Blown Away (Upside Down One Liner)
This one was done from a photo I took last August. My two grandchildren and I were on Aldeburgh beach on a very windy day and they were pretending to be blown over and I was holding tightly on to them and bracing myself to stop them pulling us all over. I did try to sketch this a few months ago, but the central figure (me) turned out looking very stiff and totally failed to capture the wind blown leaning back attitude of the children's bodies. Sketch was binned. I had another go last night, using the upside down one line method and all of a sudden, the bodies have movement and the attitudes are right! Such a surprise.
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Thea Cable
I am a watercolourist first and foremost as I love the qualities of the medium, its riskiness and unpredictability. I started painting about 8 years ago and it has now become an integral part of my life. Hopefully, I will continue to paint into my dotage as I am given to understand that you can…
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