by the window

11" by 15" watercolours on saunders waterford paper 200lb

Elegant lady

My Sincerest Apologies
I owe each and everyone of my friends who follow my blog, a huge and heartfelt apology, I have neglected my log and my friends much longer than I intended, but, life was very hard during my absence, and my work took so much effort, health issues and family matters added to all that.
A special and sincere thank you for all my friends who thought my blog is worth following recently, welcome and I hope I will not disappear again to disappoint you.
A quiet thank you for my friends who took the time to leave the  lovely positive and thoughtful comments, they are truly appreciated.
And finally a heart-felt thank you for those who emailed me to ask and inquire about my whereabouts and my health.

                                                          11" by 8" watercolours on paper
As usual, this painting was done without an initial sketch and I painted it a little loosely leaving a lot of white areas to indicate light.

still life in a loose mood

still in loose mood ... holding the bg brush halfway up the handle is really fun

7 by 11 arches 140lb rough watercolours

7 by 11" arches 140lb rough watercolours

                                   

A vase and landscapes

watercolour painting figures, lanscapes and more

Hello everybody ... thank you for everyone who is following my blog and leaving comments... I appreciate this a lot...

I guess that was not the right time to start a blog ... you see I´m still very busy ... but at least I am posting my work that I have done the past few months ... that is before I got really busy.

These are a few landscapes done in January for the WDE on Wetcanvas...

All done without a prelininary sketch and in watercolours on paper

some older work from my favourites

I am still very busy, but I am posting now some of my older work, but I hope I will be able to share my work in progress once I am done with the illustrations                                        

this painting was done a few months ago, I am experimenting with painting without a preliminary sketch... which made me focus very carefully on shapes, tones and shadows.... starting with the darks first and softening them into the whites of the paper to preserve the lights... 

this is a ballerina after rehearsal, I have seen dancers in my work and watched their gruelling routine day in and day out... it amazes me that audiences have no clue of the very hard work and long hours involving the work backstage

This was taken from a reference photo of an old local woman taking a break from working in the field