Elemental Exhibition, Aintree

I voted for other because I find them all difficult, so I don't bother at any real attempt to paint specific textures, just slap the paint on and the painting comes out how it comes out.bestMick

Given we're using paint to represent objects not made of paint, just about any surface is difficult - in my time, I've struggled with water: thought I'd got it about &quot;right&quot;, without quite working out what I meant by that, and then lost it again.... had to go back to basics and realize that water relates to everything else and there's no one way (or even three ways) of painting it.  So any of those textures or surfaces might be a total swine to capture in any given painting, because they all relate to something else, and the something else will be different every time. <div> </div><div>One thing I know - in the medium of watercolour, (and also in oil, come to that) Rupert Cordeux paints antique silver - which I used to sell, and thus know well - with a sureness of touch which captures the softness and richness of that most beautiful of metals: you know it's silver, even though it's not photographically painted, it tells you about silver - and I don't know of any other painter short of the old masters who could do that.  </div>

The reason I posed my question Why? Is unless you are a formula painter eg the dreaded Bob Ross there cannot be a specific answer.  A better question with less negativity would be what do you paint well and with enjoyment? . Each painting is a new and different challenge, and I always approach in a different way...otherwise how boring. Looking at the answers above I think we seem to be thinking along the same lines...yes Robert ,Ruperts silver is amazing. <div> </div>