Sitting in my backyard finishing off another plein air painting of Middle Island (Warrnambool). Trying to get the shadows on the rock right!
I've got tunnel vision for sea cliffs at the moment
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Isn't it! Watercolour can be so magical ✨
A photo of my watercolour sketchbook being kept company on the table by my travel palette and a coffee. Behind the table are the fish filleting benches (the wind was blowing away from me, don't worry). And to my right is Middle Island, where the Little Penguins and their merama guardians live - this was the subject of my painting, not the filleting benches...
More #pleinair, more #cliffs, and more #ocean. It's the beginning of Autumn here in Australia, which is my favourite season. Cool, crisp air and warm sun ☀️ What's your favourite plein air season?
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Hahaha accidentally poetic in the alt text!
A close up of the delicious mingling of colours on the paper. I loved the texture created by the lavender and quin sienna
Waiting for the wet washes to dry - my least favourite part
The finished study, with my travel brush and palette.
It was quite a grey day so I really embellished the colours
Plein air on the first day of autumn 🍁
Gouache!
Wishing you a gouachey day
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Juicy!
A small gouache painting of boulders next to an estuary, reflections of the orange lichen in the water
A close up to show the texture of the dry brush
Short on time? You might surprise yourself with what you can achieve if you get your paints out anyway
#gouache #sketchbook #painting #landscape
The river mouth at low tide reveals little islands of ribbed sand. They give a good foot massage
#watercolour #landscape #painting
Thank you thank you thank you!
Juicy gouache
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Thank you so much Megan! Such a compliment coming from you, I love your paintings
Oh wow thank you for sharing such wonderful compliments 😭😭😭
Gosh thank you so much!
A watercolour painting in my sketchbook of granite boulders that have tumbled down cliffs to the ocean. The waves have smoothed their sharp edges into smooth round forms.
Practicing shadows on rocks today - two tricky subjects for me!
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Me proudly holding up a fresh print of one of my original gouache paintings. This will be available on my store soon
I've been working on my online store so I can share prints of my favourite paintings! Prints are an affordable way to bring some art and nature into your home 🌱
Stay tuned to find out more!
Two gouache studies in my sketchbook. The top one is from November last year. It shows a section of a rocky sandstone island in the ocean. The bottom one is from a hike at Wilson's Promontory (Aus). I found a boulder that was almost a perfect cube so I had to paint it!
My poor neglected gouache! I had to get it out last night to alleviate the guilt
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Me proudly holding up my finished watercolour painting of seagulls foraging along the intertidal zone
I finished it! I think...
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A painting in progress on a full sheet of watercolour paper! The image is of three seagulls foraging in the intertidal zone. The seagulls have not been painted yet but the background has been started
A close up of a seagull looking down into a rock pool
Work in progress - the largest painting I've ever attempted!
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Oh I love this! So fresh 🤌🏼
A plein air watercolour sketch of a rocky reef and jagged rocks jutting from the ocean on a beautiful sunny day
The way the water sloshes over the reef is amazing and impossible to capture! But when did that ever stop a painter from trying
#watercolor #ocean #sketchbook #pleinair
Holding up my sketchbook and palette with a completed watercolour sketch of the beach. Ancient volcanoes dumped these rocks into the landscape and they now provide precious shelter for marine life - plus making a great composition!
Yay plein air! I had to breathe and just accept the brown splodges in the sky
A very windy plein air session forced me to paint fast and loose. The wind kept blowing my sketchbook and eliciting unintended brush marks...
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A watercolour painting of mountains by the ocean in my sketchbook, with my plein air palette
A watercolour from the five day hike in Wilson's Promontory (Aus). I was almost eaten alive by March flies and my paints are full of sand 😖 But it was still worth it
#pleinair #watercolour #painting #hiking #landscape #ArtYear
That is such a good idea! You can sketch whenever the mood strikes 😊 And this was the first hike I've done in a long time, so I understand!
My gouache palette after five days of hiking in the Australian bush. Time to wash all the sand and grit out
A photo from the hike - four people walking along a beach with their packs on. The beach stretches out to the base of a mountain
I took my gouache on a five day hike. It's not as messed up as I was expecting!
Do you hike with your art supplies?
#gouache #hiking #pleinair #painting
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Need some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing again after the holidays?
Drop by my channel ☺️ youtu.be/PSRTZ4O8YRY?...
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A watercolour painting of a River mouth at low tide, with exposed islands of sand textured by the movement of water. The sky and shoreline are reflected in the water
A quick sketchbook sesh with my new palette of watercolours 🎨
#watercolor #ArtYear #sketchbook #painting
#BlueSkyArtShow #openhouse ☺️
Me holding a print of one of my gouache paintings!
A successful photoshoot 🙃
The print in direct sunlight
I'm making prints! Stay tuned for the launch of my online store 💪🏼
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