MEET THE MEMBER – Sarah-Cate Blake
Featured image: Joyful Sea by Sarah-Cate Blake When did you start painting? I’ve always enjoyed painting and I’ve kept some of my paintings from as far back as 5 years old when I won a prize for a very jolly clown! Seriously, I trained as…
MEET THE FRIEND – Chris Wright
When did you start painting? In 2015, I suffered from burn out and was out of action for three months. I had experienced this previously in my formative roll as a Police Officer and latterly working in education. This provided me with the opportunity to…
RESOURCE – 5 tips for a great watercolour from Surinder Beerh
Sketching I am a great believer in sketching. Without a proper drawing /sketch it is difficult to produce a good painting. If you do not get the drawing right in the initial stage then it will be difficult to make changes whilst you are painting….
TUTORIAL – Jackie Devereux’s wonky pink pot
I have developed a passion for pots over the years and can never resist an evocative shape in a charity shop window, and in particular those that are hand built or hand thrown and showing signs of pressure marks. I turn them into my own…
MEET THE FRIEND – Juli Fejer
When did you start painting? Four years ago, I started painting to distract myself from the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. After decades of ineffective treatment, worklessness and depression, I attended an NHS course which set me on the path to a new life. I identify…
MEET THE MEMBER – Wendy Kimberley
When did you start painting? As a kid I used to draw and write stories. I took and failed ‘A’ level Art which is pretty much as far as my formal training goes. What led you to start painting AGAIN? I had cancer in my…
Exhibition news from Mel Collins
The Old Goods Shed, Clare Castle Country Park, 7th– 22nd May 2022 A BIG thank you to our SEAW Friends who visited and stewarded our recent exhibition at Clare. Your support for our exhibitions is always much appreciated and we are delighted that some of…
Spring Exhibition at Clare Country Park
After a two year hiatus, we are finally exhibiting at Clare Country Park! The Members exhibition was ready to go in early 2020 and we were thwarted by Covid. Then again in 2021, so we are thrilled to be able to hold a Members exhibition…
TUTORIAL – Alan Noyes: Don’t be afraid of the dark, part I
I am assuming that those of you reading this Newsletter have some experience of the gentle art of watercolour – some more than others, some of you may even be starting afresh with a new medium. Those of us who have some experience of the…
TUTORIAL – Alan Noyes: Don’t be afraid of the dark, part II
Mixing interesting darks This is a difficult one. In theory we only need six pigments on our palette – A warm Red, Yellow and Blue and a cool Red, Yellow and Blue and with those six you should be able to mix any colour your…