Having a broken wrist means that you can’t carry too much equipment to your Art Society meeting. So, I just took a piece of watercolour paper, my Winsor & Newton pan set and one brush last week with a view to having a play with the paint. This was the result – I particularly like …
Tag: watercolor
May 31 2016
It’s in the eyes!
May 22 2016
Spring Blossom
Apr 11 2016
A Host of Daffodils
Mar 19 2016
A bit of fun!
This week at art club I fancied painting something a bit light hearted and fun. I had a photo of three hedgehogs and decided to paint them in a “loose” style with not too much detail. What do you think? The original was whisked away by my friend Ken who was much taken by it …
Mar 06 2016
On the cover of a magazine
(With thanks to Madonna’s Vogue for this blog entry’s title!) I’ve been chosen as the featured artist for the press release for Stevenage Art Society’s Spring Exhibition. The details of the exhibition will appear in a few publications in Stevenage. My recent painting of geese entitled “Where are we going?” is on the front cover …
Feb 25 2016
Using Phthalo Blue for my background
This weeks subject for my classes is Snowdrops and over the past few weeks ideas about how to paint them have been going through my mind. At Art Club I had finished the piece I was working on and wanted something to do for a few minutes. Using a scrap piece of paper I quickly …
Feb 18 2016
Trees Through the Seasons – Winter
This is my final video post in this series. This time it’s a winter tree with a hint of dead leaves on the branches. The colours used in this video are Burnt Umber, Ultramarine and a small amount of Quinacridone Gold for the grass at the base of the tree. If you want to make …
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