Hi there and welcome to my new home, ‘John Haywood Watercolours‘. Please do come in and have a look around! I’d love to hear what you think of the new place! My previous website, ‘Brushes with Watercolour’ has now been set to redirect all visitors to my new home here and any new updates and …
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The other week I was trimming all the bent edges off my paintings that are left by the Ken Bromley paper stretchers I use. This wasn’t in preparation for mounting them as I haven’t really done any paintings that I’m especially proud of recently. It was more a case of just having a tidy up …
Using green in watercolour – assignment 2 continued First up this week is a quick continuation of where I left off last week! If you recall, I’d made two attempts at the ‘using green in watercolour’ homework I’d been set but was keen to see if I could improve on both of them with a …
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 …
Unfinished business At the end of last week’s post, after having made two attempts at the homework I’d been set on Paul Talbot-Greaves’ course ‘using green in watercolour’, I was deliberating a third effort. I had in mind some changes that I’d like to try to achieve, which I hoped might improve on the efforts …
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 …
Brighton Painting Group Saturday 15th January saw the first monthly meeting of the fledgeling Brighton Painting Group. The location for this month’s gathering was Pavilion Gardens in the heart of Brighton. It’s a great location and rich with potential subjects, including the city’s iconic and architecturally bonkers Royal Pavilion. I wasn’t sure whether I was …
A work in progress post showing the stages in creating a watercolour painting of Place de la Virgin, Valencia.
I hope that everyone was able to enjoy a happy and safe New Year and that you’ve been able to start 2022 with a spring in your step! As is so often the case, I find myself starting the new year still tidying up a lot of loose ends from the previous year! I’m still …
Starling Studios finale The pop-up gallery at Starling Studios closed on Sunday, although a number of my paintings will remain on display in the window until the 2nd January 2022. It was sad in some ways to have to pack the show up but it was nice to do so in the knowledge that it …
