I've done an HND in Software Engineering (albeit a few years ago now), so why can I not figure out how to work my scanner so that it (a) scans the whole picture, instead of the bit it likes the best, and (b) produces colours roughly approximating the paint I used, instead of what it thinks I should have used? Hmph.
Anyway whinging aside, here are three watercolours. All three are from Frank Clarke's Paintbox books although all three have been changed in some way (not always deliberately). I'm not truly happy with any of them, but they are definitely better than the scans have made the colours appear. I enjoyed doing them all.
A snowy mountain that I painted in Ireland (it looks very washed out - the sky is more dramatic in real life)
Mountains and field of cotton
Trees
I am finding it very hard to paint trees without them looking like the efforts of a five year old with a jar of poster paint and a plastic brush. I need more practice. I also need more watercolour paper, so I'm off to Cass Art today to buy some (and probably half the shop - I have no restraint).
Recently I bought a book called The Creative Licence by Danny Gregory, an impulse purchase that cheered me up on my first day back to work after the holidays. And I love it. Danny thinks everyone should draw, and not only that, but everyone CAN draw. And I'm starting to agree with him. On his website he had a link to a Yahoo group, "Everyday Matters", where there are challenges to draw specific everyday items. Draw a shoe, draw a glass of juice. I've printed the list and I'm going to pick up a sketchbook just for the challenges. I'm quite excited about it all.
By the way, if anyone is reading this and can recommend a good book about drawing people (faces/figures etc), please let me know!
Anyway whinging aside, here are three watercolours. All three are from Frank Clarke's Paintbox books although all three have been changed in some way (not always deliberately). I'm not truly happy with any of them, but they are definitely better than the scans have made the colours appear. I enjoyed doing them all.
A snowy mountain that I painted in Ireland (it looks very washed out - the sky is more dramatic in real life)
Mountains and field of cotton
Trees
I am finding it very hard to paint trees without them looking like the efforts of a five year old with a jar of poster paint and a plastic brush. I need more practice. I also need more watercolour paper, so I'm off to Cass Art today to buy some (and probably half the shop - I have no restraint).
Recently I bought a book called The Creative Licence by Danny Gregory, an impulse purchase that cheered me up on my first day back to work after the holidays. And I love it. Danny thinks everyone should draw, and not only that, but everyone CAN draw. And I'm starting to agree with him. On his website he had a link to a Yahoo group, "Everyday Matters", where there are challenges to draw specific everyday items. Draw a shoe, draw a glass of juice. I've printed the list and I'm going to pick up a sketchbook just for the challenges. I'm quite excited about it all.
By the way, if anyone is reading this and can recommend a good book about drawing people (faces/figures etc), please let me know!
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