Saturday, 10 September 2016

Morgan Evening on Poole Quay

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Finished at last. Its big, 120cm wide, so it took a while. Painted in Pebeo High Viscosity acrylics over the top of a textured background. A...
Saturday, 9 January 2016

My Celtic Animal Collagraphs and a few Cats

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I love making small celtic animal aceos using up to 3 layers of cartridge paper which I score into and draw onto to produce the effects. One...

Collagraph influenced by Vicky Oldfield

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I first saw Vicky Oldfield's work in a gallery and I loved the effect of the textured line in her work so I decided to try her techniqu...

Collagraph printmaking...testing coffee grounds and paprika to create a textured line.

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I like being able to make small aceo size collagraphs and I print them on my Sizzix Big Shot. I usually use layered card quite successfully ...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

A watercolour painted on shiny card primed with absorbent ground

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I coated a piece of shiny cereal packet card with several coats of absorbent ground to see if it would take watercolour paint well. I painte...
Sunday, 23 August 2015

Poole Harbour watercolour by Gabriella after Ray Balkwill

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I painted a Poole Harbour scene after following a Ray Balkwill exercise in his book. I used similar colours and his boat in my scene. I was ...

Ray Balkwill Watercolour Exercise from his book by Gabriella

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Exercise from 'painting landscapes with atmosphere' by Ray Balkwill'. I used a lemon yellow with a cadmium yellow and a raw sien...