Jocelyn Ball-Hansen Artist Artwork - Watercolour Paintings

A selection of watercolour paintings. Artwork subjects include the figure, portraits, landscape, and still-life.

Generations Portrait watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Generations Portrait

Man with Lab Puppy watercolour by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Man with Lab Puppy

White Cat watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

White Cat

Kids on Beach watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Kids on Beach

Kids at Frog Pond watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Kids at Frog Pond

Antique Baby Portrait painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Antique Baby Portrait

Watercolour Tree Landscape by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Tree Landscape

Memorial Watercolour Portrait painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Memorial Watercolour Portrait

Male Back watercolour by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Male Back

Funny Couple watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Funny Couple

Crystal Portrait watercolour portrait by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Crystal Portrait

Cocktail Glass watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Cocktail Glass

Beagle watercolour painting by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Beagle

Portrait painting titled Forty's Couple by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Forty's Couple

Nature painting titled Beagle and Butterfly by Jocelyn Ball-Hansen

Beagle and Butterfly

A wonderful, versatile medium. One which benefits very well from the "less is more" approach for maintaining its freshness and glow on the paper. Over working or muddied watercolours are one of the most prevalent errors made when using this medium.

All my watercolour pieces viewed here were completed on cold press illustration boards or on stretched 300 lb watercolour paper. I work semi dry with watercolour, using a combination of washes and glazes as well as dry brush technique to create textures, and line emphasizing when needed. I prefer to manually work around my whites and highlights, rather than use any sort of masking techniques. This I feel gives me a strong ability to control edge softness and gradients within the highlights, leaving the white of the paper for very strong highlights. As well, I am a big fan of the scrub back technique to create subtle lights in darker areas. The board and papers I use are very forgiving.