Doodlewash 22Feb22

Bobblehead

Pigeon

Skates

Garlic

I'm not up to date with Doodlewash and I've not done anything recently on my illustration course. I've been babysitting and looking at possible holidays instead.

 

Friday Catch Up 18Feb22

 Doodlewash Challenge

Athlete

Sushi

Hearts

Growth

Illustration Course - Playing with Wax

I've written on the first two pages what I used, click on image to expand

I'm linking with Paint Party Friday

Little Watercolour Paintings and Bamboo Pens

Doodlewash Challenge

Falcon

 

Falcon - I tried painting directly onto the paper without drawing

Crocus - I did two versions because I didn't like the bud next to the stalk on the one below

Games

I bought some bamboo pens as they were used in the illustration course I am doing. These are the marks I made with the pens while trying them out, they were easier to use than expected. Bought from E-bay for £2.99, there were a lot to choose from but these were the cheapest that I could see, I didn't want to spend much in case I never use them again.

Friday Catch Up 11Feb22

Doodlewash

Whiskers

Muffin

Amethyst

Flamingo

Illustration Course

This time I had to draw a folded cloth using just dots or just cross hatching lines using a dip pen.

I thought the fist dotty one I did looked like a dinosaur. The cloth was folded differently, I don't think it had enough creases in it so I tried again [above]

Happy Paint Party Friday - my work was featured from last week, yeah

 

Watercolour Paintings and Illustration Course Progress

 Doodlewash

Bouquet

Tiger

Groundhog

Casserole

Spiral

Illustration Course

I don't know if I wasn't in the right frame of mind but I was disappointed with my efforts for this exercise.

Friday Catch Up 4Feb22

 Another exercise for the illustration course I am doing. We had to choose an artwork then do lots of versions of it, starting similar and them altering it in someway and using different media. I chose a self portrait by Frida Khalo painted in 1940. The original version by Frida is shown at the end.

Watercolour

Watercolour and pen

Thin acrylic applied with a dip pen

Sketching sticks [similar to charcoal only fatter]

Textured paper, clay colouring crayons

Textured paper, inktense pencils, water

Various green pens

Ink and pen

Watercolour and pen

Collage and pen

The original by Frida Khalo

Happy Paint Party Friday!

Illustration Course and Doodlewash

 Doodlewash

C is for Caboose

D is for Dachshund

E is for Ear [on a fennec fox]

That is it for January Doodlewash

I signed up for an online illustration course this month.

The first practical exercise was to imagine oneself as an animal. I'd like to be a tiger but it's not really me so I decided on rabbit. I am wearing a dress from the 50's as that is the decade I was born and the duck legs were just for fun.

The second exercise was about cinema and choosing a film one liked. Well I've seen a lot of films I like but I'm not very good at remembering what they are called or what happens in them either. So I chose ET because I could remember that one. It turns out I didn't need to draw anything for that exercise, I must read things properly in future.

The third exercise was to visit a flea market, well they are few and far between. I used a photo from a trip to Valencia. I had to pick a couple of elements from the photo and create a new scene. I used the lobster? claws as baby creatures in a nest of ice. The photo is below the art work so you can see where I got my inspiration.