Leeks, bulbs and berries...

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Beautiful painting with bright colours, Shirley.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Fri 16 Feb 16:26:18

You posted this before the paint was dry! Very fruity and juicy! You certainly know how to use colour - I love the intensity you have achieved in his picture. One of the failings in the work of we who who paint as amateur watercolourists ie. those without the benefit of having had art tuition, is the failure to use sufficient pigment. I remember attending a workshop run by that great American artist, Don Stone, who looked at my palette , and said, “Squeeze out plenty of paint. I don’t want to see anything that resembles colourful hen droppings!” Mind you, it was an oil painting workshop.

Posted by Denis Pickles on Fri 16 Feb 16:55:48

Hello Denis, thank you. I think I am having a good investigation of strong pigment powders. Not always to my satisfaction. Love the hen droppings idea 😊 Talking of Americam artists, I've been reading "Webb on Watercolour" by Frank Webb. Very good!

Posted by Shirley May on Fri 16 Feb 17:00:59

Beautiful kaleidoscope of colour Shirley.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 16 Feb 17:09:22

Gorgeous colours Shirley!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 16 Feb 17:41:10

These beautiful colours caught my eye straight away. Lovely painting.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Fri 16 Feb 18:23:00

fine study Shirley

Posted by David Harrison on Fri 16 Feb 19:08:55

yes Shirley another beauty well done

Posted by dennis roberts on Fri 16 Feb 19:35:56

Superb

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 16 Feb 20:31:44

Ooh I love your colours here, so striking Shirley!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 16 Feb 22:01:18

I am very grateful for these nice comments, as I wasn't very happy with this, and didn't really know why. I think I was worried about how to use the powders on this one. Doesn't matter really, as it is all grist to the mill.

Posted by Shirley May on Fri 16 Feb 22:13:42

Wonderful use of colours.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 18 Feb 17:13:46

Wow! What a festival of colours Shirley! This has moved to number one now from you.

Posted on Sun 18 Feb 17:34:04

I love it it’s beautifully vibrant

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Mon 19 Feb 09:43:17

Super colour Shirley. The centre piece holds the composition together beautifully.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Mon 19 Feb 13:44:03

Hang on Studio Wall

16/02/2018

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A complicated collection of things this morning.

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Shirley May

Always loved drawing and painting. Studied biology at UEA, PGCE at Sussex, then part-time art studies at Sussex and Brighton, including printmaking. Before Covid I gave a little weekly watercolour class for 7 years. Now I am using acrylics on canvas and paper en plein air whenever possible.

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