Hello all! I’m happy to be sharing my first post here after recently joining. I found last week’s session incredibly inspiring; I was particularly impressed by the depth achieved through a reduced color palette and mixed-media layering. Looking forward to more!
I really enjoyed this class last night it really cleared my mind after
quite a crazy day. I was wondering about doing a bright border
around each panel but not sure
I love our mixed media sessions, it means I get to play with all my toys! And I always learn something new new about how they interact with each other, or which are best to layer over others.
I painted a few schools of fish on my way to fishie mastery. I am now ready to add it to my background. I am having a lot of fun with this process! Thanks, Irene!
It was very relaxing to paint the little fishes.
Another very relaxing and meditative session, yet the feeling of movement in the finished picture shows that those poor fishes are very much NOT relaxed. Thank you Irene for such a lovely lesson.
I used oil pastels throughout for this. It was very relaxing, just what I needed!
The rare Rainbow Pangolin! I really enjoyed doing this, I love the look of line and wash, there,s something very "finished" about it. I added some metallic gold watercolour to some of the scales
This is my second charcoal drawing and I really enjoyed the process.
Hope you enjoy the picture
Very relaxing
I haven’t used gouache much and I think my brush control needs more work. But I’m very happy with the blues and greens in the sea
I found the class for this drawing of great tits in the library of coloured pencil classes. Lovely and relaxing to draw.
What a lovely expression Irene used to describe this fun session.
Having not previously used oil pastels for a whole picture - I enjoyed this
Lots of mulimedia used - my pup has run just out of sight at the
end of the pathway!
Well, I certainly got to play with all my toys this week! It’s fascinating to see how the different media work together. My pup has come out looking like a lamb, but since it's spring that’s OK
Hi Irene I found this in your new library of videos and felt really inspired
by the Beatrix Potter story and her wonderful illustration. It would love to do another animals in her portfolio. Thank you so much
Here's my otter, I love the joy of movement in the inspiration photo and in everyone’s drawings. I will studiously ignore my husband's suggestion that it is trapped in a washing machine!
Loved ths process using a blending stump
It's amazing what you can do with colour pencils - not perfect but I
still enjoyed doing the picture
He’s a cutie 🥰
Primroses. I don't have any acrylic markers yet. Can anyone suggest a good set to buy for first attempts? I don't want to commit to an expensive set until I'm sure I will like them.
Really enjoyed painting the primroses - I really got lost in process and
found it a mindful moment whilst creating the flowers. Thank you for
a lovely class Irene!
Another fun session. I really enjoy combining media like this. I think my hedgehog might be about to produce hoglets!
We haven’t had hedgehogs in the garden for a few years now. I think the local foxes and badgers have scared them away.
I like the idea of this and if my hedgehogs were just a bit better I would really like it. I would love to use this method to capture a place that is important to me. I will definitely be giving this another go in the future. Thank you.
I loved doing this!
I have never used Acryllic paint markers to paint/draw an entire painting. My new Ohuhu paint markers are so luxurious to use. I loved this lesson. Thank you Irene 🥰🥰🥰
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I am really enjoying drawing with colour pencils
I loved this lesson . The sealife scene takes on a fantasy underwater painting I think
Here's my pup. I do love using coloured pencils.
Class today referencing Erin Hansen painting. This one is watercolor and guache. I bit too bright. Will leave it till tomorrow and work on it again.
Finally joined Sketch Hub
Still life. I used oil pastels for the main shapes and pencils for the details and shading.
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s made me think of Lake Garda where we went on holiday a year and a half ago. I loved how you taught us to go about painting this Irene . Thank you 😊😊😊
I teally enjoyed painting this. It teally uplifted me. Thank you sweet, very talented Irene
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I scrolled through the archives and found this class from back in April 2024. I love that we have all these old lessons to rummage around in looking for inspiration. I think I've made the head too big for the body to be realistic, but on the other hand I think the bigger head makes it look super cute!
This was a true mix of multimedia - watercolour, black gouche, and colour pencils. I have never done a black sky before
Northern lights painting. I went through a stage of thinking it was all going to be a chaotic mess, but once the details were added later on it all came together. Irene keeps telling us to trust the process, and this piece showed me how very important that is
Inspired by last week's cardinal, I had a go at one of my favourite birds, a wren.
I loved doing this Irene. Doing your gorgeous lessons is helping in the healing of Bronchitis which got out of control. So looking forward to returning to Art properly too and sharing with this amazing Community. I love the Artwork everybody has been posting . Just beautiful xxx 💫
I loved drawing this cardinal.
A old one that I forgot to post…
Every evening and early moring I hear the owl in the barns across the lane.
So I was inspirated to do this picture. I really enjoyed this painting
I had trouble with white materials but enjoyed the playing with
the colours and different art materials
Wintry enchanted forest
Finished it off at the weekend. I love the purples, feels magical. 💜
I think I would like to work on understanding where bits should be lighter/ darker based on foreground and background. I find that hard to conceptualise somehow.
From the archives again, some birds in the blossom because it’s spring soon, right?
Another delve into the archives, with a watercolour sunset. Love how the layers build up
Watercolour calf from the archives. I think she looks rather flirtatious!
I enjoyed this a lot. He is majestic.
Tried the owl again and think I’ve improved since my two attempts last year. ☺️
It's so appreciated being able to log into Art with Irene in Makings and Musings. The library has so much content and I am transported into a Creative land which is full of colour 🥰
Found the sketching instructions for this dog in the archives and it's the absolute image of my late brother's devoted dog so I just had to try it
My slightly suspicious reindeer 🎄
Second attempt
Here's my reindeer flying in to join the herd! I did add some salt to the background but maybe not enough, and as I have no gouache I used dilute gesso for spattered snowflakes.
28 May Thu | 'Community Sketchbook Session - Watercolour and Gouache - Ancient Forrest'
21 May Thu | 'Community Sketchbook Session - Line and Wash painting an Eagle'
