Painting on Location
Last September I spent a very inspirational week in Norfolk with my wife Susan, daughter Louise and grandchildren Ewan and Anya. Every morning I rose before 6am to paint on location.
I usually had two paintings on the go together so that while one wash was drying, I was able to work on the other. The painting above is one I did of Wells-next-the-Sea on a watercolour block 12” x 9”. The second painting of the same scene was in my sketch book containing hand made Italian watercolour paper.
After applying a wash of lemon yellow to set the tone and mood for the sky, I worked directly onto the paper, drawing with the brush and paint, rather than use a pencil. By working this way, one is able to make marks which are more spontaneous and fresh.
