I’ve tried making a bigger version of one of my watercolour postcards of New York – it’s now 20x30cm on 300gsm paper.
Tag Archives: watercolour
Blobbing
I quite like the blob effect so I’ve done some of my favourite postcards in blob style!
ARTATHON MILESTONE: 250 postcards!!
Yesterday I painted my 250th postcard! Just over a hundred to go now until I meet my 365 watercolour postcard target by the end of the year. I’d love it if you could sponsor me in this Artathon- all the money raised goes to UNICEF for its fantastic work with children around the world. ThisContinue reading “ARTATHON MILESTONE: 250 postcards!!”
ARTATHON Milestone- 150 POSTCARDS!
Today I painted my 150th postcard! So only 215 to go then… HELP! For motivational purposes I’d love it if you could sponsor me through my Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/Escapeartist (Thank you so much to those who already have). These are my favourite 25 postcards so far..
This morning I have mostly been .. making a London splotch
I wanted to blow up part of postcard 17 of London into a larger watercolour, and this is the result. I like the abstract pattern I’ve made of the buildings, but i think I should stick to acrylics when I do big paintings! (I also later decided I wanted to update postcard 17 because iContinue reading “This morning I have mostly been .. making a London splotch”
Big Night Out (BNO)
I’ve now been off work for nearly 5 months which is a little bit scary. I don’t miss it at all (dad is on a conference call at the moment that is vividly reminding me of how much I dislike conference calls and how little it is possible to achieve during a conference call) exceptContinue reading “Big Night Out (BNO)”
St Pauls Cathedral
Inspired by my own work (What!?! I hear you cry? You are recycling your own work after only 2 days of the artathon challenge? This does not bode well! Do not fear dear blog readers I have plenty of ideas, just wanted to get painting watercolour versions of my London acrylic painting out of theContinue reading “St Pauls Cathedral”
Experimenting with the Shard
Based on this amazing photo my friend Laurence took: http://instagram.com/p/htqU35Qmup/
Boxing day painting…Bath
My brother and his long term girlfriend Helen met at Bath University. I did this watercolour as a (slightly late!) Christmas present for her.