My approach to Christmas is taking it’s usual well-worn path. One of the features is dragging myself exhausted to the finish line only to then be struck down by whatever cold is doing the rounds at the time and needing to put my feet up for few days but being unable to do so because …
A new Watercolour challenge and Competition from Jem Bowden Read More »
I don’t know about others but for me, time seems to be in particularly short supply at the moment! Painting wise, it’s been all I could do this week just to have one more go at the demonstration painting and a piece of homework from my ‘Using green in watercolour’ course with Paul Talbot-Greaves. Here’s …
my ongoing adventures with ‘Summer greens’ in watercolour Read More »
Here’s the painting that I shared last week that I submitted for a critique from Paul Talbot Greaves for my ‘Using greens in watercolour’ course. This was the third of my attempts at this scene and I thought it might be helpful for others to get a flavour of the type of feedback and comments …
My journey into green with Paul Talbot Greaves continues with the second of our five assignments. The focus of this assignment is tube greens or basically pre-mixed greens. Ahead of the course starting Paul indicated the colours that we’d be using on this course and, for the tube greens, they were Winsor and Newton Sap …
My ‘Using Green in watercolour’ course with Paul Talbot Greaves started last Friday. I received an email on Friday morning containing a worksheet with all the information and links that I needed to get cracking. Obviously, it wouldn’t be right to share the exact resources that I’ve been provided but I am happy to share …
Another online watercolour painting demonstration with the great Alvaro Castagnet – find out how I got on.
My experience of an online watercolour workshop with Alvaro Castagnet
A record of my online watercolour painting workshop with the great Alvaro Castagnet.
Some of you may recall from last week’s post that, in the true tradition of poor artists, crafts or tradespeople, I was placing the blame of my recent frustrations firmly on my choice of paper. I was pleased then to receive a new supply of Saunders Waterford. In the past I’ve used the ‘regular Saunders …
After a tumultuolsy busy few weeks preparing for last weekend’s artists open house exhibition at 2 Knoyle Road, I find myself nigh on wordless – so I’m relying on the old adage of a picture been worth a 1,000 words and throwing a stack of them into this post! The weekend got off to a …
