As I've begun working on a new
series of watercolour painting projects from Joe Francis Dowden's book Ready To Paint: Venice in Watercolour, I thought it would be pertinent to share a selection of photograph of Venice that I took during my trip there in October 2012...
It is styled on the discontinued Whatman ™ watercolour paper, after artists grieved the loss of this unique type
of watercolour paper.
Throughout August, the gallery on Charlotte Street will display a new collection
of watercolours by London painter Emma Haworth.
Eric Ravilious, one of most admired and popular British artists of the 20th century, produced a remarkable number
of watercolours in a career cut short by his untimely death in 1942 while serving as an official war artist.
He learned the
arts of watercolour painting from the famous local portraitist and landscape artist Kathleen Bridle when in his late teens.
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When Chris Ofili wanted to translate the liquid
qualities of his watercolours into woven wool for his current exhibition «Weaving Magic» at London's National Gallery, he turned to the master weavers of Dovecot Tapestry Studio — a project that became nearly three years in the making.
At the heart of the exhibition is a
collection of watercolour paintings: a series of Diptychs consisting of portraits of model Karen Graham and Mx Bond.
Geoff Kersey is a
master of the watercolour landscape and one of Britain's (maybe even the world's) best watercolour instructors.
The DVD is great, and its accompanying book is packed from cover to cover with Geoff «s watercolor tips to get the best from your watercolours, as well as many of his drawings, sketches, and excellent examples
of his watercolour landscapes.
Known for his unique use of drawing and painting, Ernst Caramelle applies thin
washes of watercolour and pigment painted directly on to the gallery -LSB-...]
While she has made colourful abstract works using the traditional medium
of watercolour on paper, she has also applied her distinctive palette of muted greens, ochre tones and bright sherbets to a wide array of everyday, found objects such as hammers, bottles, knives, chairs, twigs, mobile phones and fragments of clothing.
Westminster Abbey's Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series
of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.
«From the outset we wanted to get beyond the association
of watercolour with landscape, which really defines British watercolour practice,» said Smith.
Her latest exhibition, at Marlborough Fine Art, is a triple bill: pastels inspired by Manuel II, a series based on The Relic, the 1887 novel by José Maria Eça de Queirós which tells the story of the devious Teodorico Raposo and his visit to the Holy Land, and a
set of watercolours for a new version of the folk story Stone Soup by her daughter, Caroline Willing (published by Enitharmon Press).
It was wonderful to see her in action as she demonstrated her unique
style of watercolour painting in the St Cuthberts Mill demonstration tent, which she packed out — it was standing room only!
Return of a Whatman ® Style Paper Artists can once again enjoy this historic
type of watercolour paper.
This exhibition brings together a
group of watercolours in various formats, though rarely extending beyond A4.
In London, the British Museum is showing an intriguing
exhibition of watercolours by artists including Paul Nash, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, 8 of which were gifted by the Contemporary Art Society.
And that's not all, there are lots of ways you could vary this project to make scarves with a completely different look using the same paint — for example, you could try dragging the brush strokes all the way across the width of the scarf to create uneven stripes (like this beauty by Kate Spade) or you could wet your scarf first to make the paint bleed for more
of a watercolour look.
Burra's
use of watercolour positions him within the English landscape tradition, but his works have an intensity unlike any other artists handling of the medium: as Pierre Rouve, wrote of the artist: ``... The power of his larger compositions is unique and uniquely disconcerting in the eyes of those convinced that watercolours can only water down all colours.
In this rare
display of his watercolours and drawings, Miller's Penguin covers are closer to still life studies, rather than two - dimensional posters.
Gouache on watercolour paper Miniature - letter painted onto a 12 x 12 cm
square of watercolour paper unframed
The DVD was easy to follow, and its accompanying book is packed from cover to cover with Geoff «s watercolor tips to get the best from your watercolours, as well as many of his drawings, sketches, and excellent
examples of his watercolour landscapes.
His bizarre artwork is a creative
mix of watercolour and collage techniques that come together to make pop culture icons, major logos and cartoon characters.
A
defence of watercolour as a truly modern medium by the exhibition curator, David Boyd Haycock, can be read in the current issue of Apollo.
Terry Harrison's no - nonsense teaching style takes the mystery
out of watercolour painting and the clear step - by - step photographs make it easy for readers to reproduce all of the projects.
It is arguably one of the most ambitious
surveys of watercolour staged in London but any visitor expecting safe, gentle and reserved should prepare for a surprise.
Given the
association of watercolour with British painters, another surprise is the identity of one of the earliest watercolour painters of British landscapes: the Flemish Anthony van Dyck.
In his series
of watercolours studies for embroideries, Italian artist Alighiero Boetti gives symmetric shape to chaos in his neat, perfectly square works based on verbal puns.
Plus: Police end occupation of the Volksbühne theatre in Berlin MCA Chicago and Nasher Museum split Sotheby's Prize Three
centuries of watercolours to be digitised Lis Rhodes awarded Freelands Prize Thomas Dane Gallery to open Naples space and recommended reading
This 100 % cotton curtain is made in India and features a modern medallion motif in a soothing colour palette
of watercolour inspired shades of blue and grey.
If Chris Ofili's new work, unveiled at the National Gallery on Tuesday, offers a glimpse into a dreamlike world of myth and magic, its execution represents nothing short of alchemy, the miraculous transformation
of watercolour into tapestry.
I could pin a single large
sheet of watercolour paper to a board and scribble down notes, ideas and sketches.»
During World War Two, the War Artists» Advisory Committee commissioned Hall to produce a number
of watercolours depicting the training of paratroopers at the Parachute Training School at RAF Ringway in Cheshire.