Author: communicatingcreatively

My main interests are: Sketching; Watercolour; Line & Wash Poetry/Writing; Oil Painting Photography;Judging Photography Public Speaking/Toastmasters Member of Toastmasters International, Gledswood Toastmasters Club - Distinguished Toastmaster Other:Cacti & Succulents, Reading, Walking. Member of: Red Point Artists Association; Cacti & Succulent Society of Australia Macarthur Art Group; Urban Sketchers Sydney Co-owner of Finance4Growth-Mortgage Broker Member of BNI Energy (Business Network International)

The Journey Continues…

03/03/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Painting

On 26 January 2019, I decided to do a Watercolour Sketch a Day.

This is the second article devoted to this. Today is Day 37 and I am happy to report that I have not missed a single day thus far.

Am having a lot of fun and hopefully learning a bit more each day and am challenging myself to often go beyond the subjects that I was sketching/painting in Watercolour initially.

I am using Winsor & Newton Cotman Half-Pan paints in a Moleskine Watercolour Journal.

Here are a selection from Day 19 to Day 33 here.

Still so much to learn, Am looking forward to attempting different subjects as time goes by.

Written by David Johnson
3 March 2019

9EADE499-EB12-4FA9-8328-779872A84BC5 — “Old Shed” Day 33

Silently Present

02/03/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Haiku Poetry

Poetry - Silently present 1

Your Emotional Tank

23/02/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Poetry

Your Emotional Tank

The Vine Of Exploration

17/02/201917/02/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Haiku Poetry

A Journey through Life The Vine of Exploration Looking for the Light

Gazing Into The Flames

16/02/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Poetry

Poetry - Gazing Into The Flames3

Journals, Journals, Journals

10/02/201904/07/2021 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Books, Stories From Life

The thought for this article came from a Creative Workshop that I missed attending yesterday, which was being held by the Wollondilly Arts Group Inc, of which I am a member. I was unable to attend due to a family commitment.

The Creative Workshops always have a theme and apart from the main theme, this time members were asked to bring in the various types of Journals that they had used.

I am at a kind of a crossroads in Journal-use. I started off with a sketchbook for drawing, then I started to write poetry, then became interested in painting so I had different books for different mediums. A couple of years back, I decided to have it all contained in one, purchased, Ivory coloured-page A4 Journal.

I must say that I have been very happy using the ‘one-journal-contains-all’ for quite a while now.

With my increased interested in Watercolour/Pen & Wash, on 26 January this year, I decided to embark on a Watercolour Sketch a Day project and have been using an A5 Watercolour sketchbook and thus have partially moved away from the A4 Journal as far as Watercolour goes. I still do the odd, small Watercolour sketch in it and have been mulling over what to do?

It would have been very interesting yesterday to see what other people were doing with regards to Journal usage.

Something else I have been thinking about over time is to create my own Journal with various types of pages for various mediums.

I would be interested in anyone’s thoughts on types of Journals and how they use them, please?

Written by David Johnson

10 February 2019

A Cool Summer Breeze

03/02/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Haiku Poetry

A cool Summer breeze Across the dry barren land Whispers its relief (1)

A Journey In Watercolour

02/02/201904/02/2019 by communicatingcreatively, posted in Painting

One of my interests is Watercolour. I had a bit of a dabble in Watercolour back in 2010, however, I was steered towards Acrylic by my well-meaning Mother-In-Law (whom I get on very well with and we have the same sense of humour), who has painted in Acrylics/Oil for more than 40 years.

About 18 months ago I started using Watercolour Pencils and Aqua Wash Pens and this led me (almost 12 months ago) to purchasing a set of Cotman Watercolours (40 Half-Pans) but I was struggling to fit in one sketch a fortnight.

There are many reasons that I love the medium of Watercolour e.g. the transparency of the medium reminds me of Photographic Slides; it is unpredictable; no two images will be the same; it is quick to do a sketch on the run and it is so much fun.

I know I have much to learn and I know that the only way to improve is to practice more, so to this effect, last Australia Day, 26 January, I decided that I would attempt to do a Watercolour Sketch a day.

Thus far, I am 7 out of 7 and have included my first 7 attempts below.

For more inspiration, I’ve also joined the World Watercolor Group on Facebook that is run by Charlie O’Shields of Doodlewash fame. Over 25,000 Watercolour Artists are members of the Group.

There is much for me to learn and I am so looking forward to continuing this Watercolour Journey!

Written by David Johnson

2 February 2019

https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldwatercolor/