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Book Review - Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour' by Ann Blockley
Ann Blockley, previously better known for her flower paintings, has in recent years changed direction somewhat and this book is the latest manifestation. Her flower paintings were never botanical,...
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Latest Paintings
These are my latest paintings which continue my interest in Native Americans, in this case Eskimo or Inuit women with children and a Nez Perce man.Ist Painting 16" x 12" 2nd painting 16" x 12"I was...
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Daler-Rowney Watercolours
Daler- Rowney are one of the very oldest watercolour manufacturers dating from 1783. The company was started by Richard and Thomas Rowney and they supplied, and were family friends of, famous artists...
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The European Crested Tit
This is the latest subject, no actually another has just been posted the Grey Heron, for the `Paint Colorful Birds For Fun' community on Facebook.12" x 9" Paper (?)It struck me I was painting many of...
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Geronimo!
Geronimo was the famous or infamous Chiricahua Apache leader who terrorized the South-West of America and large tracts of Northern Mexico during the mid to late period of the 19th century. His band...
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Watercolour Brushes Pt.2 Sables
"the very best and most expensive watercolour brushes are made from the winter tail hairs of Mustela Sibirica, called in the art world a Kolinsky, but sometimes referred to as a Siberian Mountain...
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Jaguar
Normally I'd post this in the previous AVA post but as It has created quite a lot of interest, both at the meeting and subsequently when I posted on Facebook, decided to cover it separately in slightly...
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Latest Paintings - Three Different Subjects.
I mentioned in the Jaguar piece that I'd also drawn a Snow Leopard but then made a mess of the painting, so scrapped it at an early stage. My usual reaction to disaster is to go straight back in so the...
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Tropical Fruit
This was the subject at Thursday's AVA session. Attendance was on the light side with only thirteen present, possibly due to grandparenting duties as it was half-term.. Below are a number of the...
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Sofia Helin
Sofia Helin is the star of the Nordic drama/thriller `The Bridge'. The two series have been a dramatic hit on TV's BBC4 and a third one is planned. It is one of the several Foreign subtitled dramas...
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Keynsham Art Trail
Avon Valley Artists participated in this annual (or is it bi-annual?) event on Saturday and Sunday 29th and 30th June. I have become disenchanted with exhibiting but was persuaded to do so once again....
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Sitting Bull
My latest Amerindian is another attempt at Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux leader and implacable foe of the white man. His opposition eventually got him killed while in captivity. He obviously didn't...
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Paynes Gray - Hero or Villain?
The title may be melodramatic but this paint is one of the most controversial there is, damned by some and praised - or at least used - by other artists. Grey is even spelt differently, `grey' or...
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Charles Reid
I'm not exactly certain when I first became aware of Charles Reid. I believe it may have been an article in `The Artist' magazine in association with his latest book. Initially I had mixed feelings...
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For some considerable time I have been aware that the lack of an index is a problem, especially as the blog is now nearly five years old. One lady did give me instructions how to do one but I'm afraid...
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Sitting Bull Again
Sitting Bull is one of the major figures in the history of the conflict between the American Indians and the settlers/ American cavalry. All the photos I've seen show a hostile implacable demeanor - he...
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Mountain Sheep
This is a fairly quick study (11/2 hours with breaks) I painted it at the AVA `unofficial' session on Thursday. Only ten members were present and all did their own thing. I arrived there not knowing...
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Thalo, Phalo or Phthalo Blue PB15:0 - 6 (Pigment Blue 15)
"Phthalocyanine blue PB15 in its various shades (PB15:1 and PB15:6 are middle or reddish shades; PB15:3 is the greenish shade)...." so says Handprint, but we also have PB15:0 which is also a red...
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Landscapes, Buildings and a Car!
I can't paint at the moment due to an accident, involving my right hand yesterday and resulting in a visit to the Bath RUH A & E. Still it could be worse I only dislocated my little finger - no...
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Quinacridone Maroon PR 206 (Pigment Red 206)
Looking at the heading one might think what is this colour? The old colour was Brown Madder now replaced or replicated by this modern organic pigment. It is now known as Brown Madder, correctly a...
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