Aquarelle - Tuesdays, 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

The 2014 Aquarellista Cocktail Calendar

In the coming weeks the aquarellistas will make a start with their 2014 Calendar. You can look forward to a calendar with recipes for delicious cocktails and gorgeous watercolours of the ingredients and the cocktails themselves... We will take our time and practice a lot and also of course try them out!

Agnès 's  yummy October cocktail

(with sherbet, without alcohol)

 

Christiane's first try - a strong and goodlooking drink

(with lemon and vanilla and lots of alcohol)

 

 Edith's work in progress - a very summery icy drink!

(with masking fluid ☺)

Liz's first try with an elegant cocktail

(looks like creme de menthe with a drop of mandarine)

 

Liz also experimented with coloured glass, stained glass and lace

 

Kirstie started this stylish umbrella

(for in the cocktails of course)

 

Cathie's working on a pair of 1001 night-shoes, placed on a Mirror...

Breathtaking!

Aquarelle - Tuesday from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

We used last weeks' Tuesday afternoon to do some research to dewdrops on red fruit. Cherries and tomatoes mostly. It soon became clear that it works best if the dewdrop is slightly lighter than the surface it is on. Paint the dewdrop with clear water on the coloured surface and lift a tiny bit of the paint on one side. Add some extra pigment on the other side. When the drop is dry, add a really dark shadow and scratch a highlight for an amazing effect! The basics in the picture above - and the pictures below show the absolutely stunning results:

Fabulous: Wet Tomato by Agnès

Shiny Cherries by Cathie

(work in progress)

Wet Cherry by Edith

(work in progress)

Kirstie's Hippy Tomato

(work in progress)

 Dewdrops on a rose by Christiane

Rose in progress by Edith 

 

And then there were 2 subjects outside the dewdrop project:

 

Transparent bottles by Liz

Van Gogh painting by Brenda