Some watercolor portraits

Some watercolor portrait sketches on Arches A4 paper.

 Above: sketched with pencil first

 

Above: No preliminary pencil sketch - just painted straight on.

Above: Just painted - no preliminary pencil sketch. For a just a quick, straight watercolour sketch, I'm pretty happy with it.

After dinner portrait

I seized a short space of free time and did a quick watercolor portrait. Note to self - use a  HB pencil next time instead of a 2B!


300 gsm Archers watercolour paper, A5 size. Daniel Smith watercolours from my amazing penpal Kerrie-ann.

Some more portraits

I'm finding it hard to get time to draw at all for months now. So, with much effort, I'm just trying to draw anything whenever I get a moment.

Some quick straight watercolor sketches.

 

And finally, a bit of mail art. 

 

 

Mapua, South Island, New Zealand

Sketches of photos appearing it the Listener.

 

Coastal road near Motueka, South Island, New Zealand

Watercolor portrait

A quick portrait sketch over breakfast.

Watercolour portraits

A couple of watercolour portraits I did at art class last night.

Whitemans Valley from the top of Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Watercolour 12/30

Above: Before the background was done. 300 gsm Arches paper. Approx 8 x 12ish cm.

Below: With a background.

Gratuitous photo of a waterfall near the Caitlins area, South Island, NZ (photo:Jonas)

Mini watercolour sketches 10 and 11/30

 

As usual, on 8cm x 12cmish Archers 300 gsm watercolour paper.

My second go at a watercolour portrait (still in miniature though). 

 Gratuitous photo of Mt Cook, South Island, New Zealand. Photo: Jonas

Watercolour sketches #1

A quick go at sketching a portrait with watercolours to test out the mixing of some new colours. And, now that I think of it, I think this is my very first watercolour portrait.  So I think for a first go, I am pretty happy with it! The original guy in the photo did have this googly, rather surprised, expression... Done on 105 gsm paper, which is why it is all buckled. 

Somewhere on the South Island