0

Watercolour sunset finally finished!

Posted by Jessica on June 8, 2011 in Art

I struggled with this quite a bit, but Maggie really helped me every step of the way, and now I’m quite happy with my first real painting. I learnt a lot through actually applying the techniques shown me and a lot of trail and error. I hope to get a lot better anyway, and at Read the Rest…

Tags: , ,

 
0

Orange Painting last attempt…for now – Knowing when to move on

Posted by Jessica on May 2, 2011 in Art

I had quite a tough time trying to finish this orange…because although it looks alright, if you see the original picture of three pieces of fruit done by my teacher, it doesn’t have the same peely (technical term there) texture. However, for now it will do, I want to move on to new things and Read the Rest…

Tags: , , , ,

 
0

Let’s get Fruity – 1st lesson of techniques used in watercolour painting

Posted by Jessica on April 8, 2011 in Art

This week I was finally able to start painting an actual object, although it didnt take very long to do in practice. Maggie took me through each step, so it was pretty hard to go wrong, and the lessons I had learnt in mixing colour and making them different consistencies definitely helped and I could Read the Rest…

Tags: , , , ,

 
0

The Colour Wheel – Who can remember doing these at school???

Posted by Jessica on March 27, 2011 in Art

As I originally started art class with the hope of learning to paint (again) I couldn’t carry on drawing any longer, and finally took up my brushes….and it really took my back. Was reminded of my days at secondary school, making colour wheels, how many other people made them I wonder? Anyway this stage is Read the Rest…

Tags: , , , ,