The brushes have been dry for too long ... too much time spent on web design and not enough on real art. But I suppose web design is an art in itself. I thought I would create something colourful and slightly unusual and take a step away from landscapes. Here's the latest creation that I have called Phant! basically because it is five eights of an elephant.
I am planning on painting in this style with various animals just to see where I end up. My next trick decision is what colours to use for painting a giraffe. May be a zebra to come and I guess a chameleon would be obvious.
If you are thinking of commissioning a watercolour painting, look no further than here. A fast and reliable service is offered and most subjects are considered. The key to a successful commission is good communications with the artist. Consider what you want in the painting and what size you want your watercolour painting to be then contact the artist. Pardon the pun but the artist will consider the 'art of the possible' and when all parties are content the brushes will go into action. The painting here is one such commission with two children playing on the beach.
I am proud to present the completed watercolour commission from the image provided in my previous post. A great challenge was this one and I must admit to refering to the 'how to paint buildings ' books. The trouble with buildings is the number of bricks you paint. Too many and it looks like something from play shool and too few is not representative of a building that is quite close, not to mention the focal point of the painting! You've guessed it, there has to be a balance. Then, there's the colour. A church painted drab grey will result in a drab painting. For trees and grass, there was a famous artist who once said, 'Any green, but not that green'. I must find out who it was. For those budding artists that happen to find this blog, note that the greens in the background are more blue and in the foreground, more yellow; cool colours at the back, warm colours at the front. For a tutorial, or lesson, in colour perspective, please click here, or here.
