
This painting is one I made while we were creating a new DVD to teach my methods of painting watercolours with big bad brushes! I fully describe my techniques, and with these methods I honestly think anyone can paint! More details will follow.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Making Tutorial DVD ' Rough Brush Watercolour'
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Spring in Constable country

This watercolour is of an area I really enjoy. The walk between Flatford and Dedham is a real treat, and when you think John Constable walked the same ground on many occasions...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Large Watercolour Langdon Hills
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Large Watercolour Lake district - Sash Brush!

Yes I've done another painting using rough brushes, I feel a series coming on! The paper size is 11 x 15 inches, which is much larger than I normally use, but I can see the advantages in painting watercolor with a large brush, on a largish paper.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
'Rough Brush' large watercolor of Lake District

This is my first go at a largish format of watercolour. I did use SimmTrace to place the mountains accurately, because this is a specific place. It is the road leading to the start of the climb to the top of the 'old man of Coniston' Probably do more of these. I have always been put off by the price of large brushes for watercolour, so I decided to use a large 'sash brush' from a DIY store! Then discovered that the 'randomness' of the brush had pleasing results. So I nipped into the shed and found a selection of old housepainting brushes...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Portraits with the SimmTrace
I have not been blogging, I have been working...some work on artistic pursuits. I am finding the greatest thing about the SimmTrace is doing portraits. I have been studying up on chiaroscuro y sfumato techniques. This is Italian for light, dark and smoke. The examples I have included with this blog are not charcoal or sanguine sticks as they should be, but rather Crayola crayon and standard #2 pencil like kids use in school. I have to tell you, they look very like the my beautiful redheaded daughter, the subject of these drawings.
And yes, Crayola crayons are real art supplies!
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