All this fun hasn't left a lot of time for creativity, but I found an hour or so one evening to finish this painting of seagulls which I started last week. Firstly I drew a grid to arrange the seagulls in, then sketched them out in pencil, taking care that each one was facing a different direction to the next. When I was happy with the combination I drew over them in a fine pen and painted them in watercolours. I had trouble getting the colour of the wings all the same as the paint kept separating once I'd mixed it (cheap paints maybe?!), but as Sam said, seagulls are all slightly different anyway! I'm linking this one up to Paint Party Friday. What do you think?
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| 'Seagulls' - © Clare Willcocks |
All it needs now is a frame! Can you spot the teeny line I forgot to draw?
This afternoon, when I got home from work, the sun was shining and the decking in the back garden was calling! Armed with a juice, my pad and watercolours I spent a lovely hour painting al fresco! I wanted to paint my 'workdesk' for this week's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW), so here it is! I don't have a set place that I work, so my workdesk always changes!
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| Watercolour painting in the garden. |
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| Same view, with a few bits and bobs added/moved! |
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| The painting in progress... |
Today I'm linking up at Shabby Nest, Creative Princess and Rhinestone Beagle.
Loving the seagulls Clare. Was the missing line off the beak of the one on the bottom line?
ReplyDeleteI love your paintings.... I'm slightly addicted to watercolors :) I'm liking your blog too. I love finding other artists out there!
ReplyDeleteLove today's work!
ReplyDeletefun to see your work desk, the best kind
ReplyDeleteout on a lovely day
Your watercolors and sketches are inspiring. Hope you have lots of sunny days to paint. Thanks for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteNice gulls and cute painting of in the garden with your full table and knees. xox
ReplyDeleteLove your gulls painting, so cute! The garden painting is great, too, fun angle! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteWell! You captured the moment perfectly. Saludos
ReplyDeleteLove your seagull art- looks like poster art! Your desk illustration is fab too!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find the teeny tiny line you missed out! Your dad had to tell me where it was. Couldn't even find it when he told me which seagull it was on! Like the knees!
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT.... I just adore the seagull painting.... they make me smile soooo much. Couldn't see a line missing either but couldn't get it to come up big and I'm a bit of a blind old bat :-D !!!
ReplyDeleteHappy late WOYWW.... I thought I'd finished and you snuck in on me :-D
IKE xx # 93
Hi Clare,
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about cheap paints. Once you try the professional quality watercolour paints, you never look back! The seagulls look great painted and you can't even tell that the colour separated or that you left off a line.
Your outdoor studio is the best kind to have in summer! Great little painting!
Me again Claire :-)
ReplyDeleteI have just been back through your Blog - awesome photos and your drawing skills rock !!!! How long was you trip abroad with your boyfriend ???!!! I really love your comic strip journaling and the 3D experiments are FABULOUS !!!
As regards ATC Swaps - I do a fair few over at Your Paper Pantry http://yourpaperpantry.ning.com/ They have loads of different types of Swaps going on there.
Other ones just pop up around Blogland :-D
They have specialist ATC Challenge Blogs too, ATCs With Attitude, and Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge to name but 2. :-)
Guess what....... I am stalking you now too :-D Gotta' see more of your water colours etc :-D
IKE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
These are great Claire. Nice that you have sunshine.
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