Watercolour Tip Of The Week (30th April 2005)

There are a variety of papers available on the market. If you are starting in watercolour, I would advise you to try as many types as possible until you find the one that suits your style of painting.

There is a choice in the weight of paper. The most common being: 90lb, 140lb, and 300lb.

Most papers fall into three textural finishes:
Hot Press - a smooth paper
Not - a paper with a little texture
Rough – a heavily textured paper

I favour a ‘Not’ finish, as I find it suits the way I paint.

Paper is also available in different sizes:
Large sheets, approximately 15”x 30”
Loose Leaf pads of varying sizes
‘Blocks’ of pre-stretched paper, approximately 20 sheets to a block, available in different sizes.
Tinted papers can also be found, indeed, even the ‘white’ papers vary in their appearance!

It has taken quite a few years for me to find the paper that I am really happy with, so I tend to stick to ‘Arches’, a French paper, which I buy pre-stretched on a block. It’s not the cheapest on the market, but I find I get the best results from it.

Happy hunting!

Barwick-in-Elmet Art Club

Thank you to all those who attended my demonstration at Barwick-in-Elmet Art Club on Wednesday evening. I really enjoyed myself, 'hope you found the demonstration informative? Here is the completed painting. I look forward to seeing you all again soon. If you have any questions, please email or phone.
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Quotation (28th April 2005)

As in the fourteen lines of a sonnet, a few strokes of the pencil can hold immensity.

Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970)
The Magic of a Line

Evening / Guidecca Canal

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Quotation (19th April 2005)

"Roger Fry is painting me. It is too like me at present, but he is confident he will be able to alter that. Post-Impressionism is at present confined to my lower lip......and to my chin"

E.M.Forster (1879-1970)
letter to Florence Barger.
24th December, 1911

Venice Trip 2005

Evening on the Zattere
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Gondola Reflections
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Washing Day, Rio di S. Ternita / Castello
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Traffic Jam! / Canal Grande
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Quotation (13th April 2005)

I had thought Bauhaus was the German for kennel.

Stephanie Lewis
The Times
26th February 1994

Venice Trip 2005

9am, Piazza San Marco, Venice.
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Taken from Accademia Bridge, looking towards Santa Maria della Salute, early morning
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Quotation (6th April 2005)

Art is cultural insurance. Take out a policy now.

Theo Crosby (1925-1994)
How to play the Environment Game