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"Figures sitting on rocks", watercolour, date: August, 2024, size: 11.5" x 9.5"

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How would you describe the work you do and why?: 

Sketchy, lively small watercolours, with figures in their setting
Process:
I compose figures ideally from my archive of life class drawings. I'm afraid these are stock photos from the internet for "Figures Sitting On Rocks".
Then, with a Chinese brush (in a diluted watercolour that allows for corrections) I sketch a copy of these figures (a challenge to stretch myself, but fun and FUN is important)
Finally, I paint in traditional watercolour materials
"Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green" (Wilcox, M. 2002 revised edition / 1987 first edition). I've now got the subtleties of colour and expand greys
Plan out the colour scheme beforehand
"Qi Gong for beginners" (Wilson, S. 2007) includes meditation (more emotionally responsive /unmoved mountain) rather than emotionally reactive (volcano).. It helps me focus with all the distractions

For you what does being an artist mean?: 

A duty to produce art with Life
Believe in yourself

Describe what you call yourself/your practice?: 

Figurative

Your practice & activities include e.g workshops, teaching: 

NA

CV & Education, relevant & leading to your artistic practice: 

Attend life classes and workshops
Influenced by Frances Hodgkins (1869 - 1947), famous for her watercolour in New Zealand, with an English connection. Her loose style
I have a library of second hand art books
"Alpha Painting Holidays", as a participant in a class where I picked up tips from their watercolour tutors

Exhibitions in the last 3 years: 

hArt'22 & 23 with "Herefordshire Art & Craft Society" (HACS) at the "Green Dragon Hotel."

Your gallery outlets/stockists: 

NA

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