Had a few commissions lately for some watercolour sketches, here are a few of them…
Tag Archives: watercolour
A Red Hat…
Drew this one this evening, very much enjoying some free-sketching after the heavy focus lately…
A little Mishief…
A small watercolour warmup for the book, having a lot of fun with the watercolours right now…
More mermaids…
Working on another mermaid for the ‘Fantasy Artroom’ book. Really enjoying this one. Using watercolours on Arches 300gsm hot pressed watercolour paper here…
It’s Been A While…
Sorry it’s been so long… Been very busy. here’s something I have on the go right now for the ‘Fantasy Artroom’ book…
Lizard…
I found this old painting on one of my hard drives recently. I painted this one 12 years or so ago using watercolour and gouache. This is the best quality copy I have of it, I’m afraid…
More watercolouring…
In between commissioned work, I’ve mostly been playing with these watercolour doodles. here’s one I made yesterday, I posted it on Facebook and it sold instantly…
A Crafty Bugger…
There’s something shifty going on behind this dude’s eyes…
Kickstarter Project?… Maybe.
Artists- Just an idea at this point… Who’d be interested in backing a Kickstarter Project? A set of professionally recorded demonstration videos encompassing my working processes everything from sketching through pen and ink, watercolour, acrylics… oils… Digital?
Painting Bran the Badger In Watercolour.
A short video demo, painting one of my VALIANT characters in watercolour…
Using winsor and newton paints, a wonderful hand made kolinsky sable brush-made by David Jackson (the BrushMan), and Canson 300gsm watercolour paper.
Watercolour Doodlings…
Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately, I’ve been busy with commissioned projects. Here are a couple of VALIANT watercolour doodles I’ve worked on to warm up with.
From a sketch to a watercolour…
A quick (25 min) demo, here I’m working from a sketch to a watercolour, showing all points in between. Hope you enjoy it.
A maiden In The Highlands…
Here’s a private commission I’m currently working on, this one’s right up my alley, very much enjoying it so far, the medium (at this point) is watercolour, I may move over to acrylics along the track…
Elfmother…
I’ve just been commissioned to paint a ‘real’ version of this old digital painting. I’ll probably be using watercolour and gouache and I’m very much looking forward to it. I thought I’d add the steps I take to get to the final image here.
Here’s the drawing transferred onto a sheet of tracing paper, ready to lay onto the sheet of watercolour paper…
Eastern Water Dragon…
Every now and again I’ll have a root through my hard drives, looking for something and come across an old drawing or painting I’ve filed away. I found this one and thought I’d post it here. It harks back to the days when I spent a lot of time painting and drawing wildlife. this one’s an eastern Water Dragon from here in Australia… (watercolour/gouache)
Watercolouring…
I’m working digitally on most of my commissioned work at the moment which always leaves me desperate to paint traditionally, I satisfied that urge in front of the telly last night with my watercolours, painting this small scene- 5 1/2 x 4″. (It’ll appear larger here than the original.)
A Mermaid… Progress.
My latest work. Started this last night and finished it this morning. I enjoyed this a lot and may well have to keep this Mermaid theme running for a while. (watercolour on Arches 300gsm hot press)
Stones, a paintbrush and a pencil…
I painted this one, hot on the heels of the one I posted earlier. I used Arches hot press paper this time, I think I prefer the fabriano I used for the other one…
Hard and Soft…
Todays painted effort. I really enjoyed exploring the difference between the two.
Shrooms…
I began this one 4-5 years ago and liked it enough to take it to a completed level today… (will be offered for sale on the new blog soon)… (watercolour on 300 gsm Arches rough)
Sketches for New Work…
I’m currently working on some stuff for an exhibition and am accumulating sketches as I go. here are a couple of ideas I’ve taken to the colour stages…
This one’s watercoloour and acrylic, with highlights in oils. The model is the lovely Ida-
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This one was painted in watercolour. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4″… It’s also available to purchase. (Email me if you’re interested).
Pigeon Rider…. finished.
Spent a few hours on this one last night and a few minutes finishing it off this morning. Posted it up on Facebook and it sold within minutes. Isn’t the internet wonderful!
(watercolour/acrylics).
On The Drawing Board (today)….
Fitting these paintings in around commissioned work (keeps me sane). watercolour/gouache.
And here’s the painting from yesterday completed…
On The Drawing Board….
Currently have this one on the go… (watercolour).
So Far….
… This is what I have after that little painting flurry yesterday. (see earlier posts for youtube progress videos)…
Painting The Crow Lady In Watercolours…
Worked on this a little this afternoon, (using winsor and newton watercolours, synthetic brushes and illustration board) Here are a couple of short demo videos I made along the way…
On The Drawing Board…
Here’s what I have on the go right now. Working with inks/watercolours and drawing pens…
