‘Floating’ – painting in watercolour with gold leaf detail
I managed to finish an actual bigish painting (20.5 x 14.5 inches), which is a rarity at the moment. This is ‘Floating’ in watercolour with touches of gold leaf. Currently unsold and prints available in my Etsy Shop.
I thought you might like to see some step-by-step photos, so I’ve posted some below…
But first, some close-up details of the painting:
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- Floating – close-up
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- detail of feet
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- Floating – detail
And the step-by-step photos – the colours aren’t consistent (notice the changes in colour of the brown tape around the edge… which did not in fact change colour…), unfortunately my camera tries to correct the colour depending on what it sees, and there’s also different colour light depending on the time of day, but I hope it will give you a bit of an idea of the processes that went into creating this painting.
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- source photo – one I took myself – this is Jackie, in Vobster Quay.
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- the original drawing.
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- Prussian Blue
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- more Prussian Blue
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- more Prussian Blue
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- and still Prussian Blue
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- washes of Indian Yellow
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- more washes, some magenta, and a slightly different yellow on the swimming costume
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- lifting paint (with the tiny ‘scrubbing brushes’)to make highlights
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- adding colour in very thin washes
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- brushes (and a propelling pencil), in order of appearance…
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- ‘Floating’ – painting in watercolour with gold leaf detail
