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Category: Watercolour

  • Jimi Hendrix Watercolour

    Jimi Hendrix Watercolour

    As long as I can remember I have been a fan of Hendrix. My father, a guitarist, would play his records over and over and then as a teenager so did I.  

  • My Best Watercolour This Year Or Even Ever

    One way to get my daughter to pose is just sitting accidentally opposite her when she is drawing or painting. I wanted to paint a watercolour focusing in improving my use of contrast and reds for flesh tones. First I sketched in cadmium yellow to get the proportions. A flat brush is used for background…

  • Watercolour Freestyle

    Watercolour Freestyle

    After struggling a while with oil I felt like doing very free watercolours and do almost abstract portraits. It is easier to dare with watercolours.  

  • Time For Watercolours

    Time For Watercolours

    After Inktober it is nice to use a little colour again. I started this portrait with my Derwent watercolour pencils. I was tempted to leave it unfinished.

  • Watercolour… Again

    Watercolour… Again

    Tonight I finished a watercolour I started weeks ago. First I had drawn the face with red watercolour pencil. Then smoothed the lines a bit with water. I finished with a very big flat brush that you would use painting furniture. I really like it when the paint and brushstrokes take over as the subject.

  • Hellboy’s Liz Warm Up

    A quick watercolour warm up of Liz Sherman. Selma Blair has a great face with lots of character. This image is from Instagram with filter.