yellow - giallo

© 2014 JANE MINTER

"Impasto v - GIALLO"

watercolour wash

farina giallo (polenta) + aqua

maize flour + watercolour

photo showing detail  of texture of flour and water paste wash 

© 2014 JANE MINTER

dry dock - waterline iv

© 2016 JANE MINTER

DRY DOCK  - WATERLINE IV

watercolour wash

W&N NAPLES YELLOW + MAIMERI VENEZIA CYAN BLUE

CANSON MOULIN DU ROY HOT PRESS 300 g/m2  

......carrying on with the series of watercolour washes inspired by the boat hulls in dry dock 

rusty old keys

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"RUSTY OLD KEYS"

WATERCOLOUR STILL LIFE

 Fabriano COLD PRESS  300g/m2 

old keys

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"OLD KEYS"

WATERCOLOUR STILL LIFE

photo showing section of painting  A1 sheet   
 Fabriano COLD PRESS  300g/m2 

red + brown II

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"RED + BROWN II "

 WATERCOLOUR WASH

 Fabriano COLD PRESS 600g/m2  

red + brown

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"RED + BROWN "

 WATERCOLOUR WASH

 Fabriano COLD PRESS 600g/m2  

seed heads

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"TREE SEED HEADS "

 WATERCOLOUR SKETCH

 Fabriano COLD PRESS 600g/m2  

palette knife

© 2016 JANE MINTER

watercolour wash

CANSON MOULIN DU ROY HOT PRESS 300 g/m2  

 a small watercolour wash made using a palette knife

ORIENTIAL PLANE TREE FRUITS # 3

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"oriential PLANE TREE FRUITS "

WIP  SHOWING INITIAL WET IN WET WATERCOLOUR WASH

A1  Fabriano COLD PRESS 3600g/m2  

© 2016 JANE MINTER

                               

plane tree fruits - initial watercolour wash

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"oriential PLANE TREE FRUITS "

WIP SECTION SHOWING INITIAL WATERCOLOUR WASH

 Fabriano COLD PRESS 600g/m2  

oriental plane tree branch

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"oriential PLANE TREE BRANCH + FRUITS "

 WATERCOLOUR STUDY

 Fabriano COLD PRESS 600g/m2  

Another watercolour study showing a section of a larger painting (full sheet ) of a simple branch with fruits of an  oriential plane tree .... "direct observation" from nature painted from life 

oriental plane tree fruits

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"oriential PLANE TREE FRUITS"

INITIAL WATERCOLOUR STUDY 
 Fabriano COLD PRESS  300g/m2 

© 2016 JANE MINTER

"oriential PLANE TREE FRUITS"

 WATERCOLOUR STUDY
 Fabriano COLD PRESS  300g/m2 

watercolour washes

© 2016 JANE MINTER

watercolour washes

© 2016 JANE MINTER

watercolour wash 

watercolour washes

© 2016 JANE MINTER

watercolour wash

2015 © JANE MINTER

WATERCOLOUR WASH week # 1

SIZE : 10 x 15cm 

PAPER : CANSON MONTVAL- COLD PRESS - 300 g/m2

BRUSHES : flat brush 50mm / 2"  + round 12

WATERCOLOURS :  PHTALO TURQUOISE (W&N) + RAW SIENNA (W&N) + RAW UMBER (W&N) + MARS BROWN (MAIMERI BLU)

TECHNIQUE : "wet in wet"
link : http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

......wishing everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR !

cachi - persimmon fruit

© JANE MINTER 

"cachi"
ripening persimmon fruit
 watercolour study 
still life painted from life
31 x 42 cm

TEXTURES - CYPRUS BLACK SALT FLAKES

2015 © JANE MINTER

Cyprus black salt flakes   

 "Cypro"  white sea salt flakes with activated charcoal

2015 © JANE MINTER

MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

Cyprus black salt flakes  + tinted wet wash

Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

applying black salt very finely grinded on wet wash ...the black is the charcoal of the black salt

2015 © JANE MINTER

MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

 Cyprus black salt flakes + colbalt violet Maimeriblu  

 Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

3 seperate watercolour  washes....exploring mixing watercolour with salt and then applying with flat brush directly on paper wet on dry ( black salt with grinder was added in some areas)  

TEXTURES - BLACK SALT + WATERCOLOUR

2015 © JANE MINTER

MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT

Cyprus black salt flakes   

 "Cypro"  white sea salt flakes with activated charcoal

 

2015 © JANE MINTER

Violetta di cobalto 

 colbalt violet - Maimeri Blu

2015 © JANE MINTER

MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT

Cyprus black salt flakes  + Violetta di cobalto
 Canson Fontenay 300g/m2
 working flat 

2015 © JANE MINTER

MONTHLY CHALLENGE  # SALT

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

Cyprus black salt flakes  + Violetta di cobalto 

Canson Fontenay 300g/m2

gently tilting the paper  after the salt is applied 

.....above are 3 examples of black salt flakes grinded finely on various washes of violet colbalt "wet on dry"

I'm sharing the first of two posts I made earlier on in the year for the monthly challenge with salt from "WASH A WEEK CHALLENGE"

link : http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/

buddleia - summer lilac

© JANE MINTER 
" fading buddleia" 

summer lilac - butterfly bush

memories of France

watercolour study 
31 x 42 cm

St.Martin's summer # 2

© 2015 JANE MINTER

"WILD SAGE "

SALVIA SELVATICA

WATERCOLOUR SKETCH
WILD BLUE FLOWERS # 2

ERBE DEI CAMPI - WILD HERBS
painted from life

St.Martin's Summer

© 2015 JANE MINTER

"COMMON CHICORY"

CICHORIUM INTYBUS

WATERCOLOUR SKETCH
WILD BLUE FLOWERS # 1

ERBE DEI CAMPI - LA CICORIA COMUNE
painted from life

As November finishes the fields and meadows are still a mass of wild flowers and herbs. A quick and simple watercolour sketch of one of many wild blue flowers .

IN THE SKETCHBOOK # 6

© 2015 JANE MINTER

"IN THE SKETCHBOOK"

WATERCOLOUR WASHES
photo of page from

WATERCOLOUR MOLESKINE SKETCHBOOK

IN THE SKETCHBOOK # 5

© 2015 JANE MINTER

"IN THE SKETCHBOOK"

WATERCOLOUR WASHES
green
photo of page from

WATERCOLOUR MOLESKINE SKETCHBOOK

© 2015 JANE MINTER

watercolour wash # 5

 2015 @ JANE MINTER

WATERCOLOUR WASH - WEEK # 5 

SIZE : 24 X 32 cm

WATERCOLOURS :TRANSCULENT ORANGE ( SCHMINCKE) + CAD ORANGE ((W&N) +  NAPLES YELLOW (W&N) + BURNT UMBER( (W&N) + RAW UMBER (MAIMERI BLU) +* SEPIA  W&N)

TECHNIQUE : "WET ON DRY WASH + WET IN WET  + WASHING OFF +  LIFTING + SPONGING

BRUSHES : FLAT 50MM + SPONGE ROLLER + NATURAL SPONGE 

  PAPER : canson MONTVAL 300 g/m2

2015 @ JANE MINTER 

http://washaweekchallenge.blogspot.it/