June paintings

Last month was all about experimenting with different brush strokes to create a more fresh painting with an imapct. Here’s a selection of the ones I enjoy viewing and hope that you will to 😉

 

Catching the atmosphere

I’ve started working with softer brushes and concentrate on bigger shapes with fresh washes. The first painting is done in one go with soft blending for a a hazy mood and the second one is 2 washes: first a light color wash to set the mood and then a wash with strong pigment to set light with enhanced tone contrast. Hope you enjoy them! 😉

Exploring hake brushes

March was all about exploring marks with a hake brush and a palette knife. It’s a lot of fun if you want results very fast, because the hake is a forgiving brush, you can do wonders with a single stroke. Here are some of my experiments, hope you enjoy them:

Another countryside

Countryside paintings are always something I enjoy doing because the view is so calming and peaceful and everywhere you look there is another good subject. This one is 21 x 30 cm.

Exploring texture

After spending a lot of time (and money) with different brushes I have found that a cheap hog brush fits me perfectly and allows me to easily play with different textures. The search for the right tools is always unique 😉

A duck family

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! 🙂