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Jack’s bean

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This is essentially green yellow brown no. 2. Inspired by a feather from my husband, the split on the left echos the way barbs separate. The shaft is represented by the right hand white curve from base to two thirds up.

The pristine blue ink outline was softened by spraying water onto the still wet Winsor and Newton watercolours.

Early on salt was added to the yellow area resulting in the undulations. After three layers of green and brown, salt was used to develop texture.

I am happier with the way this mixed media abstract painting came out. My husband said it looks like one of Jack’s beans that grew a mighty stalk linking his home with that of the giant.

Korora beach pebble

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Last Sunday, my right leg and hip were stiff and painful. I opted to stay in the house while my husband descended the timber staircase to Korora Beach, NSW.

He gifted me a gorgeous striped pebble, the inspiration for this week’s watercolour and ink painting.

Flow freely

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subtropic autumn

This week’s watercolour and ink painting is inspired by the autumnal colours of nature in the garden.

The following poem recounts the words that flooded my mind this morning as I made coffee; before starting to paint.

Flow freely

Refreshingly delicious fragrance

of freshly cut green blades springing back

after an autumnal shower

flow freely upon the softly caressing eastern breeze

wafting from bay to shore

drenched with less intense intermittent rays

between fast floating fluffy whites

illuminating tropical greens pinks purples reds oranges

and curling fronds swish as they wave

turning towards swaying saplings

with tantalising glimpses of ancient gargantuan branches

frantically rustling in their dance further inland