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…
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…
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…
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…
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…