Watercolour painting

Beautiful painting , I used to do a bit , it is a great occupation , last one I tried was Acrylic , more forgiving but watercolours are more beautiful

I envy your talent. I have always wanted to paint, watercolours, especially. The nearest I got was a few years ago when my daughter-in-law's Mum was suffering from depression. She was good at art so I booked us up for a course on watercolour painting. 2 hours every Thursday morning followed by a pub lunch. The tutor, bless her, did her best to find something positive to say about my efforts but she knew she had a numpty for a pupil. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Love your painting, by the way.

Namsnanny I don’t think I would be able to do that as I do them in fits and burst - usually when the mood takes me. I haven’t painted for a few months now but I am back into the groove.

Thank you to everyone.

There are lots of tutorials on YouTube for anyone wanting to learn watercolour painting, or any other kind of painting come to that. Worth a look if you are thinking of taking up painting as a hobby.

Purple pixie, it’s beautiful ?

Thank you.

That is beautiful PurplePixie. Thank you for posting it.

I love your winter watercolour Purplepixie! I am not very good with watercolours. Here's a robin I'm working on in acrylic paint. I have a bit to do to it yet.

That’s beautiful purplepixie.
I go to art club and I have done a few watercolours that I’m sort of pleased with. Usually they end up in the bin, but I love trying and find it very therapeutic.
Well done and let’s see the robin when it’s finished ?

Love your painting.

Lovely painting, great talent.

Very nice Grandmabatty. I think I might try a robin.

Grandmabatty I think your robin is really good. I am having another go at it this afternoon after a couple of disastrous attempts. Anyway the christmas cake is in the oven cooking away as we speak. Back to relaxation.

Can I have a bit of advice please Purplepixie.
My paper always ends up corrugated no matter how well I stretch and tape, even with a good thick quality paper. Am I making it too wet? Any tips?
I stick to acrylic for two reasons, one being the corrugated paper problem and two the fact that you can’t cover mistakes with water colour and I’m not nearly good enough not to make mistakes.

I always use 200lb NOT Cold pressed paper and have never stretched it. Maybe try a different type of paper. If I get the paper too wet then I just dry it off a bit with kitchen paper. I hope this helps.

Thank you ?

Lovely painting Purplepixie and thanks for this thread I haven't painted for sometime but I'm going to start again. I can't do watercolours I'm too messy. I prefer acrylics and I sometimes venture into pastels. Going to dig out all my stuff now.

trisher I am glad that I have inspired you. I hadn’t painted in such a long time but I had been knitting quite a bit. Especially dog/cat blankets for Battersea. So far I have knitted over one hundred and they have acknowledged me as one of their top knitter! I am chuffed to bits. Take care and happy painting!

It is a lovely painting. I find watercolour quite difficult and it's so difficult to come back from if you go too dark

That is so beautiful. You’re very talented. My father was a good artist, used to paint on blown hens eggs too. I would love to, but have no talent. Still always love looking at others works. Both my DGS and DN are very good at art.

Jane I agree. It’s not a very forgiving medium, but perhaps the most difficult thing to bear in mind is that watercolour paint will dry a couple of shades lighter than what you put on the paper, so you have to go dark to compensate for that. It’s a lesson I have never quite got the hang of!

That's just beautiful PurplePixie*. You must frame it.
I love painting with watercolours, but haven't done any painting for far too long. Maybe next year.....

Greyduster

Jane I agree. It’s not a very forgiving medium, but perhaps the most difficult thing to bear in mind is that watercolour paint will dry a couple of shades lighter than what you put on the paper, so you have to go dark to compensate for that. It’s a lesson I have never quite got the hang of!

you and me both

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Two lovely paintings for the season.
I feel myself walking in yours Purplepixie. ?