52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 9

Week 9: Tree

My second ever attempt at scenic watercolour. This is my outdoor pine tree, as decorated for Christmas. Watercolours on white acrylic gesso primed canvas sheet.

Update:
I decided to have another go at both crosshatching and trees!

Weeks 8 and 9: Crosshatching II, Tree II

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52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 8

Toy chicken and polar bear. Double-ended waterproof black Sharpie.

Week 8: Crosshatching

52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 7

Week 7: Watercolour

My first ever attempt at scenic watercolour. This is Lion Island off Pearl Beach, Central Coast, NSW. My watercolour set is five colours only (and no white!), on white acrylic gesso primed canvas sheet.

Since I never enjoyed "painting" in colouring-in books with those ubiquitous watercolour sets as a kid, I have always resisted buying a set as an adult. I suddenly remembered being given a 365-days paint-by-numbers desk-calendar 2009, which I'd never used - and it contained a brush and little cakes of black, green, yellow, red and blue.

52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 6

Week 6: Machinery

This is a mixed-media collage, with black card, gold foil crepe paper, plastic netting from an onion bag, adhesive plastic "jewels", and white laser glitter. Below:Same artwork, under different lighting.

52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 5

Week 5: Flower.

Gardenia from my garden, oil pastels on black paper.