The Japanese exhibition research

Water colour studies

Having been advised in the past about rotating paintings I thought i would try it with these water colours to see if the rotation make the painting more interesting. I think it does add a dimension to how we look at a image.

Watercolour over a sketch

The Greenbank Watercolour study

Response: Norman Ackroyd

Found it quite hard to apply the paint with low pigment. Used to applying quite thick gestural marks.

Ackroyd response

(All of the above Year 2!) Studio File: Norman Ackroyd

These are watercolour paintings by Norman Ackroyd. I like his use of the medium similar to that of Joseph Turner. He has a very subtle application of the paint. I like the wishy washy effect he creates with his brush over the paper. The way he paints the background hills are delightful and distant. This

RA Show Bristol

These are a select few images from my visit to the Royal West Of England Academy. I have selected these works for my blog as they have inspired me to think about what  I like subject wise to draw. I am drawn to images that are bright and colourful and display and original form of

Richard Diebenkorn

Olafur Eliasson