Pointed intertwining ribbons

More playing with the ribbons intertwining. I also added a diagram on the opposite page to help me remember how I made the design.

 

more play with twining ribbons

I decided to play a bit more with the intertwining ribbons and letters. Still working on trying different patterns added to the ribbons. But so far not really liking the addition of patterns to the ribbons.

 

Stone Bridge

Another mini gouache landscape. This one is 2.5 x 3 inches. I only have 3-4 pages left in this Fabriano sketchbook to fill before I can place it on the bookshelf.

 

Hail Mary

 

Trying my own designs using Celtic knots. Coloring with Derwent Inkintense ink sticks. 

Small Waterfall

Truly enjoying playing with gouache. This 3x3.5" mini landscape is done in the Fabriano sketchbook I have been using. This paper doesn't work for me when I am using transparent watercolor but it is fine for gouache paints. May just fill the rest of the pages with these mini gouache paintings.

 

red poppy sketch

In my effort to fill the last pages of this Fabriano sketchbook, I did a quick watercolor of a poppy photo. Not the best illustration but the goal is to paint every day and fill all my partially completed sketchbooks on my shelves. Really don't like the paper in this sketchbook even though it has been highly rated by some artists and the price is a bit high for the quality of the paper. Plus it doesn't lay anywhere near flat when opened.

 

Bind Weed Flower

A quick sketch in a sketchbook which I hope to completely fill in April. I have always liked this little flower. It reminds me of white morning glory. I believe that the difference between flowers/plants and weeds is the amount of effort it takes to grow them. If they grow easily without human intervention, they are weeds. This sketch is 5x5 inches on less than prime watercolor paper which means the pigments aren't as bright and you can't layer or work back into the paint. People who aren't used to working in watercolor will often skimp on paper, buy a cheap one, thinking it doesn't matter. But I think the paper is even more important to a good finished product than pigments. Of course, I like to use the best of both but most sketchbooks are just that, for sketches not paintings.