Books as art with Sue Downie
Making books I am really taken with making books. No, I don’t mean ‘How to paint bad watercolours in 5 minutes’ but unique artwork in book form. Until I started making books I didn’t realise it was a recognised artform which gives me more pleasure…
TUTORIAL – Composition of a painting, the focal point
This newsletter article relies on my own recent experiences of being tutored, listening to artist friends, attending workshops, trialing ideas, reading books and art magazines and lots of practice of the things I get wrong or don’t do well! Please note I seldom get this…
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,…