tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902272894835579097.post8139222950932970685..comments2023-10-24T13:20:25.143+01:00Comments on Graham Rice: Postcards from the edge...Part 1Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552237507162302897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902272894835579097.post-21805045209856111652008-08-19T13:42:00.000+01:002008-08-19T13:42:00.000+01:00Hi IanI never used to like watercolours, they can ...Hi Ian<BR/><BR/>I never used to like watercolours, they can be very unforgiving if you make a mistake and if you tighten up while painting (as I’ve done on these landscape postcards) it really shows and the finished pictures look dead.<BR/><BR/> But if things are flowing well they can take on a life of their own. I’ve found I’m becoming increasingly animated as I progress with the larger landscapes, almost dancing around as I make brushstrokes, flicking paint on with a rather carefree abandon…(might be the wine ;))… I certainly think the better finished paintings are the ones where I’ve been working like this…letting the accidents happen and working with them to create a finished image :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552237507162302897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902272894835579097.post-74724354089441879322008-08-19T10:24:00.000+01:002008-08-19T10:24:00.000+01:00I find water colour a real challenge, and one I...I find water colour a real challenge, and one I'm not up to. Maybe because I have a kind of graphic edge to my approach, which suits acrylics & inks a little better. (This can be especially frustrating because the first paintings I ever saw in my life would have been my Great Grandfather's water colours: William Catto, who I'm told enjoyed a good reputation around the Aberdeen area.<BR/><BR/>The close ups of the raindrops are my favourites here. Anyone living in England this "summer" can empathise with them! They'd make good large canvases.ian gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321602608996003048noreply@blogger.com