August Paintings

Bus into Durham - bought 3 canvases at the Works and pens at Poundland and draw the Corn Mill over lunch. Watercolour added later. I surprised the watercolour -White Knights- took to the canvas.

Collage of Swing Bridge and Newcastle on stretched canvas- work in progress.

Collage of Portloe in Cornwall on paper

Watercolour clematis with demonstrator Christine Cave from Washington (watercolour not her first choice of mediums). Not the right colour mix for white in shadow for flowers - ultramarine and burnt sienna- I used cobalt and rose madder - much warmer.

Watercolour of the Drongs in Shetlands 

Watercolour painted while Peter Robbins did acrylic of Beadnell looking across the harbour showing the boats.

Seaside Town

Workshop with Carrie Dennison from Stanley doing lino cut. Realised half way through that the image should be reversed so Staithes became a Seaside Town. Printed on prewashed watercolour paper.  Did another at home with the image reversed printed on plain paper.

Staithes

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Acrylics on paper

Red, yellow and blue random strokes then textured with cling film.Then blocks of colour added with roller and some with a brush.

Design added with added transparent and opaque washes. Transparent white and yellow added.

Newcastle view from Hilton Hotel Gateshead.

Paper sealed with acrylic medium gel.Similar texture and colours with some newsprint for collage then using acrylic to paint on a greaseproof sheet which split the colour into small dots- this was stamped onto the painting. Design added ( composite view) and then positive and negative shapes to define the structure. Also some textured roller work added at the bottom with white added do define the river..

Durham