During my recent holiday in Italy I enjoyed sketching on the beach of my hometown Porto Recanati, this is a view of Mt Conero as seen from the northern beach of the town.
The page previous to the sketch contains some colour tests and a bird list from a day spent bird watching in the countryside. My palette contains only my own hand-made watercolour paints.
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It's beautiful, Matteo! What a lovely place to be.
ReplyDeleteWonderful loose quality to this. Had a look at your blog too. Fabulous artwork.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kate and Laura.
ReplyDeleteI really like the immediacy of the sketch, nice! How do you make watercolours?
ReplyDeleteThank you, here is hou I make watercolours:
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Oooh, thanks, Matteo! Love that...
DeleteMay I share?
DeleteWith much pleasure Kate, thank you!
DeleteCoincidentally I've been doing a simplified for of that for the last couple of months, experimenting with digging my own or finding rocks to grind. Your post is incredibly helpful!
DeleteThank you Kate, I'm glad it helped you. At some point I will try to make my own binder and pigment starting from rock, it sounds very exciting. I follow you on You Tube, I hope to see a video of your process at some point. Kind regards,
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Thanks, Matteo. I'm looking at the website and the whole process is spellbinding.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful drawing. Exciting post. I greatly appreciated your link to making your own watercolors.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marcia.
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