Microscopic Abstracts and other spectacular stuff by the Aquarellistas

 Our 'remote' Aquarellista Michele C. is working with us from Bretagne - and she created this amazingly colourful dust-seen-through-the-microscope

Last Tuesday we used microscopic macro's as input for more or less abstract paintings. As you can see above and below, it inspired some of us and interesting as well as beautiful paintings were created!

 Jutta loosely painted these wnderful cells, with very transparent, aquarelle-style colours. It is not finished but I think it looks very good

Vanessa started with an impression of a very much enlarged bacteria. Not finished, but look how it already has depth and dimension! 

Chantal is a new Aquarellista in the group, but not new to painting - she even worked with watercolours in the past, but wet-in-wet technique (you'll hear more about that later in the month). She drew this bacteria-pattern with watercolour pencil and will next time use water to get the watercolour effect. Looking forward to seeing the final result!

These beautiful and transparent hands are Hélènes and she used a microscopic picture of feutal hands as her inspiration for the colours and the transparency. Touching.

Then there were of course the projects from the past couple of weeks to work on: Birds, King Tut and Pods!

For example this absolutely lovely and very expressive pink parrot-couple, work in progress by Cathie...

 ...and also in progress a single (but not for long! he comes with a present 😚) pink parrot by Bev.

Sylvie used the 'Roi Tutanchamon' inspiration to create a mosaic (or quilt) with all kinds of associations. Fab colours and great idea.

'Sac de fèves' (bag of beans ) by Michèle C. How fresh they look!

Hélènes pods now finished to perfection - so soft in the fading, still warm sunlight...

And then of course a couple of non-related but very interesting and certainly beautiful other subjects!

How about Carol's breathtaking siphon! So fab looking - and she's now started a new one, which will be pink

 'les trois mecs' or the three Genies in a cloud of colourful smoke, with their lamps hanging in front. A try out by Maud in watercolour pencil!

 Jutta finished her garlic painting with a beautiful background with random (or carefully positioned) colour splashes. Great composition and depth!
 

And here's Chantal's version of the spheres exercise. Always fun to do as well as to look at!

Brenda's last painting of the wind-battered wise trees on the Isle of Man will be stylized and is meant for herself. It is of course unfinished, but I love to see this kind of inspiration. 

And last but not least, Bev's sunny entrance all done! Good stuff yet again...