5 July 2020
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I’m not a great fan of charts and competitions. Even ‘the fastest runner’ or ‘the team that scored most goals’ seem fairly nonsensical and, when it comes to spheres like art or music, it makes no sense at all to … Continue reading
1 July 2020
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So, what do I post about now that I’m not doing a daily watercolour painting? Hmmnn… I’ll see if I can figure that out by tomorrow but I’ll try not to take such an extended break from watercolour painting as … Continue reading
30 June 2020
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For my last day of the 30x30directwatercolor2020 project I thought I’d try another self portrait: It is recognisably human (although with hints of Neanderthal and the Simpsons’ Springfield – d’oh!) but I think less recognisably me than my either my … Continue reading
29 June 2020
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I volunteered to do the craft activity on this week’s Toddler Church video. I’ve still got to cut this segment and the whole service together but I decided to do part of it with watercolour and count it towards the … Continue reading
28 June 2020
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This afternoon, I worked up a watercolour painting from a photo I took yesterday at Mapperley Reservoir. The subject is the same as yesterday’s digital painting but I was at home and had more time to work on it. Time … Continue reading
27 June 2020
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We had a longer stroll today at Shipley Country Park, about 16 miles north of home and I did some more digital painting, this time of waterlillies. By that point, the sun had come out so the real challenge was … Continue reading
26 June 2020
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Some plants are difficult to propagate but, with basil, you can take a 5-10cm cutting, remove the lower leaves and put it in a jar of water for a couple of weeks. If you buy a single plant from a … Continue reading
25 June 2020
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This is another working of a view that I’ve covered before. Twice before, in fact – once as a direct watercolour painting earlier this month and previously as a direct digital work on my iPad. I will include both of … Continue reading
24 June 2020
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Is it a sunrise or sunset? Is it clearing or due to rain? Whichever you pick, there is some kind of promise and it is also today’s 30x30directwatercolor painting.
23 June 2020
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For today’s painting, I decided just to play with the paint – mainly colours on the palette but also with some phthalo blue (from the Schmincke Horadam range). I added nine bits of masking tape in the centre, carrying on … Continue reading