Recent content by Rikard

Got some Baohong HP watercolour paper. Not up to Arches standard, but still alright.

Picasso crayon sketch.

Genieve Figgis - "Naughty is nice".

I love how his hair is blending in with the fur :)

Interesting thread. I'll contribute with a painting by Peter Doig. This one could have been painted from a reference photo of myself playing on the ice as a kid.

Thanks a lot Joy. I think painting such things have a very calming, almost meditative quality.

I've started to take an interest in paintings bits and bobs found around the house. I can probably give the bad weather credit for this. Not much fun venturing outside in the weather we've been experiencing lately. For the first of the paintings I did something I never did before. I soaked the...

I’ve always ben fascinated both with nature and the human body. Figure drawing and anatomy was the first (and only) art courses I took. Here are two watercolors from today combining the themes a bit.

Thanks a lot for your comment @PaintBoss . Really nice information in the link you provided as well. Today I found an old hairdryer in my basement. I’m sure I’ll use it frequently :) Though I sort of enjoy not knowing exactly how things will end up looking. However, being able to control things...

Thank you so much Donna. I love the experimentation :)

Thank you very much. I actually tried the putting down plain water first technique. It works pretty well :) I used it for some parts of the painting below.

Currently I'm listening to Pavarotti on loud volume. My daughter is not loving it. But I reckon she'll get her revenge when she reaches her teens :)

Had some alone time today and used it to paint two landscapes from around where I live. I recently found myself in possession of a tube of indigo from Winsor & Newton. And I do think I rather love it. Currently I'm working on patience, letting layers dry before painting over them. And I do...

I think this is a very good first? watercolour :) If you want to get a bit closer to the work flow of oils, you could add some white gouache to your watercolour palette. I know both Zorn and Sargent used this approach. Zorn watercolour.

Thanks Jade :) I never did a test. But I might do one. Could be interesting. My wife is an extrovert and is really good at doing the daily stuff. I'm lucky to have her. You know I have tried to do detail quite a bit. My art path started pretty much with ink drawings. And I really wanted to...