Aquarelle - Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina

Last Tuesday we had a fantastic afternoon, working on our own watercolour versions of 'Je Suis Charlie'. It was very inspired, and everyone in their own way created a colourful piece of solidarity...
It felt really good and the results were interesting as well as beautiful:

Anna-Karin

 

 Cathie

  

Christine

 

  

Edith

 

Liz 

Sandra

 

Yves

  

Constanza

 

Christiane

 

Fabienne

 

Sandra

Avril

Aquarelle on Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30 with Marina

Anna-Karin's optical illusion is finished!

Last Tuesday was the last session of the year... It was extra-zen, not a very big group, Agnès made yummie lemon cakes with even yummier icing, we had lots of verveine tea and we played relaxing music... Elia B, Agnès and Constanza finished their 'Hands', they all look brilliant!

 Multi-culti hands in 'Together we shape the universe'... by Agnés -

 Subtle suggestion of a hand by Constanza

Fabulous surrealistic aquarelle by Elia B - two spirits reaching out to each other...

 

 Christine's Still Life with Bonbons is coming along VERY fine! Almost finished...

 And an excellent little still life by Yves

 

 

 Liz started work on the next 'Village in the South' - Roussillon... This is the basic wash, very bright orange - and believe it or not, the colours of that village are not far from this! Also the cubic shapes are already visible...

 Yves also painted the autumn-view from his house - from the top of his head! Well done!

 And then there were 2 doodle-watercolours that I'd like to show you:

 These cells by Constanza

and this Xmas decoration by Elia

 

And now we're going to enjoy a time-out! We will see each other again for the first time on Tuesday 13 January!

 

Aquarelle Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina 2

 Xmas and New Year: the cards

Agnès

As every year, we are having great fun in November and December, preparing creative stuff for Christmas and New Year. This year we're producing cards for very special people... I love'em all!

Anna-Karin

Elia

Agnès

Constanza

Agnès

Anna-Karin

Constanza

Elia

Elia

Liz

Mieke

Elia

Pauline

Mieke

Aquarelle on Tuesdays from 2pm - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

Creating Depth in Abstract Watercolours

part two...

 This is depth - and below is how Agnes did it:

 The recipe is cold and warm light paint on two sides of a very wet surface, leaving the mid-part unpainted. Move the board and then put down, add stones (they may be dirty!), stand on them, add salt, spray water, pigments... and let dry... and then add the next layer, using a big brush and a cool colour. And after that has dried, a third layer, with a really dark cool colour... Behold the results:

 Anna-Karin - after and before

 Avril - before and after

 Fabienne - before and after

 Constanza, before and after

 Liz - before and after

And some of the other work:

 Great one by Elia B - a lot of depth there!

 Sandra created one with a load of salt - it was almost a relief. Invisible in the picture I'm afraid. She is experimenting with varnish & the salt and we will keep you posted on how that goes...

Christiane experimented with small shapes in the dark instead of big brushstrokes. 

This is lovely, the colours are fragile - but there is not much depth. Just for example and to prove my point for the next session, I photoshopped a version with very dark brush strokes. It is pretty ugly - but shows depth!☺