Working in acrylic paint to print with recycled plastic bags onto standard 110gm cartridge paper – not bad for a first effort. I want texture and line in my work, that’s a given, so this pleases me, but it’s only a start. The process can be frustrating, but hey, it’s a learning.
En Plein Air
Today our group of artist friends ventured out into the Waterlily Gardens to draw and paint. Here is one of my two pieces – on A5, 110 gsm paper using a black Pitt artist pen, an extra fine .03 Faber Castell ink pen, and light washes from my watercolour pencils. Water from my drink bottle, not the lily pond which we sat beside. This sketch took 40 minutes approx.
This was mid-morning on an overcast and humid day so not many shadows to deal with. And because the sun was not shining, the waterlilys were not showing their faces.
I’m reasonably happy with this result as I generally don’t do realistic landscapes. Perhaps I could work up an impressionistic piece from this, time will tell.