TUTORIAL – Painting with gouache by David Harrison – Part one: the basics
Since leaving art school (a few years ago), I have experimented with charcoal, graphite, pastels, oils, acrylic, mixed media and gouache (pronounced: gwash). I think that it is important for artists to experiment and try out different media and techniques, and to be continually challenged…
TUTORIAL – Painting with gouache by David Harrison – Part two: step-by-step tutorial
March Shadows Stage 1 One morning in March this year I set up my easel on the grass verge near the road. The morning was full of bright sunshine and beautiful shadows cast by the trees to my left. I was attracted to this scene…
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…
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…
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 – Painting summer trees with Anthony Mashman
Anthony Mashman takes us through his method of painting summer trees Materials Watercolour Indian Yellow Lemon Yellow Raw Sienna Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Burnt Sienna Other Soft 4B pencil Putty eraser Watercolour pad or paper Number 8 round brush It is good to have reference for…
TUTORIAL – Chris Lockwood on Seascapes
Seascape – Surfers at Biarritz Materials list Paper: Saunders Waterford High White NOT 300lb Watercolour Paper, masking fluid or white acrylic ink, yellow oil pastel or wax crayon for texture. Paints: Windsor & Newton. Raw Sienna, Light Red, Cobalt Turquoise Light, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Violet,…