{"id":853,"date":"2018-11-08T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T09:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=853"},"modified":"2018-11-08T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T09:44:35","slug":"watercolour-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Watercolour works!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Little-man-with-a-flute02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Little-man-with-a-flute02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Little-man-with-a-flute02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Little-man-with-a-flute02-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Little-man-with-a-flute02-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 85vw, 309px\" \/><\/a>Isn&#8217;t he charming!\u00a0 No, this isn&#8217;t one of mine &#8211; it was painted by a student in my class this week.\u00a0 She is working on a project in needlework related to the Amarna dig between the two World Wars &#8211; http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/ the Dreams of Amarna\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 and finds painting helps to define and refine her images.<\/p>\n<p>As always in painting, it&#8217;s not what you paint, but how you paint it that matters.\u00a0 This was done without preliminary drawing, often the best way to achieve a vital painting. A painter friend of mine once said &#8220;You have to hype yourself up to paint in watercolour!&#8221;\u00a0 Certainly it requires total concentration to work without an initial sketch.<\/p>\n<p>The first pass in pale colour established the position and attitude of the figure, using both the tip and the body of the brush to win the shapes.\u00a0 The brush strokes which followed established the solidity of the figure, shadows revealing the curve of back and buttocks.\u00a0 Notice how some are wet in wet and some wet on dry.\u00a0 It is the varied handling of\u00a0 brush and paint which makes it work so well.\u00a0 The variety is appealing, suggesting both the relentless sun and the passing of a moment.\u00a0 Lost and found edges cast their spell and draw you in.<\/p>\n<p>Well done, that girl!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t he charming!\u00a0 No, this isn&#8217;t one of mine &#8211; it was painted by a student in my class this week.\u00a0 She is working on a project in needlework related to the Amarna dig between the two World Wars &#8211; http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/ the Dreams of Amarna\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 and finds painting helps to define and refine her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=853\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Watercolour works!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}