Night Out!

A good night Louise

Thank you Dennis!

A super spontaneous sketch Louise, rapid and loose style which always gets my attention,.

Love these pieces of yours louise

You portray these scenes so well Louise and just with a few lines and well placed washes - very clever!

Looks like a fun night Louise.

I just bought a book about urban watercolour sketching and your style is exactly that Louise. Wonderfully free and loose and so full of life!

Thank you very much Alan, Derek, Christine, Val and Satu. The thing is, if I spend too much time on a painting all of the excitement and satisfaction that I need to feel seems to be lost. I can spend a couple of days worrying and overworking a painting and end up binning the result. Then, to cheer myself up really, I'll rush one off like this and feel much happier. What a struggle we artists have!

Your perfectly placed line work and washes always create a sense of life and movement Louise.

Straight in with your brush, and is there a better way to go? I think not! <br /><br />I know Khadi paper can be very demanding, but I think you&#39;ve more than met its challenge.

Very nice of you to say that Fiona and I&#39;ll go along with your words even though the phrase &#39;happy accidents&#39; springs to mind..LOL

Just saw your comment about overworking, and you&#39;re right, aren&#39;t you? Especially in watercolour, which just doesn&#39;t take kindly to painters who keep coming back to it and fiddling with it and trying to add little bits to lift it out of the pedestrian - if you haven&#39;t done that from stage one, rip it up, or turn it over and use the other side of the paper. You&#39;ll never recapture that first impression,because - the paint&#39;s transparent, on the whole, and that&#39;s what makes it unique. <br /><br />You can do it in oil, and acrylic - in fact, I think you probably have to: but then oil painting is an additive process (well: often) and watercolour isn&#39;t.

Thank you as well Robert. I do like using the Khadi paper. The paint settles well on it. Lovely surface to work on I find!

Out, again?? Sets the scene full of energy.

The number of times I asked that of my daughters Gudrun..LOL

I love the spontaneity of your quick paintings - there is so much life in them. I wish I could do lively little sketches like these but always end up being too self critical and either binning them or collaging over the top!

Thanks Julie, they don&#39;t always work out..!

Love your lively nighttime gatherings Louise!

Many thanks Carole!

Lively and full of attitude! Lovely work, Louise.