A6.4.1. Taking a Closer Look. I can't help feeling that with this chapter I got a bit sidetracked and excited by the spring which was bursting out all over so I kept taking photos of the flowers as they appeared.
I did start with some ivy pictures.
Then a series of dandelions, leaf (not much enthusiasm there but it completed the series)a seed head, a flower and a seed head in the rain. I was pleased with how the seed head turned out as it took me some time to work out how to tackle it.
A bit more wall...
...followed by lichen on a gravestone. I found it very difficult to do this and felt I could do a better job with stitch.
An early morning walk and a photo taken by sticking the camera down among the grass and taking a photo pot luck revealed these little creatures when I put the photo on the computer. Couldn't have done it if I'd tried.
This bluebell was also a lucky photo. The bee seemed so pleased the bluebells were coming out at last it didn't fly away as soon as I took my camera out.
A6.4.2. Adding Colour. Somehow this activity just didn't seem to come out well. I think tone (or lack of) is the biggest problem. First, my watercolour wall looks like a scene from the Arctic.
The dandelion flower, water colour background and acrylic flower, I was quite pleased with but the seed heads not so good. One trouble was that I couldn't make the watercolour background any darker or my pencil marks wouldn't show. Another time I just have to do it straight off without pencil.
I tried both ink and acrylic for this and it is impossible to tell which is which so for the next one I just used acrylic. It is very pale but I quite like it. Again a watercolour background.
I used pastels for the petal and newly acquired Inktense pencils for the insects and stamen.
Tried oil pastels for the lichen and a colour wash over. Better than just the pencil but still not right.
I used colour pencils for the bluebell and water colour for the leaves. It's my favourite coloured in picture, the one I think works best.
I just used Inktense crayons for this. I liked the crayons as I had control over the colour. Need more practise though.
