Painting
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Experimenting with Different Colours – by experienced watercolour artist and tutor, Bill Lupton (SAA Ambassador)
So I don't get too focused on a particular range of colours that I would normally work with, I sometimes select 2 or 3 different colours I am not familiar with and see how they work together in a painting. It's pretty usual for me to work with a limited... -
"Watercolour Technique: The Great Lake, Castle Howard" by Pete Chapple
This watercolour - completed from a photograph taken early in the morning in March 2017 at one of my favourite locations - Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. From this side of the great lake you can look up to the right to make out the house in the distance. The...
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A Simple Approach by Anne Barnham
My way of teaching is to provide ‘building blocks, techniques and tools’ that help to make the process easier!! A simple approach makes things so much more interesting so here are my ideas about using a fairly limited palette. The first painting that I want to show you is of...
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A Limited Palette by Alison Hargreaves
Most often, in my classes, I use a limited palette (usually versions of the three primary colours) as I believe that this simplifies the painting for my students, and generally helps a painting become more pleasing on the eye. I often choose three primary colours….although not perhaps the classic ones...
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Love Comes Slowly by Terence Rogers
“Love Comes Slowly,” a strange title for a write up on the SAA Acrylics I know, but in my case very true! In the last month of 2016 the SAA provided me with sponsorship for their Acrylic paints, an honour that was greatly appreciated, but with some trepidation, because up...
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Haggis - A Scottish Dragon by Katharine Laird
First of all, though it’s a little late, Happy New Year. I must apologise for the lateness of my January blog but on Friday the 13th (of all days!) I tripped over an art bag at home and cracked a bone in my foot. How did this affect my right...