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Thursday Art group - Session 9
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In this session we experimented with basic watercolour painting techniques.
After a couple of short slide shows (watercolour and watercolour animals) a few tips were given on watercolour application, washes, and glazing.
(Click on images to enlarge).
Top left - In the shoulder area of the blue bottle, Mags began to gain a greater feel for the application of her paint and the black lines demonstrate a bolder confidence to 'just try it out'.
Top Middle and right - Lorriane quickly developed the knack of allowing the watercolour to flow over and around her paper, producing some very nice results as water and colours flowed into one another. It should perhaps be mentioned, that Lorraine's watercolour paper was good quality and with a finer texture than that used by others in the group. This no doubt aided the fluidity and blending of colours before they soaked into the paper too quickly.
Middle - Kathy's couple of sheets of experiments showing, in particular, glazes.
Right middle - The main focus of Vee's attention was to experiment with applying dabs of colour for texture in her owl's feathers. The rest of the painting received less attention.
Bottom right - These little paintings by Kathy, although imagined and childlike, started to improve as they went on. The bottom left two pictures capture better, some of the textual and personality qualities of the creatures.
Bottom middle right - Although Nan didn't get a smooth paint wash in the sky, she did begin to see some of the effects of flowing colour in her poppy heads.
Bottom middle left - Stan experimented with colour and texture, although the application of pigment was perhaps on the strong side - not allowing enough water dilution for flow and subtlety. In his second painting (coffee jar) a lighter touch and more water has started to work better, particularly down the left side and into the base area.
Left middle - After a tentative start, Tracy really began to get the feel for the medium as she focused her attention on the left bottle of the three. Shape, shadow and transparency are starting to come together with conviction.
Techniques
demonstrated
Different ways of applying watercolour
Water and pigment washes
Glazing
Removing paint - dilution and dabbing
Applying water to some areas before adding pigment
Turning the paper in different ways to allow varying paint flow
How to stretch watercolour paper onto plywood board
Observations
and comments
The main thing I noticed during this session, was that most people were
not using enough water and perhaps being a bit concerned about losing
control. One of the qualities obtainable from watercolour is its flowing
nature.