#bockingford

[doodlewash]

REVIEW: St Cuthberts Mill Watercolor Paper

St Cuthberts Mill started making papers in the 1700’s, and today they offer three watercolor papers — Saunders Waterford®, Bockingford®, and Millford.  All are suitable for other mediums as well. All too often at stores, artists are given a choice of white cold press paper at 300 gsm/140 lb weight and that’s it. This is the most flexible of papers, capable of handling the widest range of…

[dastelsart]

A small (~A5) study of Torngat in Newfoundland. @holbein_art artist’s gouache on @st_cuthberts_mill hotpress Bockingford. #gouache #gouachepainting #bockingford (at London, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnU24vvP1bm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[noxlucens]

Ink Wash on Bockingford 28x38cm

[matthewcats]

"Tom Daley at Jurassic Park" by Matthew Robins

gouache on panel, 2020

prints available from my etsy shop:

[lazfarart]

Day 11 of #Inktober2023 word was Wander. This is a piece about wandering where you don't belong. Here, a curious treasure hunter has entered into the wrong part of the cave.

I am now behind and playing catch-up, but I'm going to try my very hardest not to let this get to me - I just have to accept it as there is a lot happening in the background.

Black ink was used in this, some diluted into a grey wash. Same paper, Bockingford 300gsm measuring 28cm x 38cm.

...Can you spot Smashy the #squirrel hiding in today's entry? I doubt so since today's squirrel hunt is VERY hard. Best of luck to everyone who tries! 🐿️

Artwork in this post is Copyright Lazfar 2023 All rights reserved.

[auraboo]

📏 What’s your go-to canvas size? and 💐 Do your drawing suit your aesthetics? for the artist asks, please?

📏 What’s your go-to canvas size?

Varies, but usually 18x26 cm / 10"x7". My favourite paper is Bockingford hot-pressed and I tend to buy my watercolour pads in this specific size because it's big enough for detailed work, but small enough that I don't have to scan my works in two parts. If I work bigger than that, the size is typically 23x31 cm / 12"x9".

💐 Do your drawings suit your aesthetics?

Good question! I've heard people say I look like my art, but I can't see it myself beyond the fact that I have long hair and the same kind of hooked nose I've given plenty of my characters. :D I dress casual and rarely wear jewelry or makeup, and I wouldn't say I have an aesthetic of any kind irl. I make my characters wear all the showy, uncomfortable outfits so that I don't have to!

[barnabyjamesedwards]

Barnaby Edwards - Head of Gil

(acrylic on Bockingford watercolour paper, 2023)

For more of Barnaby's drawings and paintings of people, click here.

The original painting is on sale here.

[makeshift-prime-art]

Ellie and Joel

🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ - - - -🔫🧔👧

Painted using:

-Schminke Watercolour

-Micron Fineliner

-Bockingford watercolour cold pressed paper

[holmes-ja]

Still waiting on the laptop so I'm playing with my watercolour pencils and my Microns. I also have a bunch of watercolour papers that want testing. This one's a cold-pressed 90lb Bockingford sheet. Little bit of buckling but not as much as I expected. Felt pretty nice to draw on, too, and the pencils got on really well with it.

[sibrownphoto-tumbl]

A little piece of rescue art.

A few weeks ago, I drew a disastrous large murmuration. On a very large sheet, a very expensive large sheet. To be fair, it was an experiment: conclusion? That paper doesn’t work well with charcoal at that scale.

So I did what any sensible artist does. Scavenge the unmarked paper, consign the rest to my scraps bin(gets used for spacing, testing new paints/pencils/pens … toys).

The other night, this ‘scrap’ caught my eye; a tiny fragment of the whole. So I did what any sensible artist does; I revisited and reworked one of my mistakes.

I’ve added the form on the right and some more marks to represent individual birds using Derwent Graphic 2B and F pencils. I then added some more darkness to the main ribbons and a part of the new form with Derwent Onyx* pencils & now, I like it.

Murmuration form 3

Derwent charcoal pencil

Coates Willow charcoal

Derwent Graphic Pencil

Derwent Onyx pencil

Bockingford 300gsm NOT watercolour paper

10x6cm

Signed & titled on verso

*a note on those Onyx pencils

They’re a very dark pencil, but much harder than 6B and on, they feel closer to 2 or 3B. They take a very good point and the leads are strong. By far the best replacement I’ve found for the now defunct Mars EE(I have about 2/3 of a pencil left). I use both grades, the medium and the dark.

Two other key things in their favour?

They’re easily available and you can buy them individually. Oh yeah, they’re cheap too.

[mrinalkantimajumder]

“BABU AND BIBI 2” (MR AND MRS), a painting in Watercolour done by me on A3 Bockingford 300 gsm Watercolour paper. This painting is an inspiration from the Kalighat style of painting after Anwar Chitrakar. ABOUT KALIGHAT PAINTING The painters of this style of painting are known as Patua’s or Chitrakars. The themes they covered were the characters from mythology and during the 19th century, they covered subjects like contemporary lifestyles, and social issues with a hint of wit. In this painting, a Bengali couple is seated and enjoying a warm afternoon. Kalighat painting was the first artistic expression of a subaltern culture in the Indian sub-continent that addressed the consumer directly; it was neither directed by nor produced for the capital or the ruling authority.

[mrinalmajumder]

“BABU AND BIBI 2” (MR AND MRS), a painting in Watercolour done by me on A3 Bockingford 300 gsm Watercolour paper. This painting is an inspiration from the Kalighat style of painting after Anwar Chitrakar. ABOUT KALIGHAT PAINTING The painters of this style of painting are known as Patua’s or Chitrakars. The themes they covered were the characters from mythology and during the 19th century, they covered subjects like contemporary lifestyles, and social issues with a hint of wit. In this painting, a Bengali couple is seated and enjoying a warm afternoon. Kalighat painting was the first artistic expression of a subaltern culture in the Indian sub-continent that addressed the consumer directly; it was neither directed by nor produced for the capital or the ruling authority.

[dbjup]

Carne Griffiths

One thousand stories, 2018

Ink and graphite on bockingford paper with hand embroidery thread details

It’s easy to lose time exploring the incredible amount of detail in this gorgeous mixed media art. There is even embroidery thread used!

“One thousand stories” by Carnegriff: http://bit.ly/2thjWDW

[noxlucens]

Ink Wash on Bockingford 28x38cm

[bellamancuso]

Intersections.

Johnstone, Julie. Open Slowly.

[lazfarart]

Day 1 of #Inktober2023 and already I can't ink for my life. 😂 Dream was today's prompt, and it'd take a dream just to draw because I had a sudden illness too.

My favourite dream would be for my favourite nostalgic things from the 1990's to come back, and of course, some fantasy stuff too, so that's what I tried to draw here.

Have decided for this year's inktober to focus on impactful compositions or concepts, and to do my pieces larger than A4. It's a challenge, one I'm going to make mistakes with, but I'm trying. I'm using Bockingford 300gsm paper, but oh my I can't remember for the life of me the exact paper dimensions. You'll just have to bear with me until I find them.

...Can you spot Smashy the #squirrel hiding in today's entry? Best of luck to everyone who tries! 🐿️

Artwork in this post is Copyright Lazfar 2023 All rights reserved.