Although the sky and water inspired me, the duck family takes all the glory for this one 😀
January paintings
Here are some works from last month. It’s been a productive one with a lot of experimenting. I’ve decided that the spray bottle is a watercolorists best friend and that some great effects can be achieved with scraping. Hope you’ve had a good artistic month as well! 😉
The Sava river
Here is a new one of the river in my hometown. It’s an inspiration to many watercolor artists so I had to have a go at it and play with the lovely light 😉
Practicing street scenes
Practicing keeping the paint wet as long as posible 😉
A Croatian hillside
Here is a hillside in Croatia and I’m looking forward to a lot of beautiful subjects in 2016. Have a great year! 🙂
Holiday painting
These easy going holiday days are ideal for painting. Here’s something new 😉
Letting watercolor be
Sometimes it’s good to let watercolor do what it wants because those soft edges create a wonderful story and have such a poetic tone.
Have a great Christmas and a happy new year! 😉
A strong shadow
I’ve always loved those bold shadows impressionist artists use to express light and fill the composition. This painting was all about controlling a big, bold wash and filling it with cool and neutral colors, such a fun experience when you have a mop brush, otherwise it’s an agony! 😀
Hope you’re having a good weekend and don’t forget to wet those brushes 😉
A wet pavement
I wanted to try out a “wet pavement” scene and balance loose and controlled strokes in bigger washes. It’s a tough task, but a wonderful exercise of patience and keeping control of the wetness of paper and brush.
A valuable lesson I’ve learned painting this piece is the process of observation. The subject should inspire the compositional planning but 80 % of the process is the artists imagination and design choices to create a balanced setting, his own story of rhythm, light and mood. With that in mind, I can understand Zbukvic saying that there are no bad subjects, only bad paintings 😉
Cotswold houses
A loose interpretation of the Cotswold light. Hope you enjoy it and have a nice weekend! 😉
