Watercolour

Happy holidays everyone!

Here are two little watercolours. One for my lovely niece who we nickname ‘P’, and the other is my backyard view.

Oil Pastel

Found some oil pastels I’d never used, and some black paper (ooooh) so had a play! I have no idea how to blend oil pastels, I think the soft dry pastels may be easier to work with. Still I liked the finished look. Black paper is especially effective 🙂

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Lino Prints

I took a short Lino printing course and this is the result! It’s a really fun medium, but it takes a lot of patience. After you draw out your design on the Lino, you have special tools to carve the shape – they’re very sharp! Then it’s just a matter of rolling out ink, printing and pressing on to different materials.

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Bookmarks

A nice Christmas gift for some friends – handmade watercolour bookmarks!

Australia

I made this little piece a while back, when I was getting used to returning to Australia. I love the smell of eucalyptus and this koala is just too cute!

I experimented with using watercolour and Copic markers together, and I quite like the outcome.

Flowers and Ferns

I love painting flowers and ferns, their shapes and colours are just so appealing. These paintings aren’t perfect, but I like them anyway.

Nature in Watercolour

I’m always inspired by nature. The beautiful colours and feelings it evokes. I’m never more relaxed and happy than when I’m at the beach or surrounded by greenery.

Cambridge flowers

In Cambridge, my Airbnb host was so lovely I wanted to leave behind a little thank you. So I painted some ever lasting flowers for them to keep. I like the different shades of blues and purples instead of the usual greens I use for plants!

Autumn Watercolour

As 2019 starts to wrap up, so do my travels around the world. In October I visited Poland, and I was so excited to experience a ‘real’ autumn with so many colourful leaves! It was so beautiful: red, orange, yellow covered the ground. Huge piles of leaves everywhere, so much fun to kick my legs through them and make them dance!

Succulents in Watercolour

With every painting I see some improvement, which is very rewarding! I’m learning how to make watercolours appear with more depth using light and shadow – though with a limited colour palette in my travel painting kit it’s a bit of a challenge!

Here’s some succulents I painted for a friend in England. I love painting plants 🙂