WATER COLOUR TECHNIQUE

I was explaining to some of the group at Hempton this morning how to use cling film to create a fascinating water colour texture. Unfortunately there was no cling film so I showed them as best as I could with ordinary plastic instead which obviously does not work as well, but served as a diagrammatic way to indicate what to do ....

so here is an example, two photos, as the painting is long and thin so you might be able to imagine how it fits together, and if you look closely you can see the underlying texture and pattern overlaid and worked into with painting and pen work.

DATES

someone asked about dates today and so here is a recap, next week beginning Monday 21st is our last week, except for Wednesday groups who have an extra week,(because we lost one week earlier) so the last lesson for them in on Wednesday 30th.
Don't forget LIFE DRAWING on Monday 28th at Marsham Village Hall, 10-3.
And the WATER COLOUR SKILLS course at Natural Surroundings on 9th, 10th, 11th September has enough bookings to go ahead, so please confirm your booking next week with me so I can keep a check on numbers since space and my time defines how many people I can take.

CAWSTON

and here is some of the work from Cawston, and I am through I love these vigorous and dynamic formulae I am starting to crave subtlety....so lets see how that pans out next week!

MORE PICS....

here's the carpet beater from Gressenhall Rural Life Museum!

and some work from the portrait class.

Monday afternoon Portrait Class

here is some of the work from the Monday afternoon PORTRAIT class.
 I want to continue with this format next term, I have found these sessions interesting and stimulating.
What do you think? let me know please, I try to provide what you want, and some challenge too!

RESEARCH.....

You could just look up a few artists, and a gallery, to help with the upcoming work
Elaine Pamphilon
Debbie George,
Mary Sumner,
Helen Herbert,
Red Rag Gallery,
Tessa Newcomb,
Mary Newcomb,
and Mary Feddon.

up to date work...

Some lovely examples of work from Marsham....and I have to let you into a little secret here, when I photograph your work to put it up here I do 'enhance' the colours on my 'edit 'program ( it just raises the colour value a little, doesn't change anything) on the computer, because subtleties and colour quality can easily become diminished by the time a photograph has been taken and then transferred to the computer image, but now the background showing off the pictures is so dark as well they really do show up, and I'm worrying that they look brash here, though in reality I don't think they do.