TUTORIAL – Botanical style by Sarah McGonigle
I do not profess to be a botanist, merely an enthusiastic flower painter! Botanical painting can sometimes be seen as laborious. Some complex flower paintings, especially dark flowers, can take many hours to complete. I have been painting for over 20 years, and am lucky…
RESOURCE – Six top tips from Tony Osler
Love what you do Paint what you know and paint what you love. Your knowledge and love will shine through………..hopefully! Let go Try this: Study a photograph for a few minutes. Put the photo away and from memory (no cheating!) paint the scene you…
RESOURCE – 5 tips for great watercolours from Penny Newman
1. Great paper Experiment with different paper surfaces, HP, Not and Rough. Each one has a different feel on its surface and will be great for different styles of watercolour (see above) 2. Great textures Expensive sable brushes are wonderful, but don’t discard that beaten…
RESOURCE – 5 tips for great watercolours from Caroline Furlong
SEAW Member, Caroline Furlong share her favourite tips and tricks with us 1. Great colours Keep to a limited palette of four/ five colours only. This makes the painting more unified. 2. Great sketchbooks Have a few sketchbooks on the go which are the same…
TUTORIAL – Venice Sunset Tonal Study
Denise Schoenberg shared this tutorial with us – have fun trying it out Materials Watercolour paint – any dark colour with a good tonal range, for example: indigo, black or mix a dark grey from burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. Watercolour paper – 140lb/300gsm Cold…
Carol Whitehouse on a painting journey
When I was asked if I would like to write a piece, I was about to start working on a painting of purple tulips. I began to think of how I go about producing my art. I liken this to a journey –setting off, the…
Helen Otter on patterns, rhythms and sequences
Sequences I always take my phone on morning walks to capture the sun as it rises and transforms the landscape, the strip of connection between land and sky, a liminal space, the character of which changes in a second. Because I like rhythm, pattern and…
TIPS – Correcting mistakes in watercolour by Anthony Osler
We all make mistakes when we are painting. One only has to see an X-ray of an Old Master’s painting to see how many alterations were made during the production of the work. But, of course they were painting in oils, easy to correct, as…
TUTORIAL – Winter Landscape by Caroline Furlong
Painting snow can be a challenging subject in watercolour. We must use the white of the paper to represent it. We have to remember that snow is not just white. Basically, snow is water, and when we look at water it is transparent, and so…
TUTORIAL – Leaves, Berries and Seed Heads with Helen Clarke
Helen Clarke takes us through the process of creating autumnal cards. The wonderful vibrant colours and shapes we find scattered in the hedges in Autumn and Winter are irresistible to paint and provide a wonderful source of inspiration for watercolour and ink paintings. They are…