Autumn - maple

 

Today is the beginning of Autumn and I have wanted to paint in Autumn colours for more than a week now. 

This is my painting, inspired by a sketch I made almost five years ago using a photo reference that I cannot find again. But the sketch - almost a study - was very detailed so I used my imagination for the colours.

The next challenge was to find what kind of maple tree this was - I did see the tree and made the reference picture in the parc close to my home - so I looked in books and on the internet to find it. It is a field maple tree or Acer campestre.

The information about the materials I have used, the size of this watercolour painting and its availability can all be found in my Tumblr blog. If you are interested in my original artworks, please contact me.

Monday is wash day

 

The September challenge of 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' is about 'Monday is wash day' and my inspiration came from stories of cat owners in my family.

After the wash is dry, a nice stack of towels makes a very comfy place for a cat nap so that is what I have been drawing and painting. For this challenge I decided to keep it simple, not too many details and suggesting the table, the towels, the hanging wash and the cat just by their shapes and some shadows.

For this work I used watercolour and line markers in many colours, the information about these materials, the size of this work and its availability can be found in my Tumblr blog.