Posts Tagged ‘painting’

The Hen – Watercolor Sketch & Process Shots

A newish watercolor sketch and a few process shots.

hen watercolor painting - drawing First step, pencil sketch (chicken scratch?)

hen watercolor painting by how to paint step 2 Laying down watercolor paint. I purchased a new set of watercolors recently that I’ve been beyond happy with. Highly pigmented, affordable & in pans! I have a fairly strong dislike for watercolor paint in tubes.

chicken watercolor painting by how to paint step 3 More layers of paint.

hen watercolor painting by NH artist michelle christina A close up. I used a bit of colored pencil, the paper lends an interesting texture.

chicken watercolor painting by NH artist michelle christina The final piece, approx 8.5″x11″


January Acrylics

apple acrylic painting by NH artist michelle christina
January already? I’ve blasted through any resolutions I might have had. Except for making more time for painting + drawing. I have lots of acrylic paint and large canvases hanging around my studio that I’ve been trying to work with. I’ve realized two things: I prefer smooth papers and boards to the texture of canvas & while acrylic paint was once my favorite medium to work with.. I think that might be changing. Click through to see a few photo snippets of recent projects.

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Fields Watercolor Study

field at adams point durham nh watercolor painting I’m not ready to concede that it’s almost winter just quite yet — so here’s a new autumn landscape painting & a few photos of the piece while in progress. Read on to see more.

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Morning Coffee

morning coffee watercolor painting
Watercolor on coldpress paper. 6″x9″ish