A Suffolk Village (after Edward Seago). by Stephen Slater

Nice one!

I agree with Heather - well done, Stephen!

Well done. Stephen. I find Seago's paintings by far the most difficult to emulate and copy! Each time I have tried I have abandoned my attempts!!

Many thanks everyone. I agree David, he was a wonderful artist and you can see his influence on both watercolour and oil painters in the past few decades. The apparent ease he had was due to both great talent and dogged application.

Nice painting Stephen, I like Wesson and Seago's work and have often tried to emulate them. They both seem to have a great understanding of the medium, particularly in respect of the tonal values which I find difficult to master. Alan Owen has the same abilities, in my opinion all three of them paint very simple scenes which turn out to be spectacular!

Many thanks Steven.

Well done, Stephen.

Many thanks Mia.

That’s a good point Steven, why is that tone is so hard to portray in a painting? This is a good example, the design and drawing is similar to Seago’s but his has much more impact.

After chasing this for a long time Stephen, I think I am using to many colours which makes it difficult to fully understand the qualities of each one. I am experimenting using just three primaries. So far the results are awful but if I can get better I will add a secondary and so on.

I went on a painting holiday once, where the tutor was very keen on getting the tone correct. We did a number of charts where we did successively stronger tones of each colour. We found it hard work but did make some progress. The only problem is remembering it all when you go home!