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…
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…
TIPS – Go Green
In his book Clear Seeing Space, artist Brian Rutenberg says “Green is a colour that overtakes everything”. If you have ever painted a tree using green paint directly from the tube or pan, then you will know that feeling. Follow or change Anthony’s tree tutorial…
TIPS – Nifty travel kits
In August we asked our Facebook group to let us know what their small travel watercolour kits looked like and we had a response from Janet Hathiramani “This is my very tiniest one for the days when I just want to take my kit in…
TIPS – Texture in watercolour
How to create texture with watercolour There are many, many ways to create texture with watercolour, and I have folders full of experiments. Many years ago, I was first attracted to creating texture after seeing the work of one of my watercolour heroes, Tessa Shedley…