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Inspiration from Artists Week 82 : KATHLEEN BUCHANAN and SIMON PALMER

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Norrette Moore

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Aha...he uses Arches, and pens at some stage https://www.countryfile.com/people/simon-palmer

Jenny Harris

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This is an extract from the Countryfile article referred to by Norette.    Most of his work, including the snow scene above,  is described as ‘watercolour, ink and gouache on paper’.

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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There's gouache in there as well; I must read that linked article.  Slept so badly last night that if I try reading it now the words will just form a visual porridge.  So if I've made less sense than usual - that's why.  Watercolour has moved on a lot from the days of the watercolourists I most admire - James Fletcher-Watson, Ted Wesson, Edward Seago and more.  I still think of it as being a transparent medium, on the whole - "pure watercolour", as some call it.  With gouache - well, on the whole I start with that and finish with it, rather than combine paints and pens etc.  This is quite a backward-looking attitude on my part, and one I didn't always hold: once upon a time, I'd use pen with watercolour, plus conté, carbon pencil, charcoal, gouache, pastel, coloured pencil - bring back those heady days of my youth, when I was more inclined to experimentation.   I'm not daft enough to compare myself with this painter, so don't think I'm trying to; I'm working out my thinking here, with you all as the sad victims; but I realize what I've done is to forget that the picture is the thing, not the sacred techniques you employ to make it: i.e., great if you can bring a transparent watercolour to completion with never a touch of other media, but it's not a rule, and you don't have to abide by it.  Do what the picture needs. Apologies for giving myself a pep-talk on this thread!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Jenny for all your hard work over the last couple of weeks . Next week’s featuring artists are Val Byrne and Lionel Walden . 
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Andrew Roles

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Simon Palmer’s work is just exceptional, I love all of the examples, including those with figures. Thank you Jenny for the introduction , his name is going on my list of painters I’d like to paint like when I grow up :-)
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