I had my new Japanese watercolor brushpens, my new watercolor paper and I had King Ferdinand and Queen Barbara, whose portraits by Van Loo are featured in my new book about Spain. The inevitable happened.
Testing my new Lanaquarelle 300lb rough watercolor paper, I painted vegies, too. Their numbers, as you've gathered, are legion around here in the summertime.
Every once in a while, I can't get good clear images of my sketches and paintings to post, no matter how hard I try. Today is such a day. So there we are.
Great to see your 'take' on some royals. I just posted two collographs of QE1. I have more to print next week.
Posted by: Quirkyartist | August 23, 2008 at 02:09 AM
Wow! Laura, these portraits are fantastic! xoxox
Posted by: Paris Parfait | August 07, 2008 at 08:30 AM
There's a certain masterfal quality of rapidity here that is quite appealing--a sense of tossing off beautiful pictures with careless abandon...
Posted by: Marly | August 02, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Wow - intense and lush!! I saw these pens at JetPens, now you've got me wanting them!! If I get them, will my work look as good as yours? LOL! Gorgeous work and it's always a delight to visit your blog.
Posted by: Brenda | July 25, 2008 at 07:30 PM
You've really made these portraits your own, Laura. Beautiful.
Like Katherine, I'm curious about how you got this intense rich colour with your brush pens. I thought you meant you were using water pens, but now I'm thinking they must come with the colour. Would love to know exactly what they are.
Posted by: Robyn | July 25, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Very nice ! I love them .. Bravo ..
Posted by: morpheus | July 25, 2008 at 07:59 AM