Tag: E Ink

  • Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2

    Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2

    Final week (plus 2 days) of Abstract Advent challenge, which I completed on Christmas Eve – it’s been a blast, writing this on Christmas Day – hope you all are having a good one however your celebrate it (or not). First up was Day 15, with a shape like a hole (rather than a head)…

  • ZEBRA Abstracts

    ZEBRA Abstracts

    I have been working on this series of Zebra abstracts for a while, spurred on by the purchase of a couple of Hake brushes, 2 1/2 inch and 3 inches. Hake brushes are originally Japanese and are soft goat’s hair brushes with a plain wooden or bamboo handle, and are used in pottery and furniture…

  • Deep Water Deep Night

    Deep Water Deep Night

    Ch-ch-ch-changes! I have been changing my process with night pieces…usually I put the ink down first and wait for it to dry – or not – and then lay the watercolour down. These are the opposite, and I think the ink and the etchr pads give it a totally different feel. Grainier and blurrier, more…

  • Night Moves & Moons

    Night Moves & Moons

    I have been doing a lot of the night work series recently, for various reasons – mostly because it’s warmer and it’s quieter at night, so safer. Sometimes recently I’ve been heading out as late as 9 or 10pm….here are two recent watercolours from the river at night. The first ‘Night Moves/Moods’ is looking towards…