Task 2: All Creatures Great and Small (watercolour)

Task 2 will commence on Tuesday, 2nd March 2010.

Task 2: All Creatures Great and Small (watercolour)

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all.


Each little flower that opens
Each little bird that sings
He made their glowing colours
He made their tiny wings.

For our second task we will be experimenting with watercolours. Once again, I will be heading into unknown territory as I have no experience with this medium. What fun we will have!

If you haven't painted with watercolours before and wish to see a pro in action click here . This will take you to Gennine's Art Blog. On the right-hand side of here blog is a link to a video clip showing her creating a watercolour piece from start to finish. It's really quite fascinating. One thing I really love, is her use of white acrylic ink to add finer details.

Here are a few other artists I picked out from etsy. I tried to go with a 'feathery friends' theme until I came across the balloon print. I had to include this because I thought it looked like such a simple and effective use of watercolours. If anything, it might be a good exercise in developing some control.

Check them out if you want some ideas:

1. Diaphaneous Flock by karenondracek
2. Feathery Plumes by Gollybard
3. Birdie by Gennine 
4. Red Balloon Print by Jellybeans

Lauren Child's Tree

Rachel this one's for you:

This is a photograph of a tree that was set up at Lauren Child's exhibition. Looks pretty funky I reckon. Thought it might be worth a peek seeing as though you're using her illustrations as your inspiration.