The Fish and the Peacock…

…it’s always the quiet ones…

More cats….

Red sketches

Ballpoint pen in my Gamma sketchbook

 

 

Sleeping Reindeer

Hello Everyone!

I’ve just finished painting the Christmas card I’ve made especially for the Winsor and Newton’s Christmas competition. Their Ink competition was such fun I just couldn’t resist taking part in this one

I wish you all happy Christmas preparations!

Watercolour and golden ink on Arches cold pressed paper.

Little Bird

Hello Everyone!!!

I hope you are all doing fine! I’ve been sick for almost two weeks now, so now that I feel a bit better, I’ve decided to paint another tiny vignette in my Delta series sketchbook. The illustration is only 9 cm high!

Please, dress warmly and take care of yourselves!!!!

 

Christmas Cards

Hello everyone!!

Here are two watercolor Christmas cards I made for Mariengold a couple of weeks ago.

 

Cranberry Fairy

I truly love the color of the Ink of Love by Montblanc but I was a little disappointed with its flow until I tried it in my Gamma sketchbook… there is something magical about this paper!

Toffee

I sketched this fairy with a vintage fountain pen in my Gamma series sketchbook. I used Montblanc Toffee Brown ink today, so I named her Toffee…

 

Puss in Boots

Doing little illustrations and vignettes really helps me relax and take a deep breath between large and complicated paintings. I still have some sketchbooks by Stillman and Birn and I thought it would be fun to fill one of them with lots of small pictures. This time I chose Delta series with lovely ivory paper but I wasn’t sure if it would be easy to work with in the technique that I use. I have to admit I do love this paper! It has enough tooth but it is also very smooth (so great for painting thin lines) and not as harsh on my sable brushes as Arches! Yay!

Forget me not

 

 

Another quick fountain pen sketch from my Gamma series sketchbook