Five minute pelican drawing - episode P - Animal alphabet challenge

In this video, I show you how to draw a pelican in about five minutes or so. You can
see the high res drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pelican-drawing-mike-jory.html This is episode P of the animal alphabet challenge, I use a sharpie marker pen and a wide range of mark making to capture the quirkiness and poise of this large-billed pelican bird standing in the sun.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air River Exe at Topsham watercolour painting

In this video, I show you some watercolour techniques that allow me to paint a river scene including a distant landscape and boats on the water in about 30 minutes. The finished painting 'Summer evening on the River Exe' can be seen in high resolution here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sailing-on-the-river-exe-at-topsham-watercolour-painting-en-plein-air-mike-jory.html
Working en plein air, I use a combination of watercolor washes applied with a brush and some line work using a watercolour marker pen to quickly create a range of effects and textures.
Materials used:
Winsor and Newton field easel
Daler Rowney mixed media board (A3)
Winsor and Newton watercolour (cotman set)
Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pens
Synthetic brushes (1/4 inch flat and size 16 round)

Five minute ostrich drawing - Animal Alphabet Challenge - Episode O

This week, we are up to episode O of the Animal Alphabet Challenge and I use the usual Sharpie marker pen and mixed media paper to create five minute (or thereabouts) drawing of an ostrich. You can see the hi res version of the drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/ostrich-drawing-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Quick and loose cows and landscape en plein air painting using watercolour and sharpie

"Resting Rusties" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/two-red-poll-cows-lying-down-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in  landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust red cattle, Red Poll breed were found in a field near Starcross in Devon.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper A4, black sharpie pen, Winsor & Newton watercolour set, round and flat synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton field easel

ten minute numbat drawing - animal alphabet challenge - episode N - noombat walpurti

In this video, I show you how to draw a numbat in about ten minutes using a sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper. You can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/numbat-noombat-walpurti-drawing-mike-jory.html The numbat, a small striped creature with a pointed snout and squirrel like tail is native to Australia and also known as a noombat or walpurt. This is episode N of the Animal Alphabet Challenge.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Horse and Landscape Painting

In this week's video, I show you how to paint a horse and landscape painting while working en plein air. This is 'Grazing the day away' - you can see the full painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/horse-grazing-in-devon-landscape-en-plein-air-painting-mike-jory.html I begin with a simple, gestural sketch using a sharpie pen and A4 mixed media paper. Then, I add colour to the scene of a horse grazing against a Devon landscape of rolling hills, fields, hedges and trees using interactive acrylics. Next, I go through a few different horse sketches and finally complete the painting with watercolour marker pens.
Materials: A4 Daler-Rowney mixed media pad, Sharpie marker pen (black), Atelier interactive acrylics (permanent alizarin, phthalo blue, carbon black, titanium white, cadmium yellow deep, cadmium yellow light), flat and round synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pens (burnt umber and cobalt blue)

Ten minute magpie drawing - episode M - Animal Alphabet Challenge

This week, I draw a magpie in about ten minutes, you can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/magpie-drawing-black-and-white-bird-illustration-mike-jory.html This is episode M of the Animal Alphabet Challenge in which I use a sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper to sketch this black and white bird using loose line work. Then I use a combination of hash marks, dots and expressive mark  making to finish this drawing of a magpie.