Painted on Arches torchon (rough) 300 gram paper with Cotman watercolours. After it was painted I stroke the edges with a nib pen and manuscript drawing ink. I’d love to experiment with putting the ink in first but I’m having a hard time finding waterproof ink.
Just playing with the hake brush that came by mail today. What better way to test it than in a Sumi-e style painting.
The goat hairs react differently than the brushes I’m used to but it gets some cool effects and packs a lot of color. I think I like it. Now I have to see how it can integrate in my workflow.
My website got featured on http://bestwebgallery.com/ on Friday and I had a ton of visitors over the weekend. As such I felt obligated to post something new. So here it is and thank you to bestwebgallery.
After a lazy Sunday I just had to splash some paint around. And while spring is not quite here yet it had to be colorful.
I took a lot of “creative freedom” in this painting of a statue in the garden of the Villa Borghese. In Rome all trees are evergreens but I wanted to experiment with fall colors so… I did. You can see the true colors in this photo.
For the staue itself I haven’t decided yet if I’ll color the it or leave just the ink outlines.