A little bit of colour in my life

I sat down to do some painting last night, and thought to myself that I had been a bit drab in the colour department.... This is probably because I still have a lot to learn about watercolour painting, how the paint behaves, and how to make it do what I want it to do... It also takes a while to find the technique that produces the paintings I want to produce.  By limiting the palette, I can concentrate on tonal values and technique without colour getting in the way..

Anyway.. I wanted to brighten things up a bit... so here you go

What do you think?
til next time
Pete

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Back to watercolors

After playing with acrylics, I decided I would go back to watercolors for a while.  They are such an interesting medium.  As you all know I have a preference for portrait and figure work, so I thought I would play around with watercolors portraits......

these are a few I have done in the past few weeks

Keith Urban, Watercolour on CP

 Alice, Watercolour on CP

James, Watercolor on CP





Done.. My foray into acrylics.

Well I finally completed my self portrait... it came out OK, but I have to say, Acrylics just aren't oils.  I think I'll keep playing with watercolors for a while... they are proving to be pretty versatile

Anyway... here's my Acrylic self portrait  for all that are interested
all the best
Pete