water colour – Page 12 – The Consulting Artist

Learning to Paint – Twee Tree

I was staring out of the window at Friend’s House earleir this week looking at this tree. It stood out because it had much less greenery on it that the other trees and plants round about, so I sketched it. I think this is an awful picture. The col…

I was staring out of the window at Friend’s House earlier this week looking at this tree. It stood out because it had much less greenery on it that the other trees and plants round about, so I sketched it.

I think this is an awful picture. The colours, proportions, everything feels wrong. In an attempt to capture realism I’ve done this poor tree no justice whatsoever. With hindsight I wonder if I might have tried to frame the tree in the window I was looking from. I’ll have another go next time I’m in the area but for now, this will serve as a useful ‘how not to’ reminder.

Learning to Paint – Headlong Flight

One of my fave bands, Rush, have a new single out soon titled Headlong Flight. I like the song and the title, and after a couple of listens I got to thinking what does a Headlong Flight look like? I’m going to attempt a series of illustration styl…

One of my fave bands, Rush, have a new single out soon titled Headlong Flight. I like the song and the title, and after a couple of listens I got to thinking what does a Headlong Flight look like?

Framing

For the first time I’ve put some of my sketches in frames. These photos don’t really do the framed sketches justice but I like the effect that framing has had on them and wanted to share it with you.