Black cattle painting - Angus cow, welsh black cows

 This week's painting is a surreal twist on a black cattle painting, check out the finished cow painting 'Welcome to the edge' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cows-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper; Synthetic brushes: round mop, flat, small round, filbert Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolors: alizarin crimson, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, violet ChromaInc Atelier interactive acrylics: cerulean blue, titanium white, alizarin crimson

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 - I entered

 

Real-time demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKP7YsVXMLM
In this video, I take you through the creation of a self portrait painting that I created for my entry to Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 - mostly used interactive acrylics for this one. Check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/mike-jory-artist-self-portrait-mike-jory.html

Black cattle painting

 'Let's get together' - check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cattle-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I take you through a real-time demo of a painting of four black cattle. These 4 steer were encountered in a field on the outskirts of Exeter in Devon, Uk and I was struck by the multitude of colors in their gleaming coats along with the ever-changing patterns they created as the herd moves around. Cow paintings (well these are steer actually) are one of my favourite subjects, I hope that you enjoy the video! Materials used: Daler Rowney A2 Mixed Media Paper; Blue watercolor marker pen, Conventional Acrylics: System 3, titanium white & fluorescents: red, yellow, blue, pink; titanium white. Interactive acrylics: titanium white, tinting white, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow deep, burnt umber. Brushes: 2" decorating brush, 1" and half inch synthetic flats; small filbert and small round (both synthetic)

Chartwell Gardens Surreal Painting - Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021

We're up to episode 4 of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021. Unable to attend as a wildcard artist due to travel restrictions, I decide to paint the scene from my TV. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/chartwell-gardens-mike-jory.html

Materials used: A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper; Peacock blue watercolor marker pen; medium synthetic flat and round watercolour brushes. Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolours: French ultramarine and Cerulean blues, Alizarin crimson and Cadmium yellow light, Burnt umber and Neutral tint. Chroma interactive acrylics: titanium white; alizarin crimson; french ultramarine blue; cadmium yellow light; burnt umber, orange; synthetic brushes: flats 0.5inch and 0.75inch, small filbert

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021 - episode 3 - West Reservoir London - Inktense painting

Inktense travel set sketch of the West Reservoir in London. See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/west-reservoir-london-painting-sky-arts-landscape-artist-of-the-year-mike-jory.html This painting was inspired by Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021 episode 3 Materials: Inktense travel set, A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper, water brushes flat and round. #LAOTY #LandscapeArtistoftheYear

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021 - episode 2 - West Wycombe Park - Swans watercolor painting demo

 See the zoomable hires watercolor painting 'Gliding by' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/west-wycombe-park-music-hall-folly-swans-lake-painting-mike-jory.html This week, inspired by episode 2 of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021, I take you through a real time demo of a watercolour painting of 2 swans on the lake at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire in England. The painting is created using a little bit of sharpie marker and then the rest is done in impressionist watercolor, the swans are deliberately left partially transparent to reflect the idea that they are moving and we are just getting to glimpse a moment in time. Materials: A2 The Langton watercolor paper, synthetic bruhses, large round mop; large, med and small flats and a small round. Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolours: French ultramarine and Cerulean blues, Alizarin crimson and Cadmium yellow light. Chroma titanium white interactive acrylic, Sharpie marker pens (light and medium blues) #LAOTY #LandscapeArtistoftheYear

Lost and found edges in impressionist watercolor painting of a restaurant interior

 'This place is really popular' - check out the finished watercolor painting of this restaurant interior here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/restaurant-painting-loose-impressionist-watercolor-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html In this week's Sunday Art Show, I take you through a real-time demo of how to use watercolour to create a loose and lively restaurant interior painting. Watercolor is applied in fluid washes taking account of the big shapes in the scene, working from light to dark. As these washes mingle, colour mixing effects and naturally occurring edges are created. Once dry, a ball point pen is used to add defining line work in key areas. Some areas are deliberately left untouched. Then, more opaque watercolor paint is added to enhance the contrast and some detail here and there to create and energetic impressionist scene fully of the buzz of a busy lunch time. Materials used: A3 The Langton watercolour paper, synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton professional watercolours: Alizarin Crimson, French Ultrmarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Burnt Umber, Neutral Tint and a blue biro.