On the 6th July I took myself off on a day for learning Watercolours. I believed that it was for beginners but out of 10 of us I was the only true beginner. We were in a place that is a museum for old buildings amongst beautiful countryside.
The instructor was lovely and very encouraging. After introductions and covering the basic principles of visual perception we were sent out to sketch. I choose building no 1 which I was later told one of the more difficult!!
No 2 was my sketch ☹️. We then returned to the classroom (an old barn) to put our sketch onto paper that we were going to paint . Then we talked about mixing and applying watercolours. It was so informative and I seemed to be the only one asking questions.
No 3 was my attempt by which time my day was not going well. Apparently I was using the wrong paper and my paints were somewhat inferior.
Heyho!! When enrolling for the day it did not specify exactly what product to bring so took all that I had.
Well a kind lady gave me some quality paper and to be honest I had totally lost my mojo and couldn’t be arsed to sketch my house again even though I had taken a photo.
At the end of the day we shared our results and needless to say everyone had turned out some fabulous artwork. I was going to hid mine but decided to exhibit no 4. One kind lady liked my flower!! The instructor was very diplomatic. I found myself spouting forth how my style was rather abstract.🤣
Well I thought that I had better redeem myself and eventually produced no 5 at home and completed today of which I am rather proud.
I found the day hilarious but had no one there to share the fun.
I am NOT a natural born artist but cannot be accused of not trying albeit a bit late and now have a headache for my efforts.
Sue x
Kudos to you for persevering and completing the project. It is a fabulous painting.
Don't beat yourself up Sue - you are an artist with a wonderful eye. @wakelys
@wakelys oh my word! Apparently when the pressure is off you are a fabulous artist! Your number five is perfect and I don’t know what you are unhappy about. This far exceeds anything I would be able to do so keep on keeping on! You have mad skills.
@wakelys of course we can not enter your head and shut that critical voice up. I'd say it's ok for it to be somewhere. But your praising little voice, the one that pushed you to do that painting again - you should put that on steroids. That voice should be more vocal. In all honesty, i'd be damn proud if number 5 were done by me.
I wish i could have joined you, gor it sounded like a lot of fun.
As for what the others did, who cares?
However, there is one thing missing in this painting, or maybe it is well hidden: your signature fish. :)
@30pics4jackiesdiamond@salza@grammyn@casablanca@monikozi@jacqbb thank you all for your lovely comments and positivity. I am really pleased with the final result and Moni I will include a fish.
I have learnt so much in this process but most importantly slow things own and the result will follow.
Proud that you went and learned and then applied what you learned, even though it wasn't that day. You have a good painting as a result. The photography is a wonderful story in itself of how the painting progressed.
@wakelys - i have heard so many times in the many tutorials i have watched that the quality of the materials you use does not matter, it is how you use the materials. it would only probably matter that the paints be of better quality if you are painting professionally but that may not be true either. you did quite splendidly with the final painting, however. it's something to be proud of. you are a true artist and i was annoyed the signature fish wasn't there! 😜
@summerfield@wakelys
Yes, on some level, the quality of the materials does not matter. Up to a point. When the tutor says: you can use printer paper, i will use top quality professional painter paper. And you can use school grade paints, i will use artist grade.
And once you give their materials a try, you realize that in fact, you might have a bit of talent and a call for painting. You are just using the wrong materials.
But that is no reason to sell a kidney to buy a truck.load of professional grade supplies. And if you do, at least get someone else's kidney... ;)
@wakelys yesterday i was so overwhelmed by this painting and got lost in lecturing and i completely forgot (at night in bed i was thinking of this) to mention the stone texture you managed here. It is STUNNING!
Remember, we did a door in a stone wall, here in the gang, and i find stone texture one of the most difficult things to achieve. Well, here, you achieved it. Congratulations.
@wakelys I've only just seen this post and so admire your efforts. N° 5 is a fantastic painting and maybe being more relaxed at home helped. It's a shame I'm too far away or I would definitely come and share the experience with you.
August 26th, 2021
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Don't beat yourself up Sue - you are an artist with a wonderful eye. @wakelys
I wish i could have joined you, gor it sounded like a lot of fun.
As for what the others did, who cares?
However, there is one thing missing in this painting, or maybe it is well hidden: your signature fish. :)
Congratulations, Sue!!!!
I have learnt so much in this process but most importantly slow things own and the result will follow.
Yes, on some level, the quality of the materials does not matter. Up to a point. When the tutor says: you can use printer paper, i will use top quality professional painter paper. And you can use school grade paints, i will use artist grade.
And once you give their materials a try, you realize that in fact, you might have a bit of talent and a call for painting. You are just using the wrong materials.
But that is no reason to sell a kidney to buy a truck.load of professional grade supplies. And if you do, at least get someone else's kidney... ;)
Remember, we did a door in a stone wall, here in the gang, and i find stone texture one of the most difficult things to achieve. Well, here, you achieved it. Congratulations.