dancing on clouds

Firstly, I like to thank everyone who thinks my blog is worth visiting or following...  and those who leave comments ... I am always visiting you but, most times I don´t have time to comment...

I did this one without a prior sketch, and took me like half an hour to finish, so I think of it as a warm up exercise, when I do a piece of fruit it takes much less time than that..

15" by 11 1/2" watercolour on paper

I focused here on some details and faded a few areas to add interest and to give the illusion of movement as she is dancing and literally flying...I hope you like it...

Getting in a loose mood

My favourite style to loosen p is wet into wet ... it really makes me work in a fun way and especialy when I use stronger colours it just works so well. I really soak the paper thoroughly for a few minutes and lay it on a plexiglass board so it doesn´t buckle ...then I just paint on the blank paper

Really ... sometimes I am in a mood that requires this style, it is so rewarding and never fails to produce some of my favourite pieces, still lifes and animal portraits lend themselves to this style so well

7 by 11" arches 140lb rough watercolours

11 by 7" arches 40lb rough waercolours

11 by 7 arches 140lb arches rough

                                                 

more figures

Figues and people just draw me like a magnet to look at people i a coffee shop or a mall, and watch the light catch a colour in the hair or the skin tone ad transrer the scee into a magical hing that begs to be painted, at the same time catch a special emotional moment at the same time ...   Usually I start without a sketch and a very diluted wash and drop in colours ... and have so much fun

7 by 11 bockingford 140lb CP in watercolours  

                    

7 by 11 bockingford 140lb CP in watercolours

11 by 7 bockigford 140lb CP i watercolours

PARIS

For me Paris is a very beautiful lively city with  art and artists everywhere good food and lots to see and enjoy
I have some of my best memories there...
When Scatty hosted the WDE on Wetcanvas last weekend I couldn´t resist painting many of the references ... Here are  some of the street scenes and architecture

                            Entrance to the Louvre 11 by 7 bockingford 140lb CP watercolours

                                     Sacre Cor 11 by 7 Bockingford 140lb CP watercolours

                           A scene from the Seinne 7 by 11 Bockingford 140lb CP watercolours

strawberries and coconut

this one was also done from the WDE images, bu I did it like a 20 minur´tes warm up, and had a lot of fun, using a really loose and easy style without a preliminary sketch

7 by 6" bockingford 140lb CP watercolours

Still life

Hi Eveybody

I like to share with you a few paintings done for the WDE challenge on Wetcanvas from images posted by IslanderNL these were done a bit loosely and I was trying to catch the highlights and deep shadows, not an easy thing since I work without sketching and it gives me a lot of freedom sometimes I spot a mistake and cannot resist going back in to fix it, big mistake when you are working in watercolours

11 by 11" arches 140lb in watercolours

6 by 11" arches140lb in watercolours

11 by 11" arches 140lb in watercolours