Technique Tuesday for January
Happy New Year, if I haven’t had the opportunity to say it to you already, I hope that the year change was peaceful and without drama for you all.
I’m so happy to get back to painting, I was a bit unwell over the holiday season so creativity doesn’t come rushing to the fore when you feel grey and lethargic! What could be better than exploding back onto your devices with a fabulous Technique Tuesday linked to my 50 at 50 project?
I’ll let you watch the video to see what I was up to and how I went about it but I had huge fun prepping this and dreaming up ways to get my subject to emerge before me, I hope you enjoy it too.
So grab your materials, unleash your creativity, and let's embark on an exciting artistic adventure amidst the undersea world, don’t forget to leave me a comment either here or on YouTube and if you share your work on social media, please include the tag @aliboardartist.
See you again very soon, I’ll be back with another TT on the 6th of February, Ali.
The equipment Ali will use in her demo:
In previous Technique Tuesdays, Ali has provided affiliate links to the equipment she uses, she would receive a very small amount of money if you purchased via these links but she has now decided to do something a little different. You will still find all of the equipment listed below but now, if you have enjoyed Ali’s tutorial and would like to make sure that they stay free in the future (they take approximately six hours to prepare and deliver), then you are very welcome to ‘Buy her a Coffee’ or as we prefer to say ‘Buy the hens some corn’. The button below will take your donation through to our checkout system BUT if you are on a tight budget, please keep your money for more important things, we are, after all, a community where we look out for each other and we want you to enjoy our content.
The equipment Ali uses in this demonstration:
Drawing Board on a slight slope
Ali’s board is covered in a magnetic sheet with a sticky backed plastic cover to make it more attractive
Hahnemuhle’s “Cornwall’ watercolour paper
Framer’s Tape
Heat Gun
Pencil
Eraser/Putty Eraser
Waterpot
Brush pad/Kitchen Roll
Drinking Straw
Sponge
Stencil or something that makes an interesting pattern
Permanent White Gouache
Ali’s Watercolour Collection including: Bee’s Gold, Cobalt Blue and Cobalt Turquoise
Daniel Smith Watercolour Jane’s Grey
SAA Imitation Sable Brushes in assorted sizes
Da Vinci ‘Casaneo’ mops