I do like to include figures in my work but, some of my recent efforts that have included figures have also left me feeling a little frustrated. I don’t really want to get into portraiture style likenesses, but I do want to be represent figures that are convincing. I set myself a challenge to try …
The past week has been another frustrating one on the painting front. As sometimes happens, other things in life have to take precedence. On this occasion there were a few of those tiresome and troublesome necessities that needed attending to. The good news is that I have successfully sorted a few of these things out …
Well, it’s been another 52 weeks and, with this final entry of the year, another 52 blog posts! Thanks so much to anyone and everyone that follows my weekly watercolour meanderings. ‘Meeting’ so many people via the blog has been one of the most delightful and unexpected bonuses of my time spent painting. It’s also …
See what happens when I try to paint without any preliminary pencil work!
Happy New Year one and all! I know that my first post of the new decade, on the very first day of 2020 is the ideal day for me to be setting out my own watercolour manifesto for the year or even years ahead, but I’m afraid that I have to confess that my manifesto …
