When I was away in the Lake District for a few days in May,
my friends Anna and Rowena were doing some painting. I decided I wanted to do
some painting too, and David has since kitted me out with brushes, a watercolour pad,
gouache paint and a little mixing tray. I am basically just doodling with
paint, but it has been a great exercise in patience as I need to let the first
layer dry before I do the next, or do some detail and then leave it to dry
before adding more, finer detail etc.
I haven’t done any masterpieces yet – everything is quite
simple – but I am enjoying the process and the colour mixing and the squiggly
lines and the dollops of paint to make little dots. Here is what I’ve done so
far (the crisp lines are thanks to a roll of masking tape!):
Painting One -
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| Before...... |
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| After! |
Painting 2 -
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| I can't get it to rotate and it is annoying me. |
Painting 3:
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| Using 'Making Winter' as inspo |
Painting 4:
