new watercolours

[libellum]

These paintings fell out of my head on the Sunday just before New Year's Eve, when I was hanging out at the House of Fun with Denny, Chris and Jay. I was in a strange, solitary, focussed mood, although I'd been grounded very effectively by a beautiful massage from J

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[taimatsu]

Love these :) The very little painting I have done has mostly been in watercolour and I am very keen on the effects which are possible. Your pictures here have a very luminous quality and your colours and lines are so... kind of relaxing an energising at the same time. I think you should definitely do more with watercolours. I might find mine and have another go myself :)

I paricularly love the eyes in your last painting here.

[libellum]

I think the paper had a lot to do with the vibrancy of the colours, which was no more than happy accident. I have some watercolour at home and I can't cope with how textured it is. This primed paper for use with oils and acylics is much smoother, and has a sort of shiny surface that stops it being quite so absorbent, meaning the paint sits on the surface for a little while before sinking in. It bleeds less, it's more controllable and I think it makes the colours more vivid. I'm not sure though, I have very little experience with watercolour paper, mostly because I found the texture so difficult to paint fine detail over.

You should definitely do more painting! :)

[taimatsu]

Watercolour paper is *usually* rough-textured but not always. With some effort you might be able to find hot-pressed watercolour paper which should be smooth(er). The cold-pressed/NOT rough texture is presumably traditional for watercolours but I agree that it can be difficult to work with.

[vixstar]

Oh lovely... particularly the colourful elephant :)
You're very talented!

[libellum]

Thankyou! The elephant was so much fun to paint :) I want to do more of them, but I've run out of ideas. Bah.

[ladynina]

I love watching your art evolve, you have a wonderful talent. Please do take the children's book idea forward.

[libellum]

Aww, thanks :) The only problem with the children's book idea is that I don't have a full story, and I'm not really a writer. On the other hand, I know several... but the idea of collaborating on something unpaid is a fairly daunting one. Maybe I should hire a writer to write the story and then produce the book and try to find a publisher myself... or maybe I should just wait until that mythical time when Chris has enough free time to start writing again

[biascut]

Oh, I LOVE these. Especially the first one, the third and the fourth: that very sparse but decorative style of portraiture is just gorgeous. Really lovely!

[libellum]

Oh, thankyou very much! At least I now know how I should paint you if I ever get the chance :)

[olithered]

The elephant ones are fabulous!

[libellum]

Thankyou very much! :)