Rainbow Bob Girl

'Rainbow Bob Girl'

© 2017 by Shiloh Moore

Watercolour Pencil on Paper

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I wanted to experiment doing a portrait using Watercolour Pencils.  I used a reference photo from p29 'Hair' Magazine Sept 2016.   I reverse image searched it and you can find it as the 8th picture at the link below:  

Model Karolina Warzecha

Hair Artist Christophe Gaillet pour L'Oreal Professionnel

Photographer Weronika Kosinska

Makeup Artist Izabela Szelagowska

Stylist Marcin Kulak

Production MKproduction

8th picture - Hair L'oreal Moon Collection by Christophe Gaillet http://www.beautyscene.net/hair/moon-collection-by-christophe-gaillet/

I've been too scared to draw many portraits in the past, but for this one I used a light box and traced her face using a rainbow of colours with watercolour pencils.  I'm not confident enough to draw free hand yet.  But as my first experiment of a portrait using this technique with watercolour pencils, I'm happy with the result!

Rainbow Fashion Girl

'Rainbow Fashion Girl'

©2017 by Shiloh Moore

8x10" Watercolour using Jane Davenport Bright Palette

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I recently discovered art by James Luke Burke Creative which introduced me to the Jane Davenport art supply range.  Her watercolours are amazing, and I was drawn to her 'Bright Palette' - with 12 vibrant, bright colours.

This was my first artwork experimenting with them.  I love the colours.  I drew the girl from a photo of a red dress by Armani, and copied the model's pose but changed the colours.  I used a range of colours from purple, pinks, blues, greens and yellow.  The Jane Davenport colours I used are named 'Royal,' 'Fairytale', 'Best Friend', 'Butterfly', '70's Eyeshadow,' 'Mermaid,' 'Jimminy,' and 'Buzzy.'  

I love how the colours dried with patterns in the watercolour wash.  I was very happy with the result and am excited to have new bright watercolours to play with - it's exactly what I have wanted for a very long time!

thank you birdies

'thank you birdies'

© 20-27 April 2016 by Shiloh Moore

5"x5" Pitt Pen and Watercolour on Paper

This is the second 'Thank You' card I finished on the 27th April.  I love simplified birdies and used rainbow colours to bring them alive.  Note the green one is resting and doing its own thing, backwards to all the other brightly alert birdies.  No prizes for guessing which birdie I identify with!

I include the green resting birdie, who is cared for by all the other birds who let her join in, and note the rainbow wouldn't be complete without her.  It's a thank you card for all who look after me and let me join in, and for all those other green birdies out there, you are an important part of the rainbow!

Dotty Owls

'Dotty Owls'

© July 2016 by Shiloh Moore

5 x 7" Ink Stamps and Pitt Pen on Paper

Using the same design for an owl as used in 'What A Hoot', and the idea of drawing creatures from ink spots used in 'Dotty Creatures', I came up with this rainbow column of Owls. 

Dragonfly

 'Dragonfly'

A5 Watercolour, Pitt Pen and Max Factor Max Effect Nailpolish on Paper

Copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

Last time I was near a creek I saw two gorgeous buzzing dragonflies.  I was captured by them.  Their iridescent glow was stimulating to the eye.  I tried to take a photo but couldn't get close enough and it just couldn't capture their essence.  

Then a friend, Jayne Eldred, posted one of her photos of a dragonfly on her facebook page 'Jayne Eldred Photography' in the album 'Pokolbin, Hunter Valley March 2013.'

 Dragonfly by Jayne Eldred Photography

Used with Permission

This photo stunned me.  The beauty of the delicate dragonfly, was captured incredibly.  I think it's my all-time favourite photo of a dragonfly!

I have a Max Factor Max Effect nail polish in blue that shines green on different angles.  I had an idea to draw the dragonfly and colour the body with this nailpolish to get the iridescent effect in different lighting.  It's not captured here in the scan, but framed in real life, you can see it shines at different angles. 

I drew the dragonfly with pitt pen, coloured the body with nailpolish, then did the background colours with watercolour and detail on the wings of the body with more watercolour.

 'Dragonfly'

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

I am using this design to make 'thank you' and 'sympathy' cards like below:

'Dragonfly - With Gratitude'

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

Rainbow Beauty

'Rainbow Beauty'

20"x 20" (51cm x 51cm) mixed media on canvas

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore 

I haven't done any art for 6 weeks, it just wasn't flowing, and I decided not to push it.  I had the Easter 4 day weekend free and on the Thursday night this image came to me again - it's one I thought up over a year ago but hadn't yet had the energy to sit up and do.  So I woke up super motivated, and gave it a go, determined to at least make a start on it.

I first had the idea after seeing much of Rachelle Panagarry's gorgeous work on her blog www.arteyecandy.com I looked at her style of collage background with a face in the foreground, and loved it.  And her youtube clip for 'Faces in colour' on the page 'Art Eye Candy TV' at this website, gave me the idea for using the tissue paper, and also the collage in the background.

The good thing about this piece was it was done in steps.  So I was forced to take breaks.  I would do a layer, then lie down as it dried.  Then I'd do another layer, then lie down.  It's the most ambitious piece I've done so far and took a lot out of me (I expect to be in recovery mode for a while) but I love it and it makes me feel so good to have made it.  I love looking at it and seeing all the layers. 

Here is a step by step guide to how it was done:

1)  First layer was a collage of faces from magazines:

  Background to 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

2)  Next I outlined the face and hair in pitt pen, and painted a thin layer of skin coloured acrylic on the face and white on the eye.  I made sure the paint layer was thin enough so you could still see the collage layer underneath:

Outline of 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

3) Then I added a layer of tissue paper:

Tissue layer of 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

4)  Over the tissue I painted with watercolour and outlined the detail with pitt pen.  These photos show detail:

Detail of top of 'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright by Shiloh Moore

Detail of bottom of 'Rainbow Beauty'

 copyright by Shiloh Moore

Portrait detail of 'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright by Shiloh Moore

5) And the final product:

'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

'Rainbow Girl'

'Rainbow Girl' A4 Mixed media (c) 2012 by Shiloh Moore

This girl came to me a few weeks ago and has been begging to be created.  I did her bit by bit, a layer of pencil, and stuck two pieces of music manuscript in the background of the two left corners.  Then a layer of acrylic skin tone paint on her face.  Then I glued a layer of tissue paper over the whole piece.  Once that was dry I painted the colour with watercolours.  Then I outlined the picture with black pitt pens.   

She brings me joy :)

And the initial scribble: