there was very little snow at the beginning of the week in the mountains the cold grey overcast sky enhanced the colours of the trees .... it was a treat to sketch outside .... ongoing challenge.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS - BUON NATALE

©  JANE MINTER 2013

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS and CREATIVE 2014!

"made by hand"  .....a  busy week prunning our old vines and  making Christmas wreaths with the beautiful long branches of the grape vines ...... wishing  all  my blog readers and friends a very Happy Christmas and Happy New Year ! 

©  JANE MINTER 2013

fading sunflowers

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"fading sunflowers" 

WIP

section of watercolour study

FABRIANO  FINE GRAIN 

work in progress ....section of a larger painting I'm working on 

fading sunflower

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"fading sunflower"

watercolour study

FABRIANO  FINE GRAIN 

greek antiquity ii

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"MUTULE" 

Greek Antiquity ii

watercolour 

FABRIANO  FINE GRAIN 

32 x 41cm

continuation of exploration  of Greek Antiquity #2  , Olympia  .. simple rhythm  and texture of a mutule .

Mutule

Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae. It is supposed to represent the piece of timber through which the wooden pegs were driven in order to hold the rafter in position, and it follows the sloping rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, with sometimes a crowning fillet, so that it virtually fulfilled the purpose of the modillion in the Corinthian cornice.

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


 note : sorry the quality of the image is darker than the original