Fame for a month – Facebook group report October 2022
Are you enjoying our monthly Facebook competition? We have a very loyal group of Members and Friends who regularly contribute posts of their wonderful paintings to the dedicated SEAW Members and Friends Facebook group, following the theme set for the month. And it is always…
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…
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…
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…
5 tips for great watercolours with Annie Rice
Know your paints Which colours are transparent and which ones opaque? A transparent is clear, beautiful, and will bleed into other colours for wet in wet. Opaques are solid but are useful for detail, overlaying other colours and making a bold statement. An opaque mixed…
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…
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…