Five portraits in watercolor.
I am busy doing portraits, a subject I haven’t done for quite some time. And I am having fun! They are all done in pen an watercolour.
Inktober 22-31.
GHOST
ANCIENT
DIZZY
TASTY
DARK
RIDE
INJURED
RIPE
Inktober 19,20,21.
Inktober 19. SLING
Inktober 20. TREAD
Inktober 21. TREASURE
Inktober 16, 17, 18.
Inktober 17 ORNAMENT
Inktober 18 MISFIT
Inktober 4,5,6.
The next three inktober contributions. I am still finding it difficult. It is as though my originality has dried up. I think a good idea would be to continue doing inktober drawings until the end of the year. By then I should at least have found some zing.
Inktober 4: Build. Ink and pen in stillman and birn sketchbook.
This wheelbarrow has seen better days, but it can still get the job done.
Inktober 5. Freeze. Ink and nib pen in stillman and birn sketchbook.
This is the African penguin, commonly known as the Jackass penguin.
Inktober 6. Husky.Ink and wash in Stillman and birn sketchbook.
I couldn’t come up with my own reference for a husky dog, so our German shepherd was the next best thing.
Watercolour for Sunflowers.
Some subject are painted again and again and they never look the same, like sunflowers. I have done sunflowers in 2007, then in 2010, 2011, 2014 and now again. they are just wondeful to paint/sketch…the colour alone gives me huge kick when slapping it onto the paper. Sometimes my painting/sketching didn’t work, but I enjoyed painting sunflowers every time. So, before the season runs out, I need to get some sunflowers done in oil…looking forward to that.
Sunflower 1: Watercolour and pen, watercolour block, 30x30cm
Sunflower 2: Watercolour and pen, watercolour block, 3030cm
à bientôt
Ronell
Agapanthus in watercolour.
The agapanthus in my garden are blooming profusely and beautiful in their blues ad whites. To my amazement I realized yesterday i haven’t painted any agapanthus yet. I gave it three attempts. The first attempt is probably still the best , even though it is not what I am after. Most of the time that I try two or more attempts of the same subject, I find that the first attempt is the best.I have experienced it so many times. I think it is probably an instinctive reaction to what you see for the first time in front of you..in order to capture that is…and as we all know… first, spontaneous reactions are always instinctive.
Agapanthus 1: Not great composition, but the first attempt and probably the best of three.
Agapanthus 2: The values way too dark and the overall effect too messy.
Agapanthus 3: Third attempt and I think it turned out the second best of the three efforts. I quite like the lightness of the blooms, but the overall effect is a bit stiff.
Until next time
Ronell
