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Avon Valley Artists and Beaver Tail.
I imagine many will wonder what this title means. In a nutshell it was the latest AVA session and I painted an Amerindian called Beaver Tail.Fourteen present today, which is almost as many as we get...
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Beaver Tail before & after
When I posted Beaver Tail a comment by Ray was that the finished painting had lost something compared to the earlier stages. Yvonne agreed so I thought I'd play about with it and see if I could address...
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Chief Washington
After the mixed - very mixed - response to my Beaver Tail portrait I thought I'd try another this week. The subject is Chief Washington of the Coquilles, who took part in the Rogue River War in the...
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New Insert for my Craig Young Palette - the Paintbox.
For some time I've felt that the 16 well insert for my Paintbox is not ideal for me. Recently I asked Craig to make me a 24 well insert to replace the current 16 wells. It arrived by post today. My...
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Chief Washington - Second Try
Not being really satisfied with my first attempt at Chief Washington I thought I'd have another try. I decided not to be too hung up over how close the resemblance was and re-visited one of my...
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Landscape Paintings I LIke.
This is another set of paintings I like amongst a great mass of others I've downloaded. Â Some of the styles I wouldn't necessarily want to adopt, or indeed be capable of, but all display, in my humble...
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Flower Paintings in Watercolour
Here are a selection of flower paintings in no particular order. I think - but am not certain - that they are watercolour. There are just a few of the many I've downloaded that took my eye. This should...
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The Watercolourfanatic is back!
Well almost. The trauma of moving and the vast number of  issues to be dealt with, when moving into a new property, means I won't be back to normality for a while. One major problem is sorting out my...
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Jacksons are now stocking three more Daniel Smith watercolours. They are Neutral Tint, Mayan Orange and Quinacridone Purple. I'd already obtained Quinacridone Purple from the SAA a few months ago....
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Another AVA Session - `Seed Heads'
Despite the hectic activity dealing with the many issues of moving to a new home I managed to get to the latest AVA session last Thursday. Apart from that painting is taking a very back seat at the...
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Portraits in Watercolour
Unfortunately I've been forced to miss today's AVA session as I'm waiting for an engineer from the cable company to arrive to remedy a problem. The subject today is `Experimental', the rule being that...
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Daniel Smith Special Pigments
Jacksons advise they now have some `special' pigment paints from Daniel Smith, previously unavailable in the UK. They are  Azurite Genuine, Kingman Green Turquoise Genuine, Malachite Genuine, Yavapai...
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Ken Bromley Watercolours
The well-known UK mail order specialist Ken Bromley has now introduced their own range of watercolours.The paints are offered in 41 colours in 14 ml tubes. The tube size is unusual previously confined...
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Glassware
Not the most inspiring, `Glassware' was the subject at Thursdays AVA session. I missed last week so was determined to go even though the subject leaves me cold. There were eleven or twelve members...
View ArticleJacksons Brush Offer
Jacksons www.jacksonsart.co.uk are offering, until the 25th October, an additional 20% off existing brush prices. For watercolour they have a huge range selling Winsor & Newton, Princeton, Pro...
View ArticleGreat Art Schminke Watercolour Offer
Great Art www.greatart.co.uk/ have a number of special current offers and these include the excellent Schminke range of 110 watercolours. They are 35% off examples being Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine...
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Autumn Still LIfe
This weeks subject at Avon Valley Artists session today was an `Autumn Still Life'. This was more to my taste, and produced an interesting and colourful crop of paintings from the twelve members...
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More Paintings - Mostly Buildings
Here are more paintings I like or find interesting. I have mostly grouped them under the heading of `buildings' rather than landscapes or townscapes. They are in a variety of styles of which some may...
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A Misty Day
The subject at the Avon Valley Artists session today was `A Misty Day', Not exactly an easy nor - dare I say it - a popular subject. Still many subjects are difficult the idea being to stretch members...
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Painting Colorful Birds for Fun
As regulars will know I have contributed in the past to the Facebook page `Painting Colorful Birds for Fun'. This was initiated by the artists Robin Berry and Gerard Hendriks. Up to three months ago I...
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