Sketch for Colour Trials

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I love your sketches David.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 13 Jul 12:04:24

I like both this and the colour version. A very good idea to print out the sketch and try different colours on it. Some time ago I went through a phase of having copies of ink sketches done on thin watercolour paper, to which I added washes and sold a few in local shops. I suppose you could print your sketch onto watercolour paper on your computer?

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 13 Jul 13:57:56

Glad you both like the sketches. I might be able to print onto lightweight watercolour paper, Stephen. I've tried 140lb but my cheap printer seizes up and jams. I suppose 90lb paper would work as the cartridge paper I use is 165gsm/109lb.

Posted by David Whitehead on Thu 14 Jul 09:52:28

Hang on Studio Wall

13/07/2016

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This is a quick pen sketch done on a Lakeland walk. Back home, I wanted to use it for a watercolour painting but wasn’t sure what colours I wanted to use. To avoid spoiling the original sketch, or wasting watercolour paper, I devised “Colour Trials” by scanning the A5 sketch into the computer, then printing it off at A4 on cartridge paper. This way I can print off as many copies as I want and make colour sketches until I find the treatment I like best.

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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