Watercolour is one of the most challenging mediums to work with. Some colours are heavily pigmented and granulate while others are bright and transparent. Mixing colours on paper is an exciting experiment every time and with experience you learn how each colour reacts with the water and the paper. I prefer to work on 300lb cold pressed NOT paper which tends to allow the paint and pigments to rest on the surface and not be absorbed by the paper. You can represent a scene quickly in watercolour but more detailed scenes require hours of work, building up layers to create the effect you want,
In a lot of my work I use Indian ink or waterproof ink pens to help to create the scene I am trying to capture. I also use waterproof coloured in pens, particularly sepia when I want a special effect. I truly love drawing in pencil and ink, and working in watercolour before or occasionally after, can be very rewarding.
Garrow Farm, Bodmin Moor
Stag in Snowstorm
Eileen Donal Castle, Skye
Winter Snow Scene
Family walking in the snow
Penlee Lifeboat under sea trials
In harbour
The Fens
Snow on Dartmoor
Salisbury Cathedral in Winter
Boats at low tide
Footbridge over Morden Stream, Cotehele, Cornwall
Watercolour 400 x 300. – Property of private collector
This bridge is above the former mill weir which provide water power to Cotehele Mill
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Fishing boats at Low tide
Watercolour 400 x 300. – Property of private collector
Traditional Dublin Bay Sailboats in Bullock Harbour. Dublin
Watercolour and Indian and sepia ink on 300lb not paper. (500 x 400).(property of private collector)
Cottage in East Anglia in the Snow
Watercolour on 300lb not paper. (500 x 400).(property of private collector)
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Weir in the snow on Morden Stream, Cotehele Mill, Cornwall
Watercolour on 300lb not paper (300 x 200). Unframed £95
Garrow Farm, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Watercolour and sepia ink on 300lb not paper. (500 x 400) unframed. £200
Stag in snowstorm
Watercolour on Langton paper. (500 x 300). Property of private collector.
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Eileen Donal Castle, Skye
Watercolour on Langton paper. (300 x 200). Property of private collector.
Winter scene
Watercolour and ink on Langton paper. (300 x 200). Property of private collector.
Family Walk in the Snow
Watercolour on Brockingford paper. (300x 200). Mounted but unframed. £150.
Penlee LIfeboat under trials
Watercolour on 300lb not paper .(400 x 300). – Unframed £195
In Harbour
Watercolour on 300lb NOT paper. (200 x 300)Unframed. £75
The Fens
Watercolour on Langton paper. (400 x 300). Property of private collector.
Snow on Dartmoor
Snow on Dartmoor on Langton paper. (300 x 200). Property of Private collector.
Salisbury Cathedral in Winter
Watercolour on Langton paper. (300 x 200). Property of private collector.
Boats at low tide
Watercolour on Langton paper (300 x 200) unframed. £95