New to watercolour

Mike Bain, another of our new members, writes, “I last painted reasonably seriously in 2005/2006 so thought it was about time I took it up again. I used to paint in water based oils and acrylics but have wanted to try water colour for some time now. My previous best effort was a portrait of Nicole Kidman in water based oils. Recently I have tried some simple water colours to try to get used to the medium”. A sample of his work is shown below

 

Carp

On sea and land

Mike Russell has sent in three paintings. “All have been painted in acrylics and photographed with an ordinary 35mm digital camera. The sailing boat is an image of a Bluenose schooner; these boats sailed out to the fishing banks of Newfoundland and launched small dories to do the fishing. Alas, only a replica remains, which I have seen sailing off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fox is one of my wildlife paintings, although I usually paint birds. The mountain scenery is a stormy Brecon Beacons, a place I love. It was executed with palette knife, brush, toothbrush, spray and probably other tools as well. This is one of my largest paintings I think 24"x 20".”

Bluenose schooner

Two Dianas

Today we have two very different pieces by different Dianas but both involving collage. The first by Diana Woods-Humphery is both experimental and abstract. The balanced composition she has achieved in this piece makes for a pleasing image. I wonder if we have other members who are bold enough to venture into the abstract. 

Feather in Pastel

This pastel painting of a feather is by Nicole Willett.

Poetry, Concentration and Control

Three pieces by Daph Willett, the first of which is a poem

View from Sellack

Sue Murphy writes, "After the latest Paint-in Live with Norfolk Painting School here is my attempt. We were invited to paint a view of our own, but in the style of Cezanne, who painted views of Mont St  Victoire in France.  This is the View from Sellack, style of Cezanne in oils, 12 x 16 in.  On this occasion I used Fabriano Oil Paper but having previously found it too slippy, this time I prepared it with a coat of pink gesso.  It made a very short ground to work on, but I’ll be interested to see what it’s like when I take it off the board that I had attached it to."

View from Sellack

Acrylics by Sarah Amery

Two paintings by Sarah Amery. "The sea painting is in Acrylic and is very large, A1 size, the biggest I have ever attempted! The sunflower (much smaller)has colourful beads in the middle to
make it 3D, it is also in acrylic. I used metallic paint for the background."