Using watercolours

Creativity is all about coming up with new ideas, interpretations and methods and involves thinking and exploring what goes through your mind. It’s a quality that should be encouraged in all walks of life. Regardless of whether you are naturally imaginative or not, you need to feed your creative side with inspirational material, give it the time and attention it needs and let it run free.

I hope you find these pages inspirational enough to make you grab your sketch pad and paints and either increase your creativity or set you off on a life-long love affair with your inner artist.

Painting with Watercolours

I love dabbling in watercolours (oils are so much easier! – you can fix virtually ANY mistake …) – Watercolours offer a challenge and there are so many techniques that can be employed, from very wet-on-wet to dry, using fingernails and knuckles, masking tape, candle wax, salt, pointed sticks and cardboard strips. Spattering gives a fascinating finish and sponging can add incredible depth.

By just using the basic palette range of 7 colours : Raw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine, Burnt Umber, Light Red, Alizarin Crimson and Paynes Grey - a vast array of colours can be mixed.



Raw Sienna is an earth colour made from the mineral oxides found in natural soil and one of the oldest pigments known and is very transparent.

Ultramarine Blue is a permanent, warm, intense blue and good to work with.

Burnt Umber is a permanent earth brown and one of the cool colours – also an earth colour.

Alizarin Crimson is a cool, intense red and when mixed with Ultramarine, gives a rich purple and with Lemon Yellow it will make orange.

Light Red is another earth colour and very permanent.

Paynes Grey is a cool colour – very smooth and used to deepen other colours without losing clarity. By itself it's very flat and dull.

Lemon Yellow is a permanent, cool yellow.

I haven't included Veridian Green in my colour palette, for using it on it's own doesn't do justice to any colour from nature – I rather make up my own greens using blue and yellow, and by adding Paynes Grey, all the greens found in nature can be reproduced. Of course, you are welcome the use green totally on its own, as certain applications definitely require it.

Below is a perfect example of mixing your own greens in this painting done by Ron Ranson, which shows excellent clarity and depth.



White is very rarely used on its own as it is totally opaque. You lose transparency and you can tell where it has been used. Once again, rules are meant to be broken!

Then there’s the question of pans vs tubes, and all the different (not all necessary!) brushes is enough to give one sleepless nights –there’s the rigger, the hake, flat brushes, 1 inch, half-an-inch, No. 3, nylon, hog’s hair – the list is endless!


Rowney tubes


Various brush sizes


Flat brush


The Hake

Hake effect


Rigger

Rigger effect

And as for easels, with their tiny wing nuts, they can be a nightmare – not only for transport, but for setting up as well. Find yourself an uncomplicated easel and you'll be off to a good start.

WHAT IS AN EASEL?
It is most often used to hold up a painter's canvas or large sketchbook while the artist is working or to hold a completed painting for exhibition. The simplest form of an artist's easel, a tripod, consists of three vertical posts joined at one end. A pivoting mechanism allows the centre-most post to pivot away from the other two, forming a tripod. The two non-pivoting posts have a horizontal cross member on which the canvas is placed. A similar model is fit to hold a blackboard, projection surface, placard etcetera. An easel can be full-height, designed for standing by itself on the floor. Shorter easels can also be designed for use on a table. Easels are typically made from wood, aluminum or steel.

There are two common designs for easels:

Tripod designs are based on three legs. Variations include crossbars to make the easel more stable and an independent mechanism to allow for the vertical adjustment of the working plane without sacrificing the stability of the three legs of the easel.


Tripod easel

H-Frame designs are based on right angles. All posts are generally parallel to each other with the base of the easel being rectangular. The main portion of the easel consists of two vertical posts with a horizontal crossbar support, thus giving the design the general shape of an "H." Variations include additions that allow the easel's verticality to be adjusted.


H-frame easel

There are three common usages for easels:

Studio easels are meant for use in the artist's studio with limited need for the easel to be portable. Studio easels may be simple in design or very complex including winches, multiple masts and casters. The largest easels are studio easels with some being able to support weights of over 200 lb. and panels over 7 feet in height.

Field easels are meant to be portable and for the creation of en plein air work. These easels are usually mid-sized or small, have telescopic or collapsible legs and are based on the tripod design. French box easels include a compartment in which to store art supplies conveniently along with a handle or straps so that the French box may be carried like a briefcase or a backpack.

Display easels are meant for the display of finished works. These easels tend to be very simple in design with less concern for the stability needed by a working artist. Display easels can vary in size and sturdiness depending upon the weight and size of the object to be placed on them.

An Aluminium easel is very light and easy to transport but, for me, there's nothing like wood - the look of it, the way it stands, holding your board with your painting on it...



"Setting up your easel in a landscape is an act of faith, a sacred event. The artist takes from nature without really taking."

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Setting up a Studio

To practice your art, the right ambiance goes a long way towards sparking creativity!

Setting up a studio is as exciting as building or decorating a new house! Your painting space can be as luxurious as a room or a studio on its own, to a little corner set up with shelves and all your equipment. A couch is a welcome addition to sit and ponder over a cup of tea what your next move is going to be!

Any outside area can also be utilised, like an old potting shed or any space you can set up and call your own.

I'm a great one for scouring second-hand shops and painting and fixing up something I think will be useful.

Lumber yards are great for finding old shelving boards and second-hand shops offer great bargains.


My Studio entrance

The North-Western corner of my studio - A couch makes a wonderful addition to ponder your next move
 

Apart from shelving, peg-board offers great space saving features where you can utilise a wall to hang all sorts of odds and ends like water holders, easels and even fold-up chairs. A draughtsman's table comes in handy to use inside the studio as it offers comfort and a larger area to put pencils and brushes. A large table is a must for a vast array of stuff! Of course you don't have to spend a vast amount of money to buy one - find an old door at the lumber yard and placed upon builders' trestles it makes a wonderful table for very little money.
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A corner with an old table top used as a studio

I love using vintage cups and mugs as hold-alls for brushes and tubes, but don't throw away your old chipped cups, mugs or drinking glasses. They make excellent hold-alls and I use all my old crockery (plates, side plates and desert plates) for mixing paints and testing colours (wonderfully easy to clean - virtually NOTHING sticks to porcelain - even oil paints can be removed easily!).

Office sundries like letter trays and desk tidies can be used with great efficiency and most households have these tucked away somewhere. Even old tea trays can be utilised. Of course, glass jars are the staple water holders, but for field work, best get yourself a portable, collapsible Japanese water pot.





A small table placed against a wall served as my first art corner.


My Potting shed converted into an open-air studio

A truly inspirational studio, every artist's dream!

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Leë hande, vol hart

Al die goed wat ons opgaar. Jy weet waarvan ek praat. Kaste en kaste en stoorkamers vol goed.

Dis nou al 'n jaar of twee wat ek en my man daaraan dink om "af te tree". Nie in aftree soos om aftree-oord toe te gaan nie, of om die laaste paar jare (30 of so!) op die stoep te sit en tee drink nie, maar "aftree" van die besigheid, "aftree" van die plot, dit te verkoop, en 'n nuwe rigting in te slaan.

Ons is nou in die "derde" fase van ons lewe. Ek beskou die eerste fase as skoolgaan, die tweede fase 'n mens se "werkende" lewe en die derde fase wanneer mens kan terug sit, jou lewe in oënskou neem en besluit wat dit is wat jy regtig wil doen met die res van jou jare wat oor is.

Vir amper veertig jaar bly ons nou al hier op ons stukkie Afrika-hemel, 'n 10ha plot, na aan die natuur, waarvandaan ons ons besigheid bedryf, na ons diere omsien, daaglikse stappies in die veld geniet met my kamera en my sketsboek en sommer maar net die lief en leed met almal om ons deel. Vir veertig jaar was die omgewing goed vir ons, het vir ons daaglikse brood en nog veel meer gesorg, gelukkige dae, gelukkige jare.

Maar nou het ek besluit dat ek wil trek! Ek wil na my dogter toe gaan, naby my kleinkinders wees, by die see. My man sê hy kan Die Oog oorweeg, in die bosveld, maar ek wil kinders toe. Ek sien SO baie ouers wat SO ver van hul kinders is; hulle is die hele land vol en ver oorsee versprei en dis nie reg nie. Prof. Bleloch se kinders is in Amerika, Lynda Smith se kinders is in Australië, Liz se een kind is in Kaapstad, my suster se dogter is in Australië, Dr. Levinson se kinders is ook almal in Amerika en toe sy vrou ’n paar maande oorlede is (diep in die tagtigs was die twee) het hy net ’n paar maande gehou voor hy ook verlede week weg is. En nog vele ander wat ek ken.

Maar een ding kan ek jou vertel - ek is nie die tipe mens wat op my kind se nek kan gaan lê nie, of versorg wil word deur my kind nie. Onafhanklikheid is vir my baie belangrik en ek het nog te veel dinge om te doen voor ek gaan lê en sê ek is gedaan.

Dis nou waar al die goed inkom. Gedurende al daai jare maak mens goed bymekaar. Baie goed. Nie net in die huis nie, maar in kaste, en in stoorkamers. Goed waaraan mens geheg is, goed wat jy nie sommer net kan weggooi nie. Of wil weggooi nie. Hoe op aarde kan mens so geheg raak aan aardse goed? Baie van dit sommer net onnodig, ekstra stoele, wasbakke, wasmasjiene wat nie meer werk nie, ou toilet deksels.

En hoe trek jy moet so baie "goed"? Net die gedagte van skoonmaak, oppak en trek is genoeg om my in my spore te laat vassteek. Maar die tyd het gekom om skoon te maak en met leë hande en 'n vol hart 'n nuwe rigting in te slaan. Die ding is nou net om die plot verkoop te kry – ek kan selfs net 'n paar belangrike goedjies oppak en waai en die hele kaboedel net so vir ’n auctioneer gee dit hy alles opveil. Ek wil die laaste jare saam met my kinders geniet, deel wees van hulle lewe, nuwe dinge beleef en baie herinneringe saam met my neem wanneer ek uiteindelik hierdie wêreld verlaat.

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Echeveria harmsii

Family : Crassulaceae
Botanical Name : ECHEVERIA harmsii
Plant Common Name : Plush Plant

This soft little fuzzy succulent has beautiful leaf color that adds interest to small gardens and pots. It is a rosette-forming species that hails from northern Mexico. This evergreen forms small asymmetrical rosettes comprised of fleshy, football-shaped leaves with a burnished-red cast along the leaf edges. The rosette will occasionally send out pups, or lateral plantlets. As these accumulate, the plant develops a mound-like habit.

This succulent has large, beautiful flowers, but it is not a heavy bloomer. In spring it sends up stems topped with orange, bell-shaped flowers with golden throats. Each stem may include many flowers that open at different times for a longer season of colour. The blooms are highly attractive to hummingbirds.
Like most succulents, this plant prefers full sun and needs very porous soil, whether grown in a pot or a frost free rock garden. As plants age, they grow rangy but this can easily be remedied with careful pruning. The cuttings root easily in moist sand. Watering should be done sparingly as this is a very drought tolerant plant. Feed it occasionally from spring to summer occasionally with a liquid fertilizer solution at half strength.

This one started flowering shortly after I put out out in the sun in January, but I have just brought in for the winter as I'm not sure how it will handle the frost we get here.

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Cotyledon orbiculata

Family: Crassulaceae
Common names: pig's ear (Eng.); plakkie, platjies, varkoorblare, varkoor, kouterie (Afr.)

I was lucky enough to find this lovely specimen at Sterlig Nursery in Roodepoort in January. It will be spending the winter inside with some of my other succulents and then, in spring, go into the new rock garden I'm planning.

This succulent plant has thick leaves which may vary from green to grey, often with a red line around the margin. Cotyledon orbiculata has five varieties, based on differences in leaf and flower shape. The variability of leaf size, shape and colour is also influenced by the immediate environment. Selected forms in cultivation have been given names such as 'Elk Horns' or 'Silver Waves'.

Flowering time is mostly in winter from June-August, but in the winter rainfall areas such as the Western Cape, it is often in midsummer. The colourful, hanging, tubular/bell-shaped flowers are carried in clusters on the ends of an elongated flower stalk. They are mostly orange-red , but yellow flowering forms are also occasionally found (Ernst van Jaarsveld pers. comm.).

Distribution

Cotyledon orbiculata is widespread throughout South Africa, but is usually confined to rocky outcrops in grassland fynbos and karoo regions. Black frost will damage the flowers, if planted in an unprotected spot, but the plant itself will tolerate moderate frosts.

Ecology

The brightly coloured flowers attract bees and birds, which feed on the nectar of the plant. The silver-grey leaves of some forms owe much of their attractive colouring to a powdery white coating which may assist in reflecting much of the sun's heat to prevent excessive water loss from the thick succulent leaves.

Uses and cultural aspects

This is a well-known medicinal plant. The fleshy part of the leaf is applied by many South Africans to soften and remove hard corns and warts. The Southern Sotho use a dried leaf as a protective charm for an orphan child and as a plaything. In the Willowmore District, the heated leaf is used as a poultice for boils and other accessible inflammations, in particular, earache.

Growing Cotyledon orbiculata
This is an easy to grow plant suitable for a number of places in the garden. Cotyledon orbiculata is an ideal plant for the rockery, but also grows well as a pot plant placed on a veranda (stoep). It will also add texture and form to the well-drained flower border. When planted as a pot plant, good drainage is important. It is often found in full sun, but also grows well in semi-shade under trees. This is an ideal plant for the water-wise gardener.


Plants may be grown from seed, but take care in the early stages not to over-water. The best time to sow the seed is in spring, and they should be kept moist, not waterlogged. Once the seedlings have reached 20-40 mm they can be transplanted.
Taking tip cuttings is the fastest method of increasing plant numbers; they must be kept fairly dry to prevent rotting. Once the tip cuttings have rooted they can be transplanted in a medium of 2 parts gravel to 1 part compost.

This plant has few pests, but it may be attacked by snails in the garden.

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Is jy in 'n boks?

Is dit nie snaaks hoe mense mekaar in 'bokse' sit nie? Mens hoor byvoorbeeld gereeld ouers wat sê, "Jannie is die kreatiewe een" of "sy was nog altyd die stroom-op een" of "Sarie is die slim een in ons huis" of "Boet was nog nooit goed met somme maak nie". Een of twee of drie gebeurtenisse van dieselfde patroon en daar's jy, in jou boks! Met wat jy sê en doen elke dag krap jy gou vir jou 'n nissie in die wêreld uit.

En dis 'n goeie ding. Ons almal het 'n identiteit nodig. Solank mense net nie die boks se deksel toemaak en verwag dat jy vir altyd die kreatiewe een, of die stroom-op een of die slim een of die dom een moet bly nie. Solank hulle aanneem dat jy gaan groei en dat, eendag, jy uit die boks gaan klim.

Jare terug, in die 1970's en 80's het ons perde besit. Dit was my passie en ek het behoorlike perde geëet, gedroom en geslaap. Elke spaar oomblik was ek by my perd; gery, geoefen, hom afgeborsel, stalle skoon gemaak, saal en toom versorg, 'n ryskool begin, perde-skoue bygewoon en 'n uithaler dressuur-ryer geword (dressage) en selfs vir 'n paar jaar aan uithouritte (endurance) deel geneem - 'n mens doen 'n 30km rit met jou perd, rus vir 'n half-uur waarna jou perd se pols en hartklop nagegaan word, doen nog 'n 30km, rus vir 20 minute en weer word die perd getoets en dan 'n finale rit van 20km waarna die wenners met die kortste tyd aangewys word. Ek het dosyne sertifikate, rosette en bekers.

Een van my Uithourittrofees

Ek het 4uur in die oggende opgestaan om perde in die perde-treiler te laai om na kompetisies te gaan en hulle voor te berei vir die skou - maanhare wat gevleg moes word, stert wat geborsel en toegedraai moes word en hy moes geborsel word totdat hy soos 'n diamant geblink het. Yattendon (hy was my C-graad springperd) was 'n jong, warm-bloedige springperd wat al hierdie aandag en opwinding vreeslik geniet het maar tog altyd fluks, maar kalm, aan die kompetisies deelgeneem het.

Elke naweek het ons die pad gekies met die perde, veld toe, vir myle net geloop en gesels of wildweg deur die gras ge-galop en dan in die dam gaan swem om af te koel. By die huis is al die perde toegelaat om bietjie in die sandpit te rol om van al die sweet onslae te raak, geborsel, in die stalle gesit en gevoer. 'n Sagte gevroetel in my nek as afskeidsgroet deur Yattendon was altyd die hoogtepunt van die dag!

In 1987 het ons lewensstyl drasties verander toe ons 'n Supermark in Magaliesburg aangeskaf het - werksure van half sewe in die oggend tot 10uur in die aand, 7 dae 'n week, het min tyd vir die perde oorgelaat en en in 1988 het ons, baie hartseer, van al die perde afskeid geneem.

Yattendon en Little Mare met haar vulletjie

Maar ek dwaal af, terug na die boks. So ja, my boks in daardie jare was 'daai perde-vrou'. En alhoewel ek wel tussen-in geskilder het, tuin gemaak het en diere aangehou het, was my boks die perde-ding.

Onlangs loop ek iemand raak van 'daardie leeftyd' en die eerste ding wat sy my vra is, "Hoe gaan dit met die perde?" Op my antwoord dat ons l-a-n-k-a--l nie meer perde het nie, was haar geskokte reaksie, "Haai vrou, wat DOEN jy dan nou met jouself?! Sonder perde? Ek glo dit nie!" En maak nie saak wat ek haar vertel het omtrent wat aangaan in my (vol) lewe nie, het sy steeds geskok omtent die perde aangegaan.

Maar gou het ek haar reaksie verstaan - op my navraag omtrent hoe dit met almal gaan, was dit dieselfde ou storie van Henk wat te veel drink, te veel flankeer, alweer sy werk verloor het, haar haat vir haar skoonma en al die dinge waarna ek in daardie jare moes luister. Ek het omtrent al vergeet van al daai dinge, (haar nie in 'n boks geplaas nie) en gedink ek gaan 'n wonderlike storie van verandering hoor. Maar dit was nie so nie. So miskien dra daai boks tog gewig....

Vandag is my boks kunstenaar, natuurliefhebber, tuinier, hoenderliefhebber, Ouma, koffieliefhebber, besigheidsvrou, blogger en versamelaar van enige iets vanaf kristalle tot bokdrolletjies, maar wie weet wat dit môre gaan wees...

Wat is jou boks....?

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A (really!) Quick & Easy sketch-book to make

An Artist's Sketchbook - front cover

Here in South Africa there aren't many choices of journals or sketch-books for artists to choose from in our book stores or art supply shops. I would imagine one of the few choices is the Moleskine range - they offer sketching and watercolour notebooks in various sizes, and they are really great to use - I have a full range - but that's about the extent of it. If you would like to make your own, personalised sketch-book, here's a really fun, quick and easy way to do it.

Artist's Journal Open

For this project I used an A4 Bockingford 300gsm watercolour pad (containing 10 sheets of paper) cut in half to form an A5 size (5.5" x 7.5" - approx. 14 x 19cm), giving me 20 pages. You can use any paper you like, but less than 140gsm doesn't give a good surface for painting on. You can also fold and tear the paper in stead of cutting it for an interesting effect on the edges, or use different colour papers.

For the front and back covers I used the backing card of the A4 watercolour pad (cut in half), but you can use any stiff board cut to size, even covers from old books.

Artist's Journal Inside

The next step is to mark where you want your holes and punch the holes into your paper and stiff board covers. You can use ribbon to hold the book together like I have done here, or you can use binder rings found at most craft shops. Two should do the job. I used a leather hole punch to do 2 or 3 pages of paper together, as 300gsm is quite thick. Or you could use the standard office 2-hole punch with the holes in the centre of the paper, but I have found that top and bottom works best to keep the book stable.

Binder rings

Leather hole punch

I punched 6 holes into the pages of this journal as I was going to put it into a leather-bound ring binder I already have, but when the pages proved to be too big, and I didn't want to cut them smaller, I changed my mind and decided to use the ribbon.

And here's the enjoyable part - designing your front and back covers. I have used plain brown paper to cover the stiff boards and glued on some Hessian cut into an interesting shape, using ordinary Pritt Project glue (Ponal or Alcolin wood glue does the same job). You can, of course, use any pretty paper or gift wrap you have lying around as well.

Journal Back cover - you can leave it plain as above or embellish it further with items of your choice, below.

Journal - last page and inside back cover

Optionally, for the inside back cover, I cut a piece of Hessian, glued all along the top, right-hand side and bottom edges, leaving the uneven edge open, to form a pocket for some notes (money or other-wise!). Always comes in handy when you've been out sketching in the heat and you need to buy a cold drink.

Enjoy and happy sketching!

List of supplies :
- 10 Sheets A4 watercolour paper, cut in half
- 1 sheet A4 board, cut in half
- 2 binder rings or ribbon, string, cord of your choice,
- Office or leather hole punch
- Gift, wrapping or any paper to cover front and back covers
- Scissors
- Craft glue

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Grass Aloes

In the hope of reaching the moon

men fail to see the flowers

that blossom at their feet.

- Albert Schweitzer

I found a large clump of Grass Aloes (A. verecunda) not far from home on the road to Magaliesburg (Gauteng, South Africa), flowering profusely after all the veld fires we have had in winter, spread out over the charred landscape, providing bursts of red colour.

Grass Aloes are an appealing group of deciduous aloes, and loses all its leaves in winter which only reappear after the first rains in Spring. The plant has thick fleshy roots in which it stores water during the dry winter months.. As the name implies, they grow mainly in grasslands subject to winter fires. Their leaves and colours resemble their habitat, making them difficult to find when not in flower. These largely miniature aloes have very attractive flowers, making them desirable, if difficult, plants to cultivate. Their growing pattern is closely related to the winter fire cycles of the veld here in South Africa, some species responding directly to burning and producing leaves, flowers and later seed after such events. Tare often burned during winter and then re-sprout with the onset of spring.

This well known grass aloe is commonly found along rocky ridges and rocky slopes on the Witwatersrand and Magaliesberg as well as in mountainous areas of the Northern Province and Mpumalanga. In years gone by it was even more prolific, but numbers have been greatly reduced due to development on the ridges and from harvesting by succulent collectors. A number of different forms are found throughout its distribution range.

Grass fires used to be less frequent in earlier centuries. They were initiated by lightning strikes, on the whole, at the beginning of the rainy season in September and October. These fires were ideal in that they cleared the habitat of moribund grass and other vegetation just before grass aloe species initiated their growth cycles.

Fires are more frequent nowadays and may occur at any time during the dry winter months from May until late spring, October. Plants are as a result, left exposed to harsh conditions for many months before they start to grow. Some species are even starting to appear on the endangered species list.

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Goue oggende

Ek kyk na die sonsopkoms deur my ateljee venster. Die bome is amper kaal, maar daar is nog steeds 'n bietjie kleur buite my deur. 'n Goue oggend wat 'n blou hemel belowe en Somer se laaste hoera.

Dit voel als so eenvoudig.

So stil.

So lieflik.

En dit is.

What is a garden without Vygies?

Lampranthus roseus – Red vygie, Mesembryanthemum

Mesembryanthemum (meaning “midday flowering”) is a genus of flowering plants native to Southern Africa. This easy-to-grow and hardy evergreen succulent is very easy to maintain and thrives under conditions few other will tolerate. On its thin branches it carries succulent leaves, and during spring masses of daisy-like, rich pink flowers.

It requires full sun and is suitable for all regions without severe frost or hot, humid conditions with lots of rainfall. This is a newby to my garden, planted in a basket, so I will have to bring it inside in winter to protect against frost.

I was given a few cuttings by a friend and it started flowering within days of me planting it.

This is a frequently cultivated and a rewarding floriferous plant. It is easily propagated from seed or cuttings and needs a sunny position. Seed can be sown at any time of the year in shallow trays in a sandy mixture and germination is within 3 weeks. Cuttings are best planted during the summer months. The plants are short-lived and are best replaced every 3 years. Lampranthus roseus prefers a sunny, well-drained slope. The plants thrive in rockeries or containers in a sunny position. Plants are subject to downy mildew and should be sprayed with Ridomil from midwinter to just before flowering. The species is particularly impressive when massively planted on large areas to cover the soil.

There are over a hundred varieties of Lampranthus and many of them are valued as garden plants. Usually relegated to the rockery or succulent garden, these plants are far more versatile and can be incorporated in most areas of the garden, where their lustrous blossoms will enhance their surroundings. Lampranthus species have smooth, three-angled leaves, and the group varies from an upright, bushy growth habit to lax, cascading or creeping ground covers. Some bushes extend to a meter across.

The mother plant from which my cuttings were taken

Common Names include:

ENGLISH: Red vygie, Many-petalled Lampranthus, Rosy dewplant, Rosy Dew Plant, Oxenbould daisy, Mini Ice Plant

AFRIKAANS: Roosvygie

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