Art for my sake
Brush in hand
I decide on the first stroke
Relieved to have got this far
Having chosen what to paint
Searching through ideas
Photos
Then mixing the colours
A bit of this
No, not that
Thinning, adding
Finally
Pausing
Contemplating the paper
That moment of peace
Stillness
Before I take action
Both painting and poem Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Some watercolours of Avebury Stone Circle and of Stonehenge…..
These paintings have been used extensively on this blog. They were created using powdered inks dusted over watercolour paper, and then spraying water over them.
The second painting also has flower stems added in with watercolour pens.
The image is built in a series of layers
First, a pale blue wash across the sky
Then, broad brush strokes of pale icy cirrus
With pen details of contrails crossing At the midpoint
Broken colours of cumulus, grays dark and light
Inky smudges along the horizon
All above a darkened landscape
Washes of Greens
Inked in hedges
Occasional highlights
Painting left unsigned
Copyright © 2016 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Reblogged from 2016
A car left abandoned in a field:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
When I set about trying to paint a dragon for my good friend Larry, I was keen not to copy anyone elses dragons. This is what I came up with:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Here is a watercolour view of the Valley of the Rocks on Exmoor:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
I’m re-starting my Monday posting of my art. Here is one my watercolour paintings that I often use as banner art on this blog:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Dancing more than mad……..
An Apollo astronut floating high….
….plus a bonus poem, this time about someone in a red suit:
Resplendent in red
She came to see me
Resplendent in red
Glittering with dust
Her elegant bone structure evident more than ever
Desiccated and dead
Spacesuit blown
Floating past the view screen
When I know we retrieved her from orbit yesterday
First published in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Associations print journal Star*Line 40.4
Both Painting and poem Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
The Cheesesellers Wife 