A little while before Christmas, I received a very exciting parcel.
The very lovely people at Cass Art had invited me to be part of their BeInspired art challenge, and to help me get started, sent me a parcel of watercolour stuff to explore.
And what stuff.
Anyone who follows me on instagram (and if you don’t, whyever not?) will be aware that I am quite a fan of Winsor and Newton watercolour.
This parcel included a 24 half tin Winsor and Newton professional watercolour set as here (affiliate link).
I may have squealed. (I’m fairly sure I squealed quite a lot actually.)
So, now you understand why there’s been quite a lot more watercolour activity than usual on here. The candles were painted following youtube tutorials, as suddenly I want to understand how to do it all. But I also want to experiment, and I’m inspired by the natural world, much the same as with my photography. So last night I sat down with the whole lot and did this.
Just in case you’d like a closer view
I’ve got to say that the experience of using professional watercolours with good brushes (these are sable) on proper paper (300 gsm, acid free, hot pressed) is really quite exciting. You can get heavy paper a *lot* wetter, which means you can go to town on washes. Even the pro colours look a lot deeper colourwise wet than they do dry, so I think I may have to get a bit bolder with colours on my next sunset washes. But I’m loving the effects I’m discovering, and I think this year is definitely going to be the year I push the boundaries with art.
And I’ve just read that back and it is so obvious that I am still a complete beginner with this stuff.
Which is the point quite frankly. Established artists are inspirational people, but if you’re anything like me, you look at them, and you haven’t the first idea how they do what they just did. I’m just learning and I’m ready and willing to talk about that lots. So if you fancy being more creative this year, why not let yourself BeInspired alongside me and Cass Art?
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