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Just Add Water
I start with a 10” x 12” linen stained with a dry wash of Cadmium Yellow and Alizarin. With a turpsy wash of Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson, I sketch a composition comprising the main shapes of rocks, headland et cetera, with particular emphas
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Stretching Finished Watercolour Paintings
With botanical art or wildlife painting, where not much water is used in mixing colours (compared to landscape or other forms of watercolour painting), there is no need to stretch the paper before painting. If the washes in a painting are too wet, th
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Weekend Walk
I use a range of filberts and flats from #2 to #14. My new favourite is a number 14 Neef filbert. My round brushes are from 0 to #12. I am very careful to keep my oil brushes very separate from my acrylic brushes. I haven’t painted a beach painting f

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