It felt cold enough to be snowing today… perhaps that feeling is what influenced our choice of stimulus for Zen style watercolours using Winsor Red, Cyan and Ultramarine Deep on Saunders Waterford paper. Painting the atmosphere first and sprinkling while damp...
I am so pleased with the watercolours done by the people who came to today’s session. The results were so varied that you would hardly expect that they were done at the same session. Using a limited palette of the cool primaries with an extra blue...
Bakers Beach sand dunes have been the focus for the past two weeks at my Wednesday evening watercolour class. The tree roots clutching at the top of the banks and the twiggy branches of the paperbark are a delightful tangle contrasting with the light colour of the...
I added a figure to my Meander Falls Watercolour to emphasis the power of the water both in its tumble over the vertical rock face and the swirling around in the steam bed below. In our lives we like to feel in control and many feel powerful in some manner. But...
[slideshow]Yesterday I took 2 half day workshops for children at my Forth studio. Participants were each given a purchased ceramic plate (various sizes) on which to paint a design of their choice. Getting started is tough so I talked a little about stimulus materials...
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