Monthly Archives: April 2013
Watercolour and Pastel
Yesterday I was going to post another of my watercolour paintings. However, when I looked at the photograph of it I noticed a few things that needed correcting. I worked on it a bit yesterday and earlier this morning. I need to photograph it again but I like to use natural light and it is raining. So instead I am posting this painting.
This painting is done from a photograph I took near my cottage in Calabogie this past winter. It was a beautiful day and after trying to photograph a Pileated woodpecker that was not cooperating, I walked up the hill and there were two deer posing perfectly for me. One just stood there and stared. The other, the one I have painted, moved around a bit but always kept his eye on me.
I planned to do the picture in watercolour and chalk pastels, so I chose rough watercolour paper to work on. After I sketched and masked out the deer with frisket, I painted the background with watercolours. I was not pleased with it. Maybe, knowing I could cover it with the pastels, I was careless. I did cover it with pastels. I then removed the frisket and painted the deer with watercolours. I used some pastel on the deer as well.
Peter Pot Peeper
Last weekend, polymer clay and multi-media artist Maria Saracino visited my doll club, All Dolled Up, and gave us a workshop.
Guided by Maria we made “Peter Pot Peeper” on clay pots we had brought from home. I made mine on a pot I made years ago.
Maria suggested that I paint my little fellow green, which I did with pan pastels.
Visit Maria’s website: http://www.saracino.ca and her blog at: www.mariasaracino.com.
See more images of the workshop at All Dolled Up’s blog: www.alldolledupottawa.com. There you can see the variety of Peter Pot Peepers that the club members created.