
Category: Gothic


Plague Doctors

A Bit of Gothic
I found this picture somewhere and I just thought, yes this would make a great gothic painting in watercolour. I love gothic and the mood just took me over. I added a few crows for greater effect. You need crows … Continue reading A Bit of Gothic

Gothic Kitty
I can’t remember how I came across this picture but I know as soon as I saw it I had to turn it into something of my own. It was crying out for an orange sky and the cat’s eyes … Continue reading Gothic Kitty

Ruins

Nightmares (after Goya)
This was a painting inspired by Francisco Goya. I love the dark and the gothic and this was no exception. I am crediting the centre of the picture to Goya with the man sleeping at the table and the surrounding creatures seen as half owl, half bat. The other paintings are my original work taken from another picture and adapted. I sketched several pictures from photos downloaded from the internet and re-created them in four different colours of acrylic. Paynes gray, yellow ochre, titanium white and cadmium red. I found the Paynes gray beautiful to work with. In the top … Continue reading Nightmares (after Goya)

Whitby Abbey

Gothic Dunkelheit
