Sunday 12 April 2015

A grand day of painting

Had such a great time yesterday down at Woodbury, Exeter.   I went to another Watercolour Workshop ran by professional artist Matthew Palmer.   Always entertaining whilst being informative on watercolour techniques, plus you get to enjoy the company of fellow painters during the day.

Our painting yesterday was "Bluebell woodland with rustic barn" and this is my completed piece...


here's a couple of close ups



I know I can do a painting without tuition, but I think it's important to sometimes listen to how others go about their art and teaching.  It makes us stop in our tracks and consider if we are becoming too 'inward thinking' with our art...after all most of us paint alone in our studios.  I really think these Workshops revive the way we think.

Matthew also does online classes (no I'm not being sponsored by saying this)
but I do think it's worth checking out.


 Link: Matthew Palmer - Watercolour TV






18 comments:

CJ Kennedy said...

Stunning. Makes me want to run across the fields

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks CJ, it was a good painting to do as it went back to wet-into-wet techniques, certainly for the top two-thirds of the painting.

Christine said...

Gorgeous!

robin cox walsh said...

I love this. I think it reminds me of somewhere I've been. :)

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Christine :-)

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Robin :-)

Zue said...

I agree with you...good to join in on some workshops!
This is a beautiful painting....the gorgeous foreground is very 'bluebell' ;
you should be very proud of this.
Sue x

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Sue, glad you like it :-)

Jane said...

A really gorgeous painting Ann, love the way you painted the leaves, and that field of lavender is superb !

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Jane, all down to expert tuition ;)

Anonymous said...

The third photo is my favourite, absolutely beautiful. You talented lady, you :o)

alarmcat said...

love your landscape painting. so serene! i like taking workshops, too. it's just nice to meet other artists and I always pick up a new technique or idea to try.

Shammickite said...

That's a lovely picture, and I like the way you have shown the details by enlarging. The bluebells are a wonderful colour, both in your painting and in real life. It's ages since I saw a wood full of bluebells, they don't grow around here. The earliest spring woodland flowers here in Ontario are trillium.

Down by the sea said...

That's a fantastic painting! Sarah x

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, Ann! It is great to have some tuition now and again, really inspiring!

sandy said...

great job on this Ann. I'm just now catching up on blogs - have been busy and no time to even draw. I love what you've done here - and that fish below - OMG...

Joan Tavolott said...

Workshops are a great way to recharge and you always know something new. Nice result!

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks so much everyone for your comments here. Glad I shared this Workshop picture, looks to me like workshops are a hit, certainly was when I went to this one. I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone :-)