'Watercolour Basics & Beyond' - Part 6

The July issue of Leisure Painter is out now and includes Part six of my series of watercolour articles 'Watercolour Basics and Beyond'. In this edition I discuss how to use multiple washes to build up your paintings.

On 12th July I will be tutoring a workshop for Leisure Painter at the Patchings Art, Craft & Design Festival in Nottingham:
http://www.painters-online.co.uk/cours…/reader-workshops.htm

'Watercolour Basics & Beyond' - Part 5

The May edition of Leisure Painter is now in the shops. Part 5 of my series 'Watercolour Basics and Beyond' is all about dry-brush technique. It features a step-by-step exercise and also a painting of Broadsands beach.

'Watercolour Basics and Beyond' - Part Three

The April edition of Leisure Painter is in the shops now. It includes part four of my series 'Watercolour basics and beyond'. This month I talk about the wet-in-wet technique, which is a tricky but exciting way of working with watercolour.
The main painting, which I did as an example, is 'Braveheart', one of the steam locomotives at Dartmouth Steam Railway, Paignton station.

'Watercolour Basics and Beyond' - Part Three

Part 3 of my year-long series of 'Watercolour Basics and Beyond' is in the March issue of Leisure Painter. This month I am talking about the graded wash technique.

'Watercolour Basics & Beyond' Part One

The January issue of Leisure Painter is out now and includes part one of my year-long series 'Watercolour Basics & Beyond'. The series will cover different techniques over the year but the first part covers the basic materials you need and the first technique - flat wash.

'Take Three Washes'

Part two of my article on using my three-wash technique, for watercolour, is in the latest issue of Leisure Painter. Last months article was concerned with working in monotone but in the latest edition we add colour too.
'Take three washes' is in the September issue. Available now, as they say.

Patchings Festival 2017

Above: Winter Sun, Berry Head

Just got back from an overnight stay in Nottingham, from a visit to the 2017 Patchings Festival. I had a painting accepted for 'The Artist' category of the art competition.
Our first visit to Patchings. It was good to go around the stands as a tourist, 'off duty'. Still, I did get to finally meet Ingrid Lyon, the editor of Leisure Painter. I've been writing articles for LP since 2002, so it was good to say hello.
I also got to meet David Curtis, an artist whose work I've admired for many years (also bought a signed copy of his latest book).

'Take Three Colours'

I have an article in the April issue of Leisure Painter, which is out now. I was asked to write about my three favourite colours, which turned out to be a bit of a toughie. 
What are my three favourite colours? Only one way to find out.

'Step Outside'

The August issue of Leisure Painter is now in the shops, which includes part two of my article: 'Step Outside'.

New Article in Leisure Painter

The summer issue of Leisure Painter is on sale, containing part one of my article on painting outdoors. Part two will be in the next issue.

'Distant Vistas'

Part two of my article is now in the March edition of Leisure Painter. 
Part two is on the subject of aerial perspective, often know as atmospheric perspective. Features in the landscape tend to become paler as they get further away. Their colours usually become cooler too. Once you understand this, you can make your landscapes much more convincing, giving them a feeling of mood and depth.

'Balancing Points'

I have written something for the latest edition of Leisure Painter. It's the first of a two part article on perspective. Part one concentrates on linear perspective and provides hints on getting angles right. An otherwise good painting can be let down by just a stray line or two so it's worth taking the time to get it right.
I've illustrated it with paintings, which demonstrate key points in the text.

Part two, in the next issue, will be on the equally important topic of aerial, or atmospheric, perspective. This deals with atmosphere and colour, and where to place colours within a scene. Colours tend to appear cooler and paler as they recede. Aerial perspective can be used to create mood in a painting...

but that's for the March issue.

New Article in Leisure Painter

The new issue of Leisure Painter magazine contains a three-page article I have written. The subject is one that I am keen to get across at my workshops, and that is painting with a limited palette. I tend to work with 4 or 5 colours, for a particular painting. Some subjects, like floral studies, may require more but, in general, I make do with just a few. It creates a harmonious look to the painting. For the above painting I used only 3.

For those of you outside the UK, you can view the article online by following this link:

http://www.painters-online.co.uk/Features/Using-a-Limited-Palette-to-Create-Effective-Watercolours/_ft351_mg12