Spring Greens

June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 Evelyn Flint24 Comments

Do you like eating your greens? Personally I love eating my greens BUT…. painting them is a whole lot more fun….. !!

I did these watercolour samples back in the spring (hence the title of this post). These lovely shades of green (and some neutrals) were created by mixing 2 blues and 2 yellows. The blues were indigo and Cobalt Teal Blue. The yellows were Lemon Yellow and Raw Sienna. There’s a lovely assortment of beautiful greens here but notice the lovely neutral tones in the two bottom left colour samples – they’re edging toward the grey side which I love….

Above we have mixes of Daniel Smith’s Buff Titanium and Cobalt Teal Blue…

On the top line from the left: Buff Titanium, Buff Titanium + White, Buff Titanium + Cobalt Teal Blue

On the bottom line from the left: Cobalt Teal Blue, Cobalt Teal Blue + White, Cobalt Teal Blue + more White

I love mixing colours, it’s such a fun thing to do and so relaxing. But it’s also a great way for me to learn how colours mix and react with each other. These colour samples will go into my watercolour workbook…

Ocean Wave

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 Evelyn Flint12 Comments

I have just finished my samples for the Surface Treatment Workshop for this week (which I’m hoping to post tomorrow) and had some acrylic paint left in my palette. So, not wanting to waste the paint, I decided to do a quick mini acrylic seascape on canvas. It’s veering slightly towards the abstract side….

My painting measures 7 cm x 7 cm. So the photo is actually quite a bit bigger than the original painting but that does mean that you can see the detail, especially if you click on the image twice. Acrylic colours used were: Prussian Blue, Indigo, Pale Power Blue, Turquoise, Cerulean Blue, Pale Olive and White. So for a small painting that is actually quite a lot of colours but I do like to do lots of layers of colour with acrylic paints….

Art · Watercolour

Cloud & Sky Studies – Part 1

May 5, 2017May 29, 2017 Evelyn Flint23 Comments

A little watercolour practice in painting skies and clouds:

Sky Studies 1 - Rain Clouds - NB — RAIN CLOUDS

“Rain Clouds” above was painted with Paynes Gray

Sky Studies 1 - Storm Clouds - NB — STORM CLOUDS

“Storm Clouds” was painted with Indigo for a slightly more moody looking sky

Sky Studies 1 - Bright & Breezy - NB — BRIGHT & BREEZY

“Bright & Breezy” was painted with Cerulean Blue and tiny touches of Phthalo Blue

“Sundown” was painted with some soft sunset shades, namely: Sepia, Cadmium Red Pale Hue and Lemon Yellow. These colours were inspired by an image in my photo archives.

I enjoyed doing these very much and I plan to do more using different colours and trying different cloud patterns. Being a seasoned photographer I have a whole heap of “sky” photos in my archives to refer to for a little help and inspiration.

I remember years ago my brother saying to me ” What ARE you photographing??” as I had my camera pointed at the sky. I happily replied ” Clouds…”, his reply was “You’re weird.. !! ” shaking his head, with that cheeky grin on his face… ! LOL !!

I’ve learnt over the years to be completely indifferent to the strange looks I get when I photograph unusual things, at strange angles. If I like the colours, textures, shapes etc. I photograph it – I’ve learnt to trust my artistic judgement and not be self conscious about what other people think…

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Art · Watercolour

Misty Blue Mountains

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Evelyn Flint20 Comments

Monochrome landscapes in indigo watercolour. Mountains interest me at the moment. Maybe it’s because I’m off to Scotland in a few weeks and we’re going to be surrounded by lovely hills, mountains and lochs…

You can click on the images to view them larger

I decided to keep my mountain watercolour landscapes very simple – simple shapes, shadows and colour. My blue mountains have been glued into my watercolour sketchbook. The smaller landscapes above are a mixture of Prussian Blue and Intense Blue (Phthalo Blue).

I first started to experiment with mixed media art in the spring of 2014. I bought a few books and started to try out some of the techniques. It was during this process that I very quickly discovered I love watercolour paint. However, I carried on with my mixed media experiments and it’s only now (3 years later) that I’ve made a conscious decision to develop my love of watercolour paint.

As far as art goes, watercolour painting is my first love. Whether I ever become any good at it is another matter entirely… but perhaps that’s not really what’s important. What’s important is that painting with watercolours is something I love doing and find enormously relaxing and therapeutic…

Art · Watercolour

Seascapes & Landscapes

April 23, 2017April 23, 2017 Evelyn Flint27 Comments

A collection of abstract watercolour seascapes and landscapes…

…. a little fun play with my watercolour paints…. playing with washes, water and colour….

The colours I used for the above were: Cerulean Blue, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Indigo, and Prussian Blue. These are going into my watercolour sketchbook to hopefully inspire future work…

Art · Watercolour

Woolalcombe Sands Watercolour

April 15, 2017April 17, 2017 Evelyn Flint21 Comments

This is my very first ever watercolour seascape. It measures 15 cm x 11.5 cm and was painted on watercolour paper (140 lbs Cold Press). You can click the image to view larger. It’s a very simple seascape and loosely based on this image of Woolacombe Sands, North Devon:

I added a little more colour to my watercolour than what’s in the original image. I used just 3 colours – Cerulean Blue Hue, Indigo and Raw Sienna. When I took the photo the very bright hazy sunlight bleached most of the colour from the seascape.

As far as watercolour painting goes I am very much a beginner – very much to learn… ! I’ve always loved watercolour paint – I love the loose washes of colour that so readily mingle with each other, I love both the rich bold colours and the delicate pastel shades too and I love how the watercolour paint flows so effortlessly across the paper…

I have stuck my watercolour seascape into my dedicated watercolour sketchbook. And there will be more watercolour paintings in the future…

Art · Macro Magic · Photography · Surface Treatment Workshop

Macro Magic

April 13, 2017April 16, 2017 Evelyn Flint16 Comments

When I photographed my samples for this weeks Surface Treatment Workshop I also did a few macro shots too which I decided to share…

the peppercorns and sand…

the crushed seashells and vegetable netting…

I love macro photography ! All of these were taken with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at f/2.8 to achieve the maximum creative blur and bokeh…

By The Sea · Photography · Still Life

Colour Inspiration

April 9, 2017April 16, 2017 Evelyn Flint15 Comments

These are the colours that are inspiring me today ~ turquoise, aqua, and cyan ~ colours on a sea worn boat in the harbour….

Above we have some bleached dark indigo denim (dark indigo denim doesn’t bleach white, it goes a dark cream colour that you see above) along with some cotton dyed with cerulean blue acrylic paint and some rusty stuff.

They’re colours that complement each other so well. Underneath the image I used Photoshop to “paint” colour samples with colours extracted from the image. In real painting terms the colours I see in the image are Indigo, Cerulean Blue, Buff Titanium and Burnt Sienna ~ a beautiful inspiring combination….

I may have a play with these colours later this evening….

Macro Magic · Photography

Gathering Texture

April 4, 2017April 16, 2017 Evelyn Flint16 Comments

I’ve been busy gathering some textured stuff for this weeks Surface Treatment Workshop…

I had some sharp sand in the garage left over from a garden project. Above is a macro view – just look at all those lovely colours… how they complement each other so perfectly…. yellows, browns, beige, cream, grey….

I got some black peppercorns and crushed them in a pestle and mortar – I think they could create some lovely texture…

I also found out some broken mussel shells I’d collected from the beach. Notice those blue and brown colours creeping in…. I love them! They’re seaside colours… !

Macro views of the broken mussel shells – yellow ochre, burnt sienna and indigo blue colours with touches of grey…

These three things (sand, peppercorns and mussel shells) are going to be incorporated into my Surface Treatment Workshop samples for this week. I love macro photography – it gives you a whole new world to explore….

Art · Photography · Still Life

Indigo & Rust

April 3, 2017April 12, 2017 Evelyn Flint8 Comments

Denim & Rust - NB

At the weekend I decided to have a little play with some light blue denim and some bleach. I just love the wonderful shades of indigo blue that denim comes in – they’re all very different.

Also a new crop of rusty stuff is “developing” in my garden! The piece of rust above is one of four new pieces recently rusted. I also have a lovely collection of washers and nuts happily gaining a nice thick rusty coat in my garden at the moment….

Rusting Washers - NB

They’re not properly “cooked” yet – these washers will be in my garden for at least another week yet. I’m so looking forward to putting some of these into my erosion bundles and other art work when they’re done!

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