Colour Trial - Dead oak, winter
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An example of my Colour Trials method: using a pen sketch to try out different colour ideas for an eventual watercolour painting. The original sketch is scanned into the computer then printed out a few times on A4 cartridge paper for a quick series of watercolour washes. The original thus remains as an untouched pen sketch.This winter version pleases me more than the summer one so I may paint it that way. Or I might do it again for autumn or wind & rain. It’s a good way of playing without stressing about the result.
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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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