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Posts relating to artistic works in an abstract or impressionist style
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot, as the title may suggest some kind of Italian starter, rather one of the times that the middle aisle in Aldi has something interesting, in this case a set of “dimensional acrylics”. I actually got these some time ago, but had a painting that …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have been meaning to try out Rosa Watercolours for a while, in my general quest/obsession to try every colour or preparation on the planet. Rosa are a Ukranian brand, with a good reputation. They are also very inexpensive, and lets face it buying Ukranian …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a very quick one today. I am not quite sure how these came about, other than just splashing colour about, but I decided to have a very quick play with reducing a scene, in this case stubble burning, down to basic colours and shapes. …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been playing around again with the thing that led to my resurgence in watercolour – You will recall a couple of years ago I purchased a small Cotman Florals Pocket Set – working with the simple method of small dots of paint which …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile down in Norwich the other month, I could not of course resist the lure of Jarrolds art shop again. This is alternatively heaven, or a way to spend all the money you don’t have, if you are like me, with a mixture of high …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I have mentioned, when making watercolours there’s always some left over in the mortar and I like to use this to prepare grounds for future work. These are some recent earths, on the poundland paper which I use for cheap expreimenting. These were inspired …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile on our first (hopefully of many) walks of the year I took a photo, as I have before, of the pine trees on Parkside Road. I’m always fascinated by these trees and (I am not sure if this is cut to avoid the road) …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI got to searching last night for a bit of guidance on painting dark value images in watercolour, and stumbled upon this website. Wandering away from my initial search there are a lot of paintings in a very impressionist style – very much against fussing, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter poppy that crept into my One Colour a Day book the other week I went off on a bit of a crazy exploration of wet on wet flowers over the last few days. This was very much an extensive exploration into how the paint …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome further experiments with brusho, I have been playing more with using it like inks and painting stems and grasses.
