sketchbook

I have a really nice watercolour sketchbook I thought I should make use of while on holiday, some of the views I saw were stunning so I tried to capture that. I find it so annoying when you can't get the right colour in paint that you see right in front of you - like sea blue, its an amazing colour but so hard to get right. But I still like these paintings, I also enjoyed getting back into watercolours. 

more sketchbook

Some more sketchbook work. I'm still awful at figure drawing but I thought I would do some practises while on the beach, they aren't great but are slightly better... I really like my last image - I was just using a photo of buildings looking up as reference but it came out looking a bit constructivist, I might use a similar style to start off my CoP sketchbook. 

courtauld gallery

I went to the Courtauld Gallery for the first time at Somerset house, I couldn't believe I hadn't been there yet because it has a permanent Impressionist exhibition with lots of Matisse and Braque who I love. So after seeing it I definitely felt more inspired to do some work.

the use of colour makes the otherwise boring views really vibrant, and there is so much texture and fluidity in the brushstrokes making the paintings energetic. When I see paintings like this, I always want to get back into painting again, I did it a lot in A levels but stopped at uni, I might try bringing it back as part of my process somehow. 

some summer sketches

I found it hard to get back into drawing, I left it too long after we finished uni. I started again when I went on holiday as there was lots of pretty things to do observational drawings of. By the end of last year I was mostly just working with cut outs and not actually doing much drawing/painting, but when I was away that was all I had access to. I feel like I'm not as good as I used to be with watercolours as I have fallen out of practise, which is annoying, so want to try get back into that. 
I've always found it difficult to just draw without a purpose, I love doing it when there is some motivation, like for a project where I know what it is for, but when its just for fun or to keep my practise up, I find it hard. But here's a couple that I thought turned out alright.