The Blue Ballet Shoes

The Blue Ballet Shoes – a watercolour sketch on Saunders Waterford High White, 140 lb NOT paper. It’s 19 cm x 21 cm and was painted without a preliminary sketch. I deliberately chose pale, almost ethereal colours. For the skin tones I used Naples Yellow, Quinacridone Coral and Burnt Sienna; for the ballet shoes I used Winsor Blue Red Shade mixed with a little Titanium White; and I used a little yellow ochre with the blue for the shadow colour.

Above and below are a couple of related pencil sketches. Drawing practice is always an ongoing project of mine…

I enjoyed painting The Blue Ballet Shoes and doing the pencil sketches. They are a valuable parts of my watercolour journey and so I have added them to my website with the original post date.