One evening last October I noticed a strange light coming in through the window. When I went outside to investigate, I was met with this beautiful sight: a double rainbow over the neighbouring rooftops. These are my three favourite shots.
I drew the houses and trees with an Indian ink brush pen and the rainbows and sky were painted with my trusty Neocolor II watercolour pastels to give the rainbows a naïve, childlike quality. I really like the way they’ve picked up the corrugated texture of the watercolour paper.
Others who have been participating in Shoot it, Sketch it are Clouds of Colour, The Little Leaf, Lunch Sketch and Poppytump.
See you in the new year : )
Lovely Sketch Anna ! I am amazed @ the tree with an indian ink brush pen [shall have to google ]
Yes … Richard Of York Gained Battle In Vain 🙂 … actually .. thinking about it perhaps have a different mnenomic to remember the Colours of the Rainbow ?
Thanks : ) The brush pen is a Faber-Castell PITT artist pen.
My rainbow mnemonic is just a name (barely even a mnemonic, really): Roy G Biv. I picked that one up at school and it’s stayed with me. But looking at the photographs, I’m not sure rainbows always play by our rules ; )
*giggle*
*oops there should be a *you* in there lol blinkin varifocal glasses …
Like the painting! You were lucky to get a photo of a rainbow – let alone a double one – apparently very difficult to catch. Happy 2013! 🙂
So lucky, a double rainbow. Two pots of gold at the end?