REDDITCH Arts Circle settled down to an evening of ‘Easy Watercolour’ in the company of Joe Dowden at their recent meeting.
Painting ‘a watery scene’ of fast flowing stream with rocky stretches and calm pools through a landscape with banks of trees and glimpses of distant hills he prepared his sketch on stretched paper and applied masking fluid to all the areas that he needed to reserve.
As he worked, he spoke of on colour mixing technique, choice of colours and how he builds his painting up with successive layers of colour, making frequent use of a hair dryer.
Using a sword liner brush, he painted in the trunks of the trees and other fine details before concentrating on the water.
With tree reflections and patches of sky reflections providing highlights, the water came to life completing a very impressive painting.
The next meeting will be at St Luke’s Memorial Hall, Evesham Road, Headless Cross on Wednesday, November 1 at 7.30pm when Jackie Ward’s topic will ‘Tree Huggery-The Art of Living in the Slow Lane’.
