Watercolour Beginners need good, solid logical step by step, help and tips in getting started. What can I suggest? First of all, a logical sequential ordered Learning plan is called for. Haphard reading of art books presents a problem of chaos for the watercolour beginner. In chaos most of us do not learn as easily. And […]
Watercolours are my ‘go to’ medium when going out and about to paint. Light, easy, transportable! Fantastic for loose impressionistic smaller images that capture mood and soft atmosphere. I have found when I’m traipsing outdoors to paint, I prefer to use watercolours. They are so small and if need be, I can get away with […]
More contrast, more texture, more visual interest? They were the objectives I set out to accomplish! Using Indigo, Rough Indian Village paper, torn deckled edges, unframed “viewer touchable” artwork …… I experimented using some creative techniques with this watercolour landscape. The paper I chose was a full sheet 22x 30 inch Indian Village 100% cotton […]
Watercolours wild, fast and loose. Yes, watercolours are out again! Fast paced, ‘timed’ challenges were quite exciting. With wonderful colourful hints of light and shadow, 20 minute timed exercises provide a feeling of spontaneity and immediacy. This painting was timed 20 minutes, so there would be no fiddling. The paper was a non watercolour paper, without […]
Discipline can be a hard task master. You know how it is. When you get first get something new, you feel the overwhelming desire to spend all your time with it! But, I’ve put aside my cleaned repaired camera, with its shiny brand new prime lens, for …today. I’m feeling a bit desperate. […]
Henry Matisse has many great quotes, but two especially, resonate within me: “Would it not be best to leave room to mystery?” and “I do not literally paint that table but the emotion it produces upon me.” The spirit in which I paint integrates both of these concepts. Matisse painted […]
Prussian blue is a deep and mysterious blue paint that creates the most magnificent foliage greenery. I love its tonal ranges from a very dilute pale cool greeny blue to the full mass tone of near midnight blue black. Prussian Blue This blue paint was created by accident around 1706 by a […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank You to all the Mothers who devote their hearts, souls, lives ensuring their children are loved and know it! When your children are little, they may not tell you but your love means more than anything to them. Thank you. Mother’s Day is a celebration, a remembrance, a memorial. Mother’s Day […]
The lovely Gordonia Axillaris is an evergreen tree with a funny nickname “fried egg” plant! When its blossoms fall, they drop around the tree face up leaving the golden orange yellow centre popping out in the middle of the frilly white petals. Looking like dozens of fried eggs. The Gordonia belongs to the Theaceae ‘tea […]
Watercolour, oils, encaustics and mixed media were used for the four paintings featuring types of forests from around the world. The watercolour painting was a small miniature only 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches and the location was the Pacific Northwest near Bainbridge Island, Washington. The next forest painting A Golden Grove had a watercolour […]