New article Update – Painting on location sharpens your observation skills and speeds up your painting process. Here are some tips to get more out of this enjoyable pursuit.
http://johnlovettwatercolorworkshop.com/painting-on-location/
A new Instant Video Project has just been added to johnlovettwatercolorworkshop.com
In this project I show you a great way to make drawing, even the most difficult subject, simple and effective. We will then use just three colors to produce this vibrant painting. The Resting Trawlers Project also includes a bonus video full of valuable tips and shortcuts for successfully drawing different types of boats.
I have added a new article on thumbnail sketches to johnlovettwatercolorworkshop.com
Simple little things that can have a major impact on everything you paint.
Here are some of the demo paintings from the Tasmanian workshop.
Cray Boats moored in the bay at Bicheno – Gesso, Gouach and Phthalo Blue
Further around the bay at Bicheno are rock formations covered in brilliant orange lichen
Old boat sheds at Coles Bay made a great subject – interrupted briefly by the retrieval of a dozen yellow kayaks paddled into the bay.
Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain is a spectacular sight. We were lucky to be able to paint it – the mountains are usually blanketed in thick fog.
Hobart Waterfront – watercolor, ink, gesso and gouache
Macquarrie Harbour from the hotel balcony, Strahan.
After a lot of work my new Watercolor Workshop website has been launched. ( www.johnlovettwatercolorworkshop.com )
There is all sorts of information to help you with your painting – Mixing Color, Drawing, Using Brushes, Presenting Your Work, Articles on all aspects of painting.
There are also a number of new Instant Video Projects available.
For just $9.95 you get unlimited access to a 10 minute HD video, complete step by step instructions and a detailed PDF Printout to guide you through the whole project. Check out the overview below
With the school holidays over and the weather starting to cool down, it seemed like a good idea to take a couple of weeks exploring all the little beaches and coastal villages to the south of us.
We left home with clear skies and blazing sun, but my wish was for threatening clouds and dramatic light along the beaches – I guess you can’t have everything.
Perfect camping spot on a sunny headland with kangaroos and sea eagles at Diggers Camp.
Sunrise on Redcliff Beach
Cool, clear mornings and deserted beaches
After a few days zigzagging in and out of all the southern beaches, rainclouds started moving up the coast and the swell picked up.
Looking towards Solitary Island under threatening skies. Great for photographs – not so good for painting watercolor.
Painted in haste with a cup of sea water between showers as the tide came in.
Back home in the studio, shuffling around ideas for a large wet and rainy painting.
Over the past two weekends I held a couple of 2 day workshops here in my studio. A lot of people, due to work commitments, find it hard to attend the 5 day workshops. We had an enthusiastic group both weekends and managed to do a lot of painting in between chatting, drinking coffee and eating cakes. The demonstration paintings below show a couple from each workshop.
This was the first painting we did in one of the workshops. A simple subject, but lots of interesting colors and textures. We used a mixture of watercolor, gouache, ink, charcoal and inktense pencil.
Here I chose a more complicated subject, but broke it down into simple shapes, then went to town with the different colors and textures. The first washes were watercolor over charcoal lines, then gouache, ink and pastel were added. the intense blue of the boat hulls is Ultramarine Gouache.
Another complicated subject treated in a simple way – playing around with washes while holding on to a clean, high contrast focal area.
This was the first demo in the second workshop. Again a simple subject with plenty of color and texture to play around with.
These workshops were a lot of fun and booked out very quickly, so we will run a couple more towards the end of the year. Mean time, there are still a few places left in the 5 day march workshops
Splashing Paint 