An exercise in achieving an image with only 3 colours and simple strokes:
Tag Archives: watercolour
Abstract to image
The paper was sprayed with water, then powder paint sprinkled across. Where water and paint intersected, magic happened.
Then, I looked for an image and made a few tweaks to enhance it……
Walking on the beach
More watercolours of mine for a Monday afternoon……..
Harbour Masters
Small Cornish harbour end of day
Tacking in from a choppy sea
Call the Master for a berth
Tie up, safe home
Steering through the Channel lanes
Ferries slam past, container vessels loom
Into Cherbourg calling with school French
Master chuckles, welcomes us in
Sliding slantwise into Plymouth
Fighting the wind all the way
Naval Frigate spinturns to miss us
Master reproachful to us each
Copyright © 2017 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Bosworth Field
A gentle breeze billows the green barley
Sending waves shimmering from hedge to hedge
Elder and Herb Robert sparkle the field edge
Above the oak leaves do not stir
Near here a crown once hung on a thorn bush
Men struggled for cause, battle cries rang out
A King died alone fighting amid the foe
Violated in death, lost
Naked and broken the victors took him to town for display
Traitor they called him, an anointed King of England
Hunchback, wicked, perfidious
Name calling by the new regime
Murderer of children they whispered into the stream of history
A gentle breeze billows the green barley
Above the oak leaves do not stir
Copyright © 2017 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Cheese from the Cheesesellers wife
You don’t often see paintings of cheese, perhaps as part of a larger still-life, but these ones are the stars. The first is a Barkham Blue, the second a Yarg. Both fine modern English Cheeses.
You can find my Cheeseseller at http://thecheeseagent.weebly.com/
Parrots
Another watercolour of mine….
Avebury Stone
One of my interests (my sons may term it an obsession) is prehistory – which was born from childhood visits to ancient sites in or near the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire. Not so far from the end of the Vale is Avebury stone circle, arguably more spectacular than Stonehenge. Here is a sketch of one particular stone in the Avebury circle, and a rather colourful watercolour interpretation.
Culture Vulture
We are very fond of Vultures in my family. This is a portrait I painted of one we sponsor at the Hawk Conservancy, a Hooded vulture called Captain Thunderbolt. Isn’t she lovely?:
Norwegian Blue
This painting of mine was inspired by a photo posted on Facebook taken by a friend during her daily run. Lucky woman!
