Friday 22 February 2013

Trying to loosen up with wet - on - wet






From teapots to flowers, anything makes a good subject for painting.  Here are even more experiments with wet - on - wet techniques, some more successful than others.  The paintings vary in size, but all are water colour and were a great pleasure to paint!  Some are much looser than others.  It seems to take me a good hour or so to get to the very loose stage, when the best work happens.  I love the accidental element of this kind of painting;  it is very exciting to watch the paint flow and dry, if you can believe it!  I am trying to leave forms somewhat open and not to close all the edges, where possible, as well as to use white space and to allow beautiful accidents to happen.

More Experimentation with wet on wet.


Two small water colours experimenting with wet - on - wet techniques.  The top one also uses dry brush.