category Free Inquiry
I have really enjoyed working through this inquiry. Not only has watercolour painting been fun and I’ve definitely seen some improvement in my skills, but I also have felt that I have learned a lot using different technologies and exploring… Continue Reading →
So this week I wanted to continue the winter theme and work on practicing layering. What better way to do this than to tackle some wreaths! It also combined aspects of my favourite painting exploration: monochrome. I started by setting… Continue Reading →
This week I have been really missing winter. Snowy, icy, blowy, miserable Saskatchewan winter. I never thought I would say it, yet here we are. At first it just seemed as if something was “off” and I was wondering why… Continue Reading →
Architecture is another common type of watercolour painting and when thinking about what kind of architecture to attempt, I was reminded of my trip to Paris and how common it was to see people set up their easel and paint… Continue Reading →
I dive into my “Elements of Design” plan this time and decided to pay attention to value and Space. Value referring to the dark and light in a painting and space being aware of where objects are in the painting… Continue Reading →
I picked a photograph, one I had taken recently. I matched the colours carefully and placed them on my palate. I began with a wash, thinking back to my last attempt and the steps I learned. I made sure to… Continue Reading →
Since I was so excited to get painting this weekend I decided to forgo any formal learning I was going to do and see if I could just hop on a YouTube tutorial and paint something nice. I found a… Continue Reading →
When conducting my research into the history of watercolour painting, I also dove into a history of the tools used in watercolour painting. Then I researched modern tools and used that to inform my purchases and set out to buy… Continue Reading →
What is watercolour painting? Watercolour painting is the action of using a paintbrush to mark pressed cotton paper using pigments that have been dissolved in water. The resulting marks are transparent which creates two distinct characteristics of the medium. It… Continue Reading →
The goal for this week was to deepen my inquiry of Watercolour painting with some research. To do so, I set out on my usual path – to the library! I used the questions I had initially come up with… Continue Reading →