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    Flowers in Watercolour - a contemporary approach

    June 3, 2017

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    Claudia Slaney

    People often come to my watercolour classes because they want their work to be looser, fresher, or more ‘painterly’. I don’t think I have ever had a student whose aim was to produce more careful, or tighter paintings!

    Painting flowers can provide a wide range of opportu...

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    What focussing on 'edges' can do for your work.

    January 26, 2017

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    Claudia Slaney

    ‘Edges’ in watercolour refers to a particular quality of marks made using watercolour. A brushstroke of pigment applied to dry paper may have a very definite, ragged or crisp edge. The mark made by applying that same brushstroke to damp, or wet paper, will create an en...

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    Snippets from this weeks workshop - abstract florals and luscious texture...

    August 4, 2015

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    Claudia Slaney

    Each term we have a session using flowers and foliage as inspiration, aiming to encourage a loose, rather than a botanical approach. We fill the Weta Room with flowes, and transform it into a thing of beauty ( ;

     

     

    This term we have been experimenting with ways to build...

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