African Siesta

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Well you may have got into trouble with the shadows, but I can't see that you did - and that's what matters. Paper makes a lot of difference doesn't it.....? I'm struggling with mine, can't wait till I've exhausted my supply so I can in good conscience buy a different brand. And more particularly, heavier weight. But again, even if the Khadi paper wasn't the best choice, you've overcome any problems it caused you.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Tue 25 Apr 13:44:29

Super composition with lovely washes. It's a scene very redolent of the African safari, and you've captured the atmosphere beautifully. Thank you very much, too, for your very kind comment on my painting.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 25 Apr 13:47:01

I think the washes are great especially since the painting is on Khadi rough paper, lovely work.

Posted by Heather Parkinson on Tue 25 Apr 14:21:57

Love this one too, in fact I think all your paintings are great - again the purple and yellow gives it a zing and I like the brush marks.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Tue 25 Apr 15:20:18

Super!

Posted on Sun 14 May 21:19:12

Hang on Studio Wall

25/04/2017

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This is a watercolour painted from a photo taken by a friend called David, who is a good amateur photographer, who has kindly let me use his photos to paint from. It is of two Gemsbok sheltering from the heat under some trees. The colours I used were Cobalt and Ultramarine blues, Raw sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Permanent Rose, and I might have used a bit of Winsor Violet. Some Permanent White Gouache was used in small areas, mixed with watercolour, where I got into trouble with the shadows on the backs of the antelopes. In some areas, the whites were preserved with masking fluid. The Paper again is a heavier Khadi watercolour paper Rough....maybe not the best choice of surface for a wildlife painting if you are into detail, but the painting is relatively loose.

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Bob Biggart

I'm an amateur artist who started to paint in watercolours about 1990, when I found that the watercolours I admired in galleries were way beyond my price range. My thinking was that in time I might be able to produce paintings that I could hang on my wall at home, and be happy with. At the…

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