IB Wahlström A5, 20 sheets, 350g aquarelle paper, fine grain, cellulose.
A. Gallo watercolors, loosely painted from photo reference.
A freehand copy of a young female gnome
learning to knit…
A. Gallo watercolors (with a small addition of
Rhodonite for the pink :)).
From “Leven en werken van de Kabouter” or “Gnomes”
in English or “Tomtar” in Swedish.
Original illustration by Rien Poortvliet.
The Shirley Poppy Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker
– freely and quickly “copied”.
I chose 8 half pans and stuck with them:
– Quiacridone gold deep (DS)
– Rhodonite (DS)
– Manganeese violet (Rembr.)
– Transp. oxide brown (Rembr.)
– Serpentine (DS)
– Deep sap green (DS)
– Cerulean blue, chromium (DS)
– Indigo (DS)
Photo reference from a couple of weeks ago in my own garden.
Left and middle: About 20-30 minutes, freehand trying to “copy” the great Elsa Beskow’s book Tomtebobarnen.
To warm up – and to enjoy my handmade, A. Gallo, Italian watercolors.
Right: Freehand copying from books:
“A Year of Watercolour: A Seasonal Guide to Botanical Watercolour Painting”
and
“Birds, Bees & Blossoms. A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical ans Animal Watercolour Painting”
Both by Harriet de Winton
Photo reference (left) from a walk in Haverdal, Halland, Sweden in the summer of 2024.
Photo refence (right) from a motorcycle tour to Tanum, Sweden in September 2023.
All portraits in this page are from random google image searches. All chosen for color schemes, different types and ages, and they are only made for practice. There is no special attention to personal likeness.