A Delightful Christmas Present!

As always, I am very grateful to receive gifts at any time, including Christmas, as we all should be.

This Christmas, I received a 36-set of Gansai Tambi Japanese Watercolours. I saw a fellow Macarthur Art Group member with these some months ago. Then, I did a bit of research on them.

I was asked a month before Christmas for some Christmas present hints. This set was one of four suggestions I gave out so the element of surprise was still there.

Here is my first attempt using them.

I love the colours’ richness. The paint’s texture is also impressive. According to the instructions, it can be used as a Gouache or as Watercolour.

I am looking forward to experimenting with these paints and getting to know them. Lots of fun on the horizon to be sure.

Till next time!

Written & sketched/painted by David Johnson

29 December 2024

Statuesque Pines

The Journey Continues…

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

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“Receding Cliffs” Day 19

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“Fenced In” Day 21

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“The Bridge” Day 23

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“Patio” Day 25

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“Ranges” Day 27

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“Valley View” Day 31

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“Old Shed” Day 33