Ink – Page 5 – Africantapestry

Posted on April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 by Myfrenchkitchen · 8 Comments

Koi fish in watercolor

I have been doing quite a few koi watercolors. Some different styles and techniques and sizes.

Some are more loose than others, which is my usual style of painting. I also tried some watercolour techniques, like using masking fluid, different brush sizes but finally decided it is not my way of painting….I prefer only the brush, water and color. I also tried a more true “watercolour painting” style and not my usual washes or loose line work. Once again, I came to the conclusion that it’s just not me. It just goes to show…one can’t really lie in making art. You can perhaps get away with it for a while, but in the long run, the true you needs to surface. It is quite freeing to have finally come to this conclusion: I don’t want to do true watercolor paintings. I just love line and wash.

..koi 1..

watercolor and dip pen and indigo blue HErbin ink, 24X32cm

..Koi 2..

in watercolor and lamy safari pen, 24X32cm

..koi 3..

watercolor and dip pen and indigo blue HErbin ink, 24X32cm

..Koi 4..

watercolor and lamy safari pen in Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 14X21.6cm

..Koi 5..

watercolor and lamy safari pen in Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 14X21.6cm

..Koi 6..

watercolor and dip pen and HErbin ink(Café et Gris nuage), 24X32cm

..Koi 7..

watercolor and lamy safari pen, 24X32cm

..Koi 8..

watercolor and lamy safari pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm

à bientôt,

Ronelle

Posted on November 8, 2014November 8, 2014 by Myfrenchkitchen · 2 Comments

Café sketches

For figurative oil paintings, I use my people sketches for references. Sitting in a café, trying to hide behind a coffee and sketching with subtlety, is always difficult for me. I always feel like intruding, so I really try hard to be quick and get it over with.

The following sketches were all done in Stillman and Birn sketchbook, alpha series, with a Prera fountain pen. Here and there I have added some touches of watercolour(the lunch which was first done in pencil, then the watercolour and then the pen lines were added) and with some I just added slight water touches to bleed the ink.

..enjoying a lunch at Café douceur..

…Two ladies at the coffee counter…

..a soloist performing away(I am very excited about the figurative oil painting from this one)

..a few more faces..

à la prochaine fois

Ronelle

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Myfrenchkitchen · 1 Comment

August sketching 15: Kitchen vignette

I did a lot of experimenting today..playing around with inks and rigger brushes, gouache paints and aquarelles. I finally played with a kitchen vignette in aquarelle and Herbin inks. Not totally happy with the results, so a lot of work waiting with the inks . the drawing was actually so much better before I added the aquarelle..should’ve stopped there.

Posted on August 5, 2014August 5, 2014 by Myfrenchkitchen · 7 Comments

August sketching 5: more shutters and the barcounter.

Today was a tired day, even though the sky was blue and bright. Can’t explain it. It is just how it is some days.

..Typical houses around here…shops down below and the living is done upstairs, with volets(shutters), not my favorite thing to paint!

..done with rotring art pen in contour quick lines, while waiting for my lunch of duck and salad to show up. Added a light wash over some of the lines, and there you have it. a sketch..

Posted on August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 by Myfrenchkitchen · 4 Comments

August sketching 4: Things I love.

I love old things. Things worn with time and loaded with stories. Old cups, old jugs, tins, doilies from Maman, teaspoons…And so today I sat by my table and sketched all these old things.

..Watercolor and pen in large Daler and Rowney sketchbook, 21x29cm..

(Apologies for the bad scan…I can’t get those dark spots away without changing the colour of the aquarelle)

While we are in the barn, I don’t have an art atelier, so in fact the whole barn is my atelier! I have a large table just behind our little sitting corner where I work when doing watercolors or drawings etc. All the brushes and pencils and pens are at hand in copper containers. Behind me(not seen on photo)is the large easel for when I do painting and all the oil pants are stored on a trolley which I store under the table. So, in fact, it works! One doesn’t need a fancy art atelier to do art! A little corner will do. I hope you too have your little corner, even if it is a corner of the kitchen table!

..my art corner..

à demain

Ronelle

Posted on August 3, 2014August 3, 2014 by Myfrenchkitchen · 4 Comments

Sketching in august 3: Market scene.

Sundays we spend either at a brocante or at the market in St. Cér2..and coffee and croissant of course! Today was market day in St. Céré with coffee. It was a crazy rainy day with the sun coming out every hour for 10 minutes before it came pouring down again. We sat at the corner café and while I sketched, mon chéri worked(played chess, I think!!) on his computer. I was happy with the sketch I did in pencil. I should’ve only added pen and be done with it, but I couldn’t resist adding watercolour and it all changed…pity.

..pen and watercolor in Derwent artist’s sketchbook, 140x210cm..