Burton Agnes Gardens

This is another sketch which I painted in watercolour, this time worked from a photograph I took last year.  I then altered the picture in Photoshop.

Burton Agnes Gardens

The paints I used for the original sketch are by Koh-i-noor.  They are Anilinky Watercolours which are dye based and have very bright pure colours.  They are wonderful for painting, but if you get any on your fingers or clothes, its very difficult to get off!

Cafe sketch day

This is a development from a sketch day a couple of months ago. The sketch was painted with acrylic at home.  I experimented with the photograph in photoshop yesterday.  I know that purists will be horrified, but I think that any technique is worth experimenting with.  The Photoshop filter has given me an idea of how it would look  in watercolour, although it was actually painted
in acrylic.

Coffee time, acrylic, Photoshop

Although I am left-handed when drawing, painting and writing, I mostly do everything else with my right hand, including using the computer mouse, so not a problem to play around with Photoshop.