Untitled Abstract #5 – watercolour and ink this time!
Apr 11, 2010 ink, watercolour
This is potentially v1.0, as I might attack it with watercolour crayons later, thus, upgrading it to a v1.3 :)
Untitled Abstract #5 - Watercolour and ink on watercolour paper.
See a Penny, Pick It Up – new watercolour and ink drawing
Mar 29, 2010 art, ink, watercolour
That’s right folks, another new painting…
See a Penny, Pick It Up
Again, watercolour and ink on watercolour paper (approx. A4 in size). I’ll probably put this up on eBay tomorrow.
Remember, there’s already paintings on eBay that are up for grabs! : http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZrtj666QQhtZ-1
Tags: blue, butterfly, day, moth, night, one, orange penny, pence, red, virgo
That’s the three new paintings up on eBay!
Mar 28, 2010 auction, ink, watercolour
The auction is now finished, but I’ve put all three of these paintings in my newly opened shop, which is here: http://ronnietucker.co.uk/shop/
This is your chance to own one of the three paintings I just completed. All three are up on eBay, starting at £10.
'Small World'
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270554671041&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
and:
'Zombie By Day, Zombie By Night'
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270554673763&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
and finally:
'Saint Simeon's Church'
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270554675767&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
Good luck!
Zombies By Day, Zombies By Night video now on YouTube!
Mar 28, 2010 ink, watercolour
The full colouring and inking process:
Zombie By Day, Zombie By Night
Mar 27, 2010 ink, watercolour
Zombie By Day, Zombie By Night. Approx. A4 size.
Another earth, day/night, type illustration. The meaning of this one? I’ve no idea…
Tags: brains, day, earth, globe, man, moon, night, sleep, sleepwalker, sleepwalking, sun, undead, walker, walking, zip, zipper, zombie, zombified, zzz
St. Simeon’s Church – watercolor and ink illustration
Mar 22, 2010 ink, watercolour
Another new illustration today. Again, like the last one, it’s a quick sketch with some watercolour with ink outlines (in places).
Saint Simeon's Church - watercolour and ink
Tags: alter, chapel, church, religion, religious, ruins, saint, simeon, temple
Small World – a new watercolour and ink illustration
Mar 21, 2010 ink, watercolour
Once I had a basic idea of what I wanted, I drew a thumbnail sketch.
The initial thumbnail sketch
The thumbnail in this case (shown left) is no bigger than a postcard. Usually thumbnails are much smaller, but I like mine a bit bigger as I like to noddle around and add small details, such as the little fish leaping from the pond.
After I had drawn the thumbnail I looked at it and thought that the bottom half was pretty unnecessary, hence the line through the middle.
The thumbnail, inked and coloured using watercolour pencils
Next I grabbed some watercolour pencils and began scribbling in some colour. I largely ignored the bottom half of the page since I wasn’t going to use it. But then a happy accident occured. I stepped back, looked, and quite liked how the colour was fading out towards the bottom, so I left it at that and began inking the outline.
For inking, I went old fashioned style and used a dip pen with a bottle of ink. I inked the house, greenery and other bits but purposely ignored most of the bottom half making it look like the colour, and outlines, are fading away in the bottom half. This I liked.
But that was only the thumbnail. Now to do it properly!
Tags: dip, earth, illustration, illustrator, india, indian, ink, inked, inking, miniature, paint, painting, pen, planet, quill, small, watercolor, watercolour, world
Watercolour pencils – the best of both worlds
Dec 30, 2009 art, pencil, watercolour
Derwent Aquatone watercolour pencils
Yes, I know ‘watercolour pencils’ seems impossible, but so did ‘drawing with an eraser‘ and it worked!
If you use watercolour, you’ll know that when it comes from a tube it will harden to a solid state but still be reusable when made wet. Watercolour pencils work in the same way, instead of using graphite, they use a solid core of watercolour which can be used, in this case, like you would with a normal coloured pencil. The main difference here is that when you wet the pencil drawing, the ‘graphite’ will dissolve leaving you with watercolour.
Here’s a quick example I sketched this up just last night using my Aquatone pencils (click here for a quick report on them and the Derwent Inktense pencils), it’s part landscape, part abstract (hence the odd colours):
Tags: aquatone, derwent, drawing, inktense, painting, pencil, pencils, sketch, thumbnail, watercolor, watercolour
