After all my recent autumnal scenes, I decided it was time to try something a little different…plus time hasn’t been on my side of late so I wanted to try to keep up a bit of momentum with a few smaller sketches. First one up was a exercise that I took from a recent purchase, …
Well my joy of Rowland Hilder is continuing apace! Here’s a couple of takes on two of his many autumnal scenes. Feels weird that as we’re entering what I hope will be a long hot summer, I’m feeling drawn to painting only autumnal scenes. I think this comes down to the palette more than anything …
After the fun I had emulating the great Rowland Hilder with the Cotman version of this same field set, I couldn’t wait to get started with the professional set. Sadly, I did have to wait a while as circumstances didn’t permit me to dive straight in so, to whet the appetite, here’s a little gallery …
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Not strictly true I know but I did recently spend some time pouring over a couple of my Rowland Hilder books and was also able to carve out a little time to do a few sketches too. Not too long ago I picked up a Winsor and Newton Artists Field Set that included a range …
I mentioned recently that I’d been paying homage to Edward Seago in an effort to rekindle my familiarity and confidence with simply applying brush to paper. Here’s the another painting from that series, which again was painted on half imperial sized Bockingford rough paper. The painting is an edited version of my effort as I …
Three quick sketches that I managed to find time to do during a brief visit to Lytham St. Annes. I’m familiar with the view across the bay from Lytham looking towards the Southport, Liverpool and North Wales however the light on this particular morning was overcast, flat and gloomy. It was also pretty cold too …
I recently visited the RWS annual exhibition at London’s Mall Galleries (of which more another time) and was able to time my visit to coincide with the day that John Yardley was giving a demonstration in the gallery. I’ve long been an admirer of his work so it seemed like a great opportunity to watch him …
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On the anniversary of Edward Seago’s birthday (Born 31 March, 1910), I thought I’d use the occasion to show some of my recent efforts. I recently had the opportunity to spend a bit more time painting than I have done for quite a while and, in an effort to help me regain some confidence, I …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQyz5a1AEM?rel=0&w=480&h=360] After having watched and thoroughly enjoyed the Joseph Zbukvic masterclass on ‘Colour in your life’ I decided to take the plunge and invest in one of his DVDs. I was keen to pick up the DVD entitled ‘Atmosphere and Mood in Watercolour’ as it shares a similar title to his book Mastering Atmosphere …
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