The Magic Wand

-
This picture above started out as a doodle in my sketchbook, the page was covered with little dabs of paint where I was trying out the colours. Thanks to the magic wand in photoshop, hey presto they're gone! now all I have to do is remember what on earth I did for next time! I painted the girl without any black pen lines, it gives a different feel to it doesn't it?
Life drawing this morning and I wanted to get the model's face right, so had another go above the original drawing. I mananged to get her ear and hair done in more detail but the one below actually looks more like her!
Oh! An email just popped up from Illustration Friday so I'll be off now to see what we have in store this week!

Comments

Rosie said…
That cat is fabulous. It would make a fantastic pin!
5 February 2010 at 17:51
Anonymous said…
Your drawings are lovely. I really like the girl without the dark lines, her sleeves are particularly interesting.
5 February 2010 at 18:39
Unknown said…
As ever superb Jessie! x
6 February 2010 at 05:55
Wyanne Thompson said…
Love your drawings...especially the girl.
6 February 2010 at 13:58
Nicola said…
Hi Jessie, I think the girl has a very different feel to her after creating her without penlines I think she's lovely she has a softness to her. Your life drawing sketches are gorgeous!!!
7 February 2010 at 04:42
Diane said…
that water color really has a wonderful feeling without the black outlines...I really like this! The cat is hysterical :O
8 February 2010 at 12:21
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

More Cottages During Lockdown and a Change in Medium.

-
Image
I've been thinking about why I'm drawing cottages lately.  Maybe it's because there aren't many people around where we live and on our daily walks we rarely come across anyone else which I suppose is a good thing as we're still in Lockdown and have to practice Social Distancing which has now become a very well used phrase in our language! Maybe it's this lack of seeing people around that my mind is turning towards houses and flowers? The ones above are done in ink. I love the pearlescent inks, they're so beautiful when they catch the light. The paintings above and below are painted in acrylic. I've been obsessed with watercolour for a few weeks but I felt I'd like to get some acrylics out again. I've always been like this, going through phases of being obsessed with a particular medium thinking yes this is it! This is my final medium and then finding myself being drawn to changing once again to a different way of wor...
Read more

A Give-away! A Give-away! :))

-
Image
I'm having a give-away but first of all let me show you the two new listings I have on Etsy. Both paintings are painted in pen and ink with watercolour on good quality paper. The top one is called A Musical Journey and measures 7 x 10ins. The second one is called the Big Red Cat and measures 12 x 9 ins. They're $40 each in US dollars which will automatically be converted to your own currency on Etsy (That's approx. £25) CLICK HERE for more details :) And now for the giveaway as promised! Here below are 9 postcards printed from my larger paintings that were originally on canvas. Choose 2 of your favourite ones and if you are the lucky winner, I'll send them to you with an extra little surprise gift. :) All you need to do is to leave a comment on this post and I'll include your name in the draw. Easy Peasy! :) update-update-update..... My painting A Musical Journey has been included in an Etsy Treasury! YAY! :))
Read more

A Double Giveaway!!

-
Image
Hello, I'm here today to tell you about my giveaway! I reached 100 likes on my Facebook page a few days ago,  142 today!  ♥ THANKYOU! ♥  There will be two prizes, one will be my original watercolour painting, painted on thick watercolour paper, with lovely soft hues of pink and mauve called 'Peace' :) I'm also offering you a print on lovely Bristol paper from my mixed media painting 'Open Up To The Best'. Here they are.. Peace,   watercolour painting, 8 x 11 inches Open Up To The Best , art print 8 x 10 inches. (The copyright watermark will not appear on your print.) To Enter: Go to my Facebook page where the link for my giveaway is and 'share' and 'like' the link.  There! That's all you need to do. :) If you're not a Facebook person , that's still ok, just copy and paste one of these pictures above to your blog with a link to this post but don't forget to come back here to tell me that you've...
Read more