Learning to Paint – Croyde Bay

I’ve been away near Croyde for the weekend with a big group of friends. In between beers I had a go at trying to paint the landscape. This is a view towards the bayside painted on the beach. It was a blowy day and the picture, paints and other stuff kept flying around. It was almost impossible to mix colours on the plastic plate I’d brought with me (yup that kept flying away too), and I think I need to buy some….grassier greens.

There’s a lot I don’t like about this picture though some of the folks I was away with were very encouraging about it. I found it very difficult to capture something so….big, I’m hoping things will improve as I gain confidence.

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Learning to Paint – Lavender Jug

The holiday is over, the postcards all sent. I enjoyed making the cards and so I’ve decided to continue this painting experiment. I hope it will be interesting to see how it unfolds and as people pass by I hope to receive feedback on my efforts an…

The holiday is over, the postcards all sent. I enjoyed making the cards and so I’ve decided to continue this painting experiment. I hope it will be interesting to see how it unfolds and as people pass by I hope to receive feedback on my efforts and maybe suggestions for improvement too. Here is a still life I painted yesterday using water colours on water colour paper. It’s a jug full of lavender with an apple beside it. Damn thing looks too much like a tomato for my liking! I’m pleased with the shape of the jug and the general shading and I enjoyed mixing colours for the lavender.

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Learning to Paint – Postcards From the Edge #6

This picture is of a few old trees in Cimiez, Nice. This was painted on another very hot sunny day and I deliberately left a lot of white space to try and convey a sense of light and heat. This was painted for Sarah Matthews in water colours on wa…

This picture is of a few old trees in Cimiez, Nice. This was painted on another very hot sunny day and I deliberately left a lot of white space to try and convey a sense of light and heat. This was painted for Sarah Matthews in water colours on water colour paper. What is water colour paper? It’s heavy for a start. Typical photocopy paper weighs in around 80gsm, and my sketch pad is 135gsm. My water colour paper is a heavy duty 300gsm and is cold pressed to give it a lovely textured surface. So now you know.

Keira likes this picture, preferring the tree on the right, do you have a favourite tree?

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