It’s been a slow week of progress but I did manage to get painterly with some pelicans. I’m not terribly pleased with them, I have too many colours going on and the choice of palette isn’t terribly focused.
I feel the drawing underneath is always much more interesting than the finished watercolour, and through the layers of paint I lose that detail which is horribly frustrating.
I thought I’d show you the more interesting stages of a luminous masking tape beastie, using masking tape I secure rolled up tubes to a carrier bag base until I have a rough skeleton, then the cutting and shaping of hundreds of sticky tubes takes place. I always think a work in progress is much more interesting half way finished than the final version especially in sculpture.
It’s been a while since tentacles have made an appearance, plus it’s been far too cute on here recently so I decided to paint a pacific octopus. Using watercolour, ink and white pen I found a lovely giant Pacific octopus by photographer Lyrinda Snyderman.
One of the many continuous-line drawings I do before I start a painting.
I know this is a bit late in the day, but I actually tried out the advice that water colourists all over the internet had been screaming this whole time — wet your paper before you paint! I was sceptic that this would make any difference but through a few experiments, wetting your paper and allowing it to dry before applying paint meant no paper buckling, which is fantastic, no more weird looking bent up paintings, hoorah!
The pinks and browns of such a tiny little bird — I just had to paint him! Interestingly the colour of the finch is the result of the type of berries and fruit he eats, meaning you can get a huge variation of colours between individual birds.
This week I also added a few new prints to my shop, they look pretty nice!
After the success of the Ashes issue of the City Fox magazine in which I featured, a client approached me to commission her a black wolf. I made this image with ink and watercolour with a few touches of white pen here and there.
© Sophie Godding
Amongst the rich aromas of coffee beans and sumptuous looking heart-attack cakes you’ll find some familiar looking faces, I am now exhibiting in the Coffee in the Wood. I have been so touched by the public’s response and I’m so excited at the level of interest my work has attracted.
Why not grab a soya latte and feast your eyes on something indulgent, though perhaps a trifle odd?
