Soft grey
Delicate greys and tints of green and blue form today's watercolour and ink drawing. This is a small cityscape comprising of soft colours and dark lines. This was originally one of my of testing papers that I tried out my colours on for another piece of work, the build up of colours was really interesting so I decide to turn what would have been a discarded piece of paper into a tiny fantasy cityscape drawing.
I applied more watercolours to the paper, hinting at the shapes of some of the buildings.
I drew over the watercolour layers using black drawing ink and a dip pen to apply it. I built up areas of quick lines and hatching, keeping the line style loose and energetic.
The final touch was to add the sun, I wanted this to be a subtle addition in the same colour palette so I masked off my area and built up gentle layers of colour. Once dry, I removed the tape to reveal the subtle circular shape with a halo of white to frame it.
This little painting will go up on my board of tiny paintings and sketches. You never know it may become inspiration for a future piece of work!
'City Hues'-2017
?i like it
City hues, the grays and blues
perfect portrait painted...
gritty news, today imbued
terrific torment tainted.
Thank you for this gift of creativity!
Most welcome indeed
I like you in my feed.
welldone, always glad to see you display your talent...always an upvote from me. Keep up the great work, bless you.
That's very kind of you to say @charles1
You are welcome, always
@opheliafu, Another very artistic post! Loved and upvoted it. Keep posting. I'm regularly following your posts.
Here is what I want to say about your blog post:
Thank you very much!
I just got off my page looking for your recent post, and found none. I returned by chance and lo, I saw your new post on the top of my feed.
In as much as light shines, every little thing is an inspiration to an artist. Do you train people about these sorts of painting?
I do teach art workshops yes, but I teach lots of different styles and mediums.
-Thank you for that quote- helped me spot my typo 'panting' (lol)
Nice :)
Thanks!
Amazing !
Thanks
?Thank you for shearing.
Beautiful!! I have watercolours that I dabble with sometimes, but I am not even close to as good as you are. Thanks for sharing!
I experiment a lot with paints until i find a style of working I'm happy with.
Ah, I see! Makes absolute sense.
very good
Thank you
Your welcome
Upvoted. I'm going to resteem this now :]
Thank you for that
I have said it before and I say it again - you are a powerhouse of creativity. I truly admire your continuous drive here on Steemit. Go Opheliafu!!!
That is SO kind of you to say, especially coming from such a creative lady as yourself!
I like that referse technique of letting the colors define the shapes and then drawing them out in ink after, it's like instead of "coloring inside the lines" You're lining outside the coloring 🙃!
I admire your power of creativity and talent that you possess not only in your hands, but also in your imagination, congratulations for this beautiful and very creative work
Have a great day dear friend @opheliafu
It is a pleasure to paint everyday and i'm happy to share my pictures of this with you, thank you for your kind comments.
Have you ever tried using watercolor mask fluid?:) I'm asking because I see you fixed the Moon with tape first before coloring it. It's just I bought a bottle recently, and now think that may be there was no need too, I could just also cover whites with tape:)
I have some, but i didn't want to risk tearing the paper.