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I tried Anna Mason's free pear class! The big form

I tried Anna Mason's free pear class! The big format in the class scared me a bit, so I did this as a "test run" in my sketchbook (19x13cm) to see if the colours I had were close enough to the reference. I think it turned out ok. Honestly, though, I don't feel inspired to do it over in bigger format atm, so I will move on to other projects for now. 😉
You can find the free class at annamasonart.com

Materials used:
- Canson Moulin du Roy HP 300 gsm watercolour paper
- Various round brushes sizes 6, 4, 1, 4/0
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour (Lemon yellow, Phthalo green light, Burnt sienna, Payne's grey)
- Reference photo from Anna Mason

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Elephant for the Art challenge #doodlewashnovember

Elephant for the Art challenge #doodlewashnovember2020

It's been a long time since I did an art challenge, so decided it's time. I had fun with this one, and I learned a lot! So, you may be wondering what I learned from this one...well, first and foremost: you know those watercolourists who go on and on about how you should mix your own neutrals instead of using grey/black watercolour? Well, turns out they have a point! I was doing fine with this painting, until I got lazy and fell for the temptation of using Payne's grey for my dark grey parts... So, folks? Mix your own neutrals! 😂

Materials used:
- Saunders Waterford NOT 300gsm watercolour paper
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour paints (Cobalt blue, Sap green, Raw Sienna, Burnt sienna, Payne's grey)
- Round brush no 4 Silver Black Velvet
- Reference photo from Pixabay

The process:

I started out doing a light background wash of Cobalt blue, Sap green and Raw sienna.
After that dried, I studied the reference photo and painted a glaze of Cobalt blue on the cool parts of the elephant skin, and Burned sienna on the warm parts. I then mixed Cobalt blue and Burnt sienna to a neutral grey/brown and applied that over the dried glaze. And that looked really good, but then I got lazy and ventured off the path of mixing my own neutrals. I bravely and fearlessly got in there with Payne's grey! 😂 Oh my... I tried my best to fix it after the fact, but this is watercolour after all. There's just so much you can do. ☺️

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A couple of months ago I was challenged to design

Teddy painting is done! 😍 I saw this teddy on d

Teddy painting is done! 😍
I saw this teddy on display in the airport in Berlin a couple of years ago, and I fell in love. Hope you like it too.

Materials used:
- Saunders Waterford cold pressed watercolour paper 300gsm
- Round sable brush size 6, round synthetic brush size 1
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour paints
- Mechanical pencil
- Photo for reference

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Art Eureka moment! 💡🤦‍♀️ 😂 I was st

Art Eureka moment! 💡🤦‍♀️ 😂
I was struggling to decide what to do next with this teddy painting, especially when it comes to shadows. I had the reference picture on the iPad in front of me, and suddenly it hit me: Duh! I can just take a picture of the painting and do some testing digitally on the iPad before continuing my painting. 😂

I feel so slow for not having done this before. Many of you are probably way ahead of me, and have discovered this trick ages ago, haha! And if not, I hope you find my tip (and confession to stupidity) useful or at least entertaining! 😁

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I am absolutely not a dog person, but when I found

Portrait in coloured pencils made following a real

I did my first "real" urban sketching today, secre

I did my first "real" urban sketching today, secretly sketching people nearby. Yay! I'm so thrilled! I felt like a criminal, though, sitting there stealing glances at the lovely elderly couple sitting on a bench nearby reading books. 😂 I enjoyed doing the drawing, despite feeling I was doing something naughty. Does it get less awkward with time...?

Drawing anything close to realistic proportion is hard when you barely dare glance at the subject you are drawing, and I am not fluent in anatomy. 😂 The shoe size of the man indicates he might be a retired clown. 🤡 I love making up stories that can explain imperfections like that, hehe 😁

Materials used:
- Hahnemühle watercolour sketchbook
- Sakura Koi waterbrush size S
- Sakura Pigma Micron 02 black
- Daniel Smith watercolour paints

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Tested out my Polychromos coloured pencils with th

Tested out my Polychromos coloured pencils with three different approaches on different papers. I tried:
- blending pencils with baby oil
- base layer of Derwent watercolour pencils, coloured pencils on top
- base layer with Sennelier watercolour paint, coloured pencils on top

I tested on four different 300gsm papers:
Arches cold pressed, Arches HP, W&N Artist's watercolour paper cold pressed (pulp paper), Canson Moulin du Roy HP

The baby oil gave a super smooth, a little muted finish. The oil slightly soaked through the 100% cotton papers, even if I only used a tiny bit. However, it didn't soak through the cellulose pulp paper!
I have ordered an odourless thinner, and am curious to see how using thinner compares to baby oil.

The watercolour pencils have an uneven look, which I suspect is due to the Derwent wc pencils not being very pigmented. Note that I don't have the Derwent Inktense, but some called "Derwent watercolour pencils"!

The watercolour base layer gave a super pigmented end result. It just pops off the paper!

As for the paper, I much preferred the Arches HP. I don't really like that paper when I do regular watercolour, but for this is was just perfect! Swipe to see close-ups of the spheres I did on Arches HP

If you read this whole thing: Congratulations! 😂 And thank you! 🙏

Chilli pepper in coloured pencils I quite like th

Chilli pepper in coloured pencils

I quite like this. Next time I will try to work on getting the contrast better by lightening/deepening highlights and shadows.

Materials used:
- Moleskine sketchbook
- Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils
- Chilli pepper for reference 😉

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I found an abandoned, old-fashioned wooden planter

I found an abandoned, old-fashioned wooden planter in my garden shed yesterday. A perfect item to do a painting of!

Materials used:
- Saunders Waterford 300gsm cold pressed watercolour paper (in my coptic bound sketchbook)
- Winsor & Newton Cotman round brushes size 1
- Rembrandt pure red sable size 6
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour paints

Coloured pencil practice. I started out with a ve

Coloured pencil practice.
I started out with a very pale wash of yellow and red watercolour to make a foundation/get rid of the white of the paper. Then I went in with Polychromos coloured pencils.
I quite enjoyed doing this one!

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Giving coloured pencils a go. I have struggled to

Giving coloured pencils a go. I have struggled to like this medium, as the pencils I had didn't work for me. So I decided to get a set of Polychromos to see if that would make a difference, and it did! They are so much softer to draw with than my old ones, so my hand is not suffering as much from drawing with them. I think I can really start to enjoy coloured pencils! I have a lot to learn, but luckily there are many good tutorials out there.

The spheres were drawn from a YouTube tutorial on drawing skin colours by Kirsty Partridge.
The ivy leaf is based on a plant in my garden. 😉

Materials used:
- Moleskine sketchbook
- Faber Castell Polychromos 24 set

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It is done!!! My first Coptic stitch sketchbook!

It is done!!! My first Coptic stitch sketchbook! It is made of 300 gsm watercolour paper - half is hot pressed, half is cold pressed. The different designs on the front and back serves as a quick reminder of which paper is on that side of the book. I have to say I am quite proud of this. It was a lot of hard work, but I am very happy with the result. Can't wait to paint in it!

I watched some very helpful bookbinding tutorials on Youtube by @sealemon to help me make this. Thank you, Jennifer!

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My very first anamorphic drawing. I find these kin

My very first anamorphic drawing. I find these kinds of drawings and optical illusions fascinating. Very fun to try it out! I followed a Skillshare class by Mike O'Hara on the subject.
I drew this with pencils 2B and 8B.

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Quite absurd - today is a warm summer day here in

Quite absurd - today is a warm summer day here in Norway, and what do I paint? A northern lights winter landscape! 😂
Materials used: - Saunders Waterford NOT 425 gsm watercolour paper
- SAA travel brush size 10
- W&N Foundation round brush size 3
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour paints (Indanthrene blue, Phthalo green deep, Payne's grey)
- W&N white gouache

So proud of my "integrated" swatches in my 12-pan

So proud of my "integrated" swatches in my 12-pan watercolour box! I'm sure someone must have done this before me, but I still feel clever for coming up with it. 😁
Here's how I did it:
1. Measure the width and length of the space between the two rows of pans
2. Cut a piece of watercolour paper to fit snugly between them (test the fit before you paint!!)
3. Used 3mm masking tape to separate the spaces to be painted (if you don't have that skinny masking tape, you can cut the masking tape you have to fit)
4. Paint the swatches! Important: make sure you paint the swatches so the order of the colour swatches corresponds with the placement of colours (pans) in the box
5. Let it dry, then remove masking.
6. Carefully slide the swatches between the rows of pans, so it is held in place underneath the metal "holders"
7. Done! Oh, and be careful if you like to use a spray bottle to activate your colours - the lovely swatches you just made might not like that! 😉

Strange what inspires you sometimes! I got inspire

Strange what inspires you sometimes! I got inspired to sketch when I saw my neighbour's clothesline yesterday. It looked so beautiful hanging there beneath the birch trees. 😍

Materials used:
- Moleskine watercolour sketchbook M
- mechanical pencil
- waterbrush
- Sennelier l'Aquarelle watercolour paints

Rusty. That is coincidentally how I feel atm, too!

Rusty. That is coincidentally how I feel atm, too! I started this painting weeks ago. It has been sitting on my desk ever since, but today I finally completed it. I found it hard to get back into the flow after so long.
This is a project I did following a Skillshare class by Anastasia Novikova on Watercolor texture.

Materials used:
- Saunders Waterford high white NOT paper 300gsm - Sennelier l'Aquarelle paints - Daler Rowney Aquafine brushes flat shader (10) and round (4)
- mechanical pencil for sketch
- reference photo provided in Skillshare class

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Tiny aurora painting from imagination. Getting a t

Tiny aurora painting from imagination. Getting a tiny bit of art done is better than no art at all. 😊

Materials used:
- Legion Stonehenge Aqua Hot Press (2.5x3.75 inches) paper
- Flat brush size 5 Winsor & Newton Foundation - Winsor & Newton watercolours (indigo, ultramarine violet, aqua green, cobalt turquoise light, burnt umber)
- White Sakura Gelly Roll 08
- Mechanical pencil 0.5 for sketch
- Washi tape for border

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