Window on Picasso

Hi Everybody!

Another week has flown by and it's Friday already - 

where did the time go?

For 'Through my window' at Art Journal Journey, Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin,  49 Faces, and Kim Dellow's Art it Friday,  I tried my luck with copying a Picasso this week. I think we can learn so much by studying and copying the masters. The original is called 'Le Rêve - the dream' and can be seen here.

I started off by drawing a sketch onto an A3 sheet painted with gesso.

Then I started adding colours . I used Schmincke water colours (from the time when I was at school!) and Gelatos with a water brush.

I changed the colours a bit, and outlined with a black fine tip pen, and drew the background lines with the same, rubbing out pencil lines which I didn't need any more

The wallpaper pattern was made with a tiny stamp:

After a rather cold and windy night, the day started off with the crescent moon and the morning-star peeping through the trees, and later a beautiful sunrise:

The windows and towers here belong to the buildings of the Diakonie in Kaiserswerth, and is the place where Florence Nightingale did her nursing training.

Have a  great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!