Heather Myers

This one I know the scanner mucked with the colour. The pink is very bright in the actual painting. I used Jane Davenport paints for this and the smaller piece I posted earlier. That pink is the “Best Friend” colour, which is a neon pink if I’ve ever seen one. This one is better than the previous ones, I feel, but there’s still kind of a dead zone…[Read more]

The second of my ‘loose and free’ watercolours. I got decent pigment this time but I have a muddled bit in the centre. There’s some nice feathering effects where colours ran together, but this one feels… a bit dead somehow. loosefree_2

This is the first ‘loose and free’ watercolour I tried after watching Angela Fehr’s video. I used tube watercolours because those matched the colours she used, and I loved the effects she got so I figured I’d start close to her example. I didn’t use enough pigment so the colours are washed out. Additionally, I’m pretty sure my scanner is mangling…[Read more]

Augh, Facebook is such butt! Trying to get back into my account required me to pester three friends for codes, and then that didn’t even work! I’m thinking of just making a new account. All I want to do is join art communities. And there might be advantages to starting over too. Hm.

I decided to try a sketch of some of my art tools on proper 140 lb watercolour paper after liking the general look of a similar sketch I did in my journal. The scissors are out of proportion… next time I do this I’ll try a contour sketch first to help with that. Art Tools

A spread from my latest journal. I seem to be addicted to drawing my art tools. And, in this case, random ladybugs. Hey, ladybugs are cool! Drop-shadows are also cool. When you do them right, eheh. This paper is not suited for watercolour (though that doesn’t stop me apparently) and I’ve done a similar still life of art tools on watercolour paper,…[Read more]