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Read MoreWatercolour Painting | Autumn Woodland
Here’s my recent watercolour painting project from Geoff Kersey‘s watercolour book Ready To Paint: Watercolour Trees and Woodlands, published by Search Press, and its accompanying DVD “Autumn Woodland” published by Teaching Art. The book and DVD is aimed at those who already have some experience painting watercolours, although much of the content will also be of interest and value...
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Read MoreWatercolour Painting | The Road From Stanton Lees
My latest watercolour painting project is from Geoff Kersey‘s watercolour DVD “The Road From Stanton Lees” published by Teaching Art. The painting is featured on page 5 of his book Ready to Paint Watercolour Trees and Woodlands, published by Search Press. The DVD and book is aimed at those who already have some experience painting watercolours, although much of the content will also be...
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Read MoreWatercolour of Keble Bridge
Keble Bridge is my latest watercolour project and is one of the demonstrations from David Bellamy‘s book Developing Your Watercolours which is published by Collins. This book is aimed at those who already have some experience painting watercolours, although much of the book will also be of interest and value to beginners and more experienced artists alike. It’s a wonderful book, and packed...
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Read MoreDublin Doorway
Dublin Doorway is the most recent watercolour project I’ve been working on and is one of the projects from Terry Harrison’s book, Ready to Paint – Ireland in watercolour, published by Search Press. The book runs to 47 pages, contains clear instructions with step-by-step photographs, five projects and six reusable tracings to get you started with the minimum of fuss. Although Dublin...
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Read MoreBluebell Wood
Here is a watercolour painting that I painted in the Terry Harrison style, taken from page 102 of his book Brush With Watercolour – Painting Landscapes The Easy Way This has to be one of the best books in my collection and runs to 128 pages. The first half of the book explains a multitude of useful watercolour techniques, as well as how to get the best out of the Terry Harrison’s Complete Brush Set...
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Read MoreScottish Loch
This is the third exercise that I tried from Ray Campbell Smith’s 2000 publication Landscapes in Watercolour. This exercise from page 34 of his book is broken down into 5 stages and helps you to put into practice some of the techniques that he describes earlier in his book. You learn how to create hard edged reflections to suggest the rippling surface of the water. Ripples are not quite as easy as...
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Read MoreFields of Corn Harvested
I painted this watercolour about 3 years ago and it is one of my favourite paintings. It was the result of one of the exercises from Alelene Fletcher’s 2003 publication The Watercolour Landscape Painter’s Pocket Palette. The instructions take you through the use of masking fluid, laying a wash and dropping in stronger colours to lay the foundations of the painting, then building...
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Read MoreGrassy Meadow With Poppies
I painted this watercolour around 2007 and it was another exercise from Alelene Fletcher’s 2003 publication The Watercolour Landscape Painter’s Pocket Palette. The exercise cleverly teaches you about the subtle use of tonal values to help create depth of field, and the striking effect that complimentary colours can have in a painting. The simple instructions takes you through the use of masking...
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