Another watercolor experiment: In Lesson 11 I explored how John Sell Cotman built his pictures by adding washes. I showed this in stages. I never quite got the chance to proceed past the warm-up stage. All my experimentation was done on small panels. I learned how to make different marks in the lessons that highlighted the […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I am working with the Tate Watercolour Manual today, as I have been for the past several weeks. I expanded my work from the smaller panels in my warmup exercise (see Lesson 12) to reproduce one of the exercises in the book onto larger paper (9″x12″). The composition today was inspired by […]
The next lesson in the Tate Watercolour Manual, Lessons from the Great Masters by Tony Smibert and Joyce Townsend, the book I am studying, addresses composition. The authors chose to feature the work of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot to demonstrate balance of design. The art historian Ernst Gombrich notes (The Story of Art) that Corot strived for ‘clarity and balance’ […]
I am working through the Tate Watercolour Manual, Lessons from the Great Masters by Tony Smibert and Joyce Townsend in an effort to refine my craft. I fully intend to paint like the masters when I finish the book. I’m not quite sure how long after I finish the book but I know it will come to pass […]
I took this photograph in the 1990s in New York City, where I lived at the time. I recall that I was walking around Chinatown when I came encountered the fish pictured below. I thought food displays were supposed to entice the customer. The sombrero aside, it appears that the shrimps are feeding at their […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I usually post a warmup exercise before I perform my experiment. Today, my warmup exercise and experiment are one and the same. I continue to pursue the elusive blot. The advice in the book from which I am learning (the Tate Watercolour Manual, Lessons from the Great Masters by Tony Smibert and Joyce Townsend) […]
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I am back at home after a couple of days visiting friends. The post from the day I left (ReBlotting), was an experiment with blotting and lifting pigments from the paper. As I was in a rush to leave, I only completed part of the experiment. Completed (ReBlotting) watercolor experiment: I rewet the original study and added […]
