More Brusho
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome further experiments with brusho, I have been playing more with using it like inks and painting stems and grasses.
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Art and Design
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Watercolour Landscapes: Kippford, Cwm Penmachno, Eccup, Slaithwaite
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been on a bit of a manic painting spree recently to learn and practice watercolour more. There’s been quite a few dead ends (and I may show some of these as posts about the development of what I hope to be better final images, …
Watercolour Landscapes: Tideswell, Betws-Y-Coed
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter the first attempts at (probaly not the most appropriate scenes) from Kippford, I have tried something different to progress learning more about watercolours. I started with these trees. I’m quite pleased with this, though it is really a quick sketch – trying to get …
Lino Printing Experiments
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve ben planning this idea mentally for some time. As a child I have a lovely book of Joan Aitken stories illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski in his absolutely amazing silhouette style. I’ve always loved that style and as a child attempted to replicate it many …
Sketching
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick addition to the post from our weekend in Tideswell. While there I did a few pencil sketches inspired by the scenery. This is something I am only just starting to play about with, but here they are.
Tryptych -Fear, Love, Remorse
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile I am busy scanning and archiving, I will upload these for the record. Fear, Love, Remorse. Acrylic and Blood on Canvas, 20x20cm each panel. I will leave it at that.
Watercolour Sketches
Reading Time: 2 minutesTypically, after 2 weeks of leave full of rain and general rubbish weather, the sun decided to shine on the last day before I go back to work. I decided to sit on the doorstep and do a bit of painting. These are all quick …
Kippford and Rockcliffe in watercolour
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter coming back from Scotland I have had a play with some painting based on the scenery there, working from the photos I took. This is the view of the sunset from Rockcliffe over Urr Water. In retrospect I think this was always going to …
Nostalgia of Pastels
Reading Time: 6 minutesI bought this little set of watercolours from The Range which I visted when chasing Freightliners recently, as I was taken in by the interesting and slightly different colours. It’s a bit of a niche set, and certainly not useful as the only set one …
Cotman Watercolour Floral Pocket Set
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn a breif visit to Shipley and Saltaire, plagued sadly by back problems, I was seduced by the art shop again and decided to buy some watercolours. This is something I have played with a little, though not for quite some time, though it is …
Experiments in Scoring
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been working for a while with the amazing BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover from Spitfire Audio in some of my tracks lately. For those of you who have not encountered this, Spitfire are a company who produce deep sampled libraries aimed predominatly at film scoring …