tulip

tulip, originally uploaded by odet1.

Done with watercolours, from a tutorial on the painting and art channel today (www.saa.co.uk). Nice tutorial, and I enjoyed doing my first flower in watercolours. The shadow under the leaf on the right side worked out well, really looks like it's bent over.

Pond life

Odet's painting, originally uploaded by odet1.

This was great fun, especially as my son Daniel joined in. A quick watecolour (took less than half an hour) with just three colours - ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and hooker's green.
Based on a tutorial on the painting and drawing channel from saa.co.uk.

sea-scape

sea-scape, originally uploaded by odet1.

The one great thing you can do with acrylics that is a lot more difficult with watercolours is that once it is dry you can rework bits that you don't like, add light bits over dark bits, and so on. I've added some shade to the rocks and waves and improved the definition of the waves by deepening the colour just under their white caps. I also tried to give the shore a bit more texture by gently splattering the sand (while covering up the sea with a bit of paper).

Odet's sea-scape

Odet's sea-scape, originally uploaded by odet1.

Did this one at the home-ed art group this morning, based on a Frank Clarke DVD tutorial that I had watched. Enjoyed this morning session a lot. Acrylics on canvas sheet.

country lane

country lane, originally uploaded by odet1.

Add a card-board cut-out frame and hang it up.
Nice to be reminded of those hot summer days on a grey day like today.

country lane 9

country lane 9, originally uploaded by odet1.

shadows added in with a thin wash comprising of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. Windows, roof-line, walls, plants.

country lane 9

country lane 9, originally uploaded by odet1.

shadows added in the a washing comprising of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. Windows, roof-line, walls, plants.

country lane 8

country lane 8, originally uploaded by odet1.

used a mix of light yellow with a touch of bright red for the road. Did a bit more work on the distant trees, wet in wet, to loose the band of sky that was shining through and to give them a bit more texture.

country lane 7

country lane 7, originally uploaded by odet1.

Loads more vegetation, and the shadow sides of the building done with a thin wash of ultramarine blue with a touch of burnt sienna to warm it up a bit. I also used this was for the windows, leaving abit of white here and there on the windows to indicate reflections.

country lane 6

country lane 6, originally uploaded by odet1.

Just added some vegetation around the fence to show it up. I used a wet in wet for this, first with the green, then added in some dabs of burnt sienna, raw umber and bright red.

Country lane 5

Country lane 5, originally uploaded by odet1.

Now for the wall, using burnt umber and burnt sienna, making it a bit darker on the shadow side.

country lane 4

country lane 4, originally uploaded by odet1.

After a cup of tea to let the trees dry, I did the roofs with a mix of burnt sienna and a little bit of bright red.

country lane 3

country lane 3, originally uploaded by odet1.

I made up a light green by mixing a light yellow and a bit of ultramarine blue. I made this a bit darker by adding more blue for the trees and bushes in the foreground, and added in a bit of burnt umber for variety. I used my finger nail to scratch out some branches.

country lane 2

country lane 2, originally uploaded by odet1.

next was the sky, using a thin ultramarine wash and a big flat brush. I went right over the trees and then sucked out a bit of pigment to make the cloud by scrunching the clean brush down on the paper and then washing it out.

country lane 1

country lane 1, originally uploaded by odet1.

I thought it might be nice to have a few pics to show the whole process. This is a sketch to outline the main features. I started with the road, and then worked around that. So next I did the verticals on the buildings, then the roofs, finally the windows, always checking that the perspective looks ok. Then the other bits like the fence, trees, wall and so on.

watercolour landscape in progress

watercolour landscape in progress, originally uploaded by odet1.

Started this one, based on a demo in Charles Evan's book Quick and Clever Watercolour Landscapes, which is a lot of fun. I spent about ten minutes on this so I've got a bit more to do on this one tomorrow....at least I'm off to a running start.

scene from the Canaries

scene from the Canaries, originally uploaded by odet1.

I did this watercolour from one of Frank Clarke's dvd's. Nice and quick and easy. Have a look at www.simplypainting.com, there's some good free stuff there.

Mountain scene

Mountain scene, originally uploaded by odet1.

Felt the need for a big mountain scene today. This was done with oils on primed hardboard, 36 x 46cm.

North Shield's art session

Odet's painting, originally uploaded by odet1.

This is a wet-on-wet oil painting done on canvas, using Bob Ross' book "The Best of The Joy of Painting". Took about an hour. I did it at one of our home education groups, and my son and one of his friends also had a go and were delighted. It gives me such pleasure to see children enjoy artwork and become enthused to do more.
It was Bob who first got me into painting, about a year ago. I watched his shows on the TV and thought I would give it a try. I was very pleased with the results. Until then I had never thought I would ever get any enjoyment out of painting. What a great shame that he died so young. He gave a lot of people joy from painting.

frozen desert

frozen desert, originally uploaded by odet1.

Done with oils on a 5x7 bit of scrap MDF. Coated the MDF first with liqud white.

Seascape

seascape, originally uploaded by odet1.

Done with oils on canvas. I'm really starting to love oils again. They are messy, but the colours are wonderful and it is such a forgiving medium. Make a mistake? no problem, just blend it in, go over it or make it into something else.
I enjoyed doing this quick painting (took about 30 minutes). Had a hard day at the office and doing this took me away from it all.

Pennine Class 185 at Newcastle Central Station

Pennine Class 185 at Newcastle Central Station, originally uploaded by odet1.

One of my son's favourite trains and one of the newest trains in the world entering service in March 2006. Our very first journey on it was to York, on January 18 2007.

This was done with acrylics on canvas, I limited myself to about 40 minutes.

Fruit still life

Fruit still life, originally uploaded by odet1.

This was painted using oils on canvas. This is pretty close to the actual size of the painting.

Breakfast cereal

Breakfast cereal, originally uploaded by odet1.

My aim is to do a small painting each day, mainly to reflect the things of everyday life that I find inspire in me a desire to depict them. In the process I hope to learn more about the art of painting, as I am very much a beginner, and also to share my joy for this wonderful hobby.