mountain scene

mountain scene, originally uploaded by odet1.

another digital watercolour done with Corel Painter IX. It is has a very nice watercolour component in the program, the paints behave very much like they do in real life.

seascape

seascape, originally uploaded by odet1.

I've been having some fun with Corel Painter IX on my laptop today, in conjunction with an Intuit pad. The great thing about this is that when my daughter Libby asks if she can help with the painting, it is not a problem. Just create another layer for her to have fun on. That's not quite so easy with the real thing!

snow landscape

DSCF3756, originally uploaded by odet1.

Finally the shadows on and from the trees, ultramarine blue and burnt sienna mix. Weak in the distance, strong and sharp in the foreground. The nearest one is from a tree outside of the frame.

snow landscape 7

DSCF3755, originally uploaded by odet1.

Now for the detailed work on the branches, with the rigger. This was done with a well-loaded rigger, going straight and then a quick change in direction, and then a flick up. Same for the twigs.

snow landscape 6

DSCF3754, originally uploaded by odet1.

added some snow on the trees with some white acrylic, and a few twigs in the foreground, both done with the rigger brush.

snow landscape 5

DSCF3752, originally uploaded by odet1.

some dry brush work with ultramarine blue and a hint of red mixed in. Some weak burnt sienna wash for the distant texture.

snow landscape 5

DSCF3752, originally uploaded by odet1.

some dry brush work with ultramarine blue and a hint of red mixed in. Some weak burnt sienna wash for the distant texture.

snow landscape 3

DSCF3749, originally uploaded by odet1.

Put in some quinacridone gold, which is very similar to raw sienna. Then added some ultramarine blue to the wash and painted the shadow side of the tree, wet in wet. Distant hills with ultramarine blue, touch of violet and burnt sienna. Hard edges softened with tissue paper.

snow landscape 2

DSCF3747, originally uploaded by odet1.

Wet the sky area with clean water on a big brush. Once it has become a little bit less wet, paint in the sky with (from the top down) ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, violet, and a bit of red. Let it dry completely (20 mins by itself, 3 mins with a hair-dryer). I also took out the pigment in the trees with some toilet paper.

snow landscape 1

DSCF3746, originally uploaded by odet1.

Start off with a sketch of some trees and a horizon line.

Puddle lane - work in progress

DSCF3728, originally uploaded by odet1.

Done with watercolours, trying to achieve a bit of reflection in the puddles on this lane.

Sunset

DSCF3694, originally uploaded by odet1.

Had a go at a watercolour sunset, a twenty minute job while I was staying in a hotel in London, at the end of a long and tiring day.

quick, easy mountain and trees

DSCF3659, originally uploaded by odet1.

Mostly done with a fan brush, except for the birds (rigger) and the branch detail in the trees (finger nail).
Water colours.

Watercolour landscape

Watercolour landscape, originally uploaded by odet1.

Finally a red blob and a couple of brown sticks for the fisherman. Total time was about 30 minutes (used a hairdryer this time for drying!).

watercolour landscape 9

watercolour landscape 9, originally uploaded by odet1.

Now for the water, with ultramarine blue gently stroked across to try and use the rough surface of the paper to create a bit of sparkle. Some darker shades added here and there for shadows and contrast.

watercolour landscape 7

watercolour landscape 7, originally uploaded by odet1.

Now for the distant trees and a bit of shadow underneath them. The trees were done with a few dabs of a big brush with a weak wash of aliziron crimson, blue and burnt sienna, then softened with toilet paper. When dry, a bit of detail was added in with the rigger brush and the shade underneath.

watercolour landscape 6

watercolour landscape 6, originally uploaded by odet1.

carefully removed the tape and put in some colours for the middle and foregrounds. Made the colour a bit thicker and warmer for the foreground to provide recession.

watercolour landscape 5

watercolour landscape 5, originally uploaded by odet1.

Softened the cloud shadow with toilet paper and added in some distant hills, softened them too with the toilet paper.

watercolour landscape 4

watercolour landscape 4, originally uploaded by odet1.

I wetted the clouds with clean water and dropped in a bit of shadow (ultramarine blue, aliziron crimzon and burnt sienna).

watercolour landscape 3

watercolour landscape 3, originally uploaded by odet1.

Then some ultramarine blue wash for the main part of the sky, and a weak aliziron crimzon for the bit just above the horizon. I took colour out of the sky for the cumulus clouds with toilet paper.

watercolour landscape 2

watercolour landscape 2, originally uploaded by odet1.

Next some masking tape on the water line and the distant land.

watercolour landscape 1

watercolour landscape 1, originally uploaded by odet1.

I started off with a short horizon line about 2/3 of the way down, then worked in a bit of land around that.

daisies between two rocks

daisies between two rocks, originally uploaded by odet1.

Moira said this would have been good if Daniel (aged 8) had done it. Well, I think that is accurate. For some reason I found this Frank Clarke lesson quite difficult to follow, but I still enjoyed it and learnt from the experience. The nice thing about acrylics on canvas is that you can always paint over it once it's dry. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all the evidence :-)