Tag Archives: Watercolour

Painting: water-based pigments

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Claire B

Yesterday I went for my second water-colour painting class.  What can I say?  I’ve done part of an on-line course and last month I did the ‘Absolute Beginners’ first class.  Yesterday was the second and final one. Here’s the result: … Continue reading →

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Revisiting watercolour painting

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Claire B

Late last year I started a watercolour on-line course.  After 3 lessons I was stuck and my problems were very basic: When do you work on dry paper, when wet?  What does prepare and stretch your paper first mean?  Once … Continue reading →

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Watercolour painting – Lesson 3

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Claire B

LESSON 3: Three colour sky Sample 1: I’ve mixed the correct colours up but not really integrated them into the composition well yet. Sample 2: This isn’t too bad and I’ve more white cloud here. Sample 3: Clouds and top … Continue reading →

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Watercolour painting – Lesson 2

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Claire B

LESSON 2: Two colour sky 300gsm Medium Arches watercolour paper: Sample 1: Nice sharp edge to the land area considering I haven’t learned how to do that yet, but not enough variation in blue from upper to lower sections. Sample … Continue reading →

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Watercolour painting: Lesson 1

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Claire B

For a while now I’ve been wanting to add colour to some of my prints.  Watercolour seems like a soft colour approach but it’s not something I know anything about.  So I’ve embarked on a beginners watercolour landscape course.  I … Continue reading →

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