Emily

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Wonderful gallery Catherine. I like the slight departure to red.

Posted by Paul Farnes on Wed 20 Nov 22:34:39

Superb watercolour portrait Catherine, pretty faultless

Posted by Ros Patterson on Thu 21 Nov 00:39:59

Superb skill Catherine - quite envious.

Posted by Michael Edwards on Thu 21 Nov 06:30:54

Many thanks for your comments. It's exciting when you experiment with something slightly new without the pressures of a commission.

Posted by Catherine Beale on Thu 21 Nov 09:42:17

I do admire your skill with watercolour and you ability to get results like this.

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 21 Nov 16:12:23

Lovely portraits in your portfolio, like your style, this is particularly good

Posted by Julie Edwards on Thu 21 Nov 16:41:17

Fantastic!!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 21 Nov 17:07:05

Beautiful! I love the way you capture emotions. "Michael" in particular reminds me so much of my son. Not because they look similar, but because I can see the same look in his eyes. Superb!

Posted by Karin Combrink on Sat 07 Dec 09:52:34

Thanks Karin. Michael is a particular favourite commission of mine.

Posted by Catherine Beale on Sun 08 Dec 16:14:47

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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This is a recent portrait made from a life model. I tried to resist over-working her features. I limited the pallet (taken from her amazing hair) and let the edges relax to nothing to add focus to the centre and to give the viewer's eyes "room to breath".

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Catherine Beale

I am a painter specialising in light-filled watercolours applied using my loose method of 'gravity painting'. My book 'Capturing light - creating radiant landscapes in watercolour' (Search Press Ltd 2023) explains my approach in detail and takes you through step-by-step in nine landscape painting…

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