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I've seen the front cover of the March issue, here on the website. I don't always buy the magazine (for shame!) because I had so many I couldn't move for them - but this looks especially interesting; a fantastic watercolour on the cover, and I really want to read the article.
I am not a great watercolourist - well, deny this as you will: ahem; I'm waiting..... so (I'm still waiting, by the way...) I'm sure I shall benefit from this piece.
Is it perhaps true of most of us that while we can normally drag an oil or acrylic round to doing what we wanted it to do, watercolours either work or they don't? Certainly that's my experience of them - I either surprise myself at their success, or disappoint myself at their abject, muddy, mucky failure.
Anyway, the magazine is looking good, and I'm not on commission for plugging it, so happily recommend it just from the look of the cover.
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I haven’t painted in watercolour for a while now, preferring acrylics and all the different brush strokes and textures you can achieve.
Watercolour is not easy, especially if you want a loose painting, then there’s the danger of overworking it. The upside....you can move the colours around, and in my case hope for a ‘happy accident’. I went for watercolour in the beginning, thinking that they would be the ‘easy’ option! It wasn’t until I switched to acrylics that I realised how unpredictable watercolour can be.
Having said all that, I like watercolour a lot and I may just pick it up again to keep my hand in. I admire John Blockley and what he could do with it and also the beautiful work from Anne Blockley.
Ellen