W&N watercolour sketch on Bockingford 300gsm
5am. So... I'll finish when my fingers are less frozen...
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Shhh… germination in progress. Can you hear the swish of the brush, dipping, dipping into water, gathering colour from the palette? That's the process of planting flowers in my watercolour garden. *•.¸ðŸŒ¿¸.•*
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Guineas are back
For the first time in many years (except for a brief visit in December 2013), I've had Guinea Fowl visiting my garden again. They even stopped to have a quick snack of corn which I put out for Solly's chickens.
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
Africa burns
It's winter, which means it's once again time for our annual veld fires (wild fires). A couple of weeks ago we had one rushing through our property, but luckily the grass had already been cut in preparation of the event and the damage was minimal. But with strong winds, it is scary the speed at which these fires can travel.
The fire rushing through our property
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Three cheers
Winter is still persisting but three cheers for rising temperatures this morning. A spring in my step and a smile on my face!
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
Colourful country living
W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm
A colourful front door on a smallholding not far from where I live.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Playing with a candle
A couple of years ago I decided to try out a new technique (probably not new to many of you!) - I used a candle to draw some random lines on watercolour paper, gave the whole sheet a soft wash of ochre, which made the tree trunks stand out and from there I could complete the scenery, darkening the main trunks, adding more trees in the back-ground and then doing a fore-ground. Since then I often use this method and it's amazing what results one can achieve.
Below is another painting I did using the same technique using the waxed areas as highlites.
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