“It’s been great to get back to sketching after working on my Exhibition work. It’s really exciting to be able to study what is immediately around you and where better to start than studying the hand. I love the colour palette when looking at the skin tone especially against a cool background.
It’s relaxing to be able to concentrate on skin tone without having to worry about the more complicated aspect of the portrait-like painting a wall without windows.”
“Caution” a Watercolour Sketch by Jeffy Salt 6 x 8 inches. £60.
Having just uploaded winter work on to the website - it is time to start posting again. We have had a hectic time in our studios and not all of it has been for exhibitions. The light has been bad and on these days especially, it is good to hone drawing skills and for me to pick up and inspect watercolour brushes which always leads onto watercolour sketches. I love experimenting with cats this way because besides getting the silhouette as right as I can, it requires just enough water ratio to paint to create a fluid dark by literally dropping the paint which has the consistency of bisto gravy onto a just damp soaked surface! My palette here consisted of French Ultramarine, Burnt Umber, and Sepia. It is great fun - You try it !
Filming by Alice McGuire.
We are working on a new idea that emerged during “lockdown”. As well as uploading our paintings and sketches done in the studio we will show you a few of the principles we apply to painting in the form of video clips .
Watch this space and see what is uploaded in the weeks ahead.