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Studio 365: Day 203

Day 203 ii

The Yellow Field

A painting from a few years ago (acrylic on canvas, 78″ x 64″) while we visit our beautiful new granddaughter for a couple of days.

Studio 365: Day 202

Day 202 i

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 15 – 21.7.15 – in progress

Day 202 ii

Chapter title: Taking inspiration from an oil painting: rapid studies in pencil and watercolour. The painting is a detail from Turner’s The Shipwreck 1805, part of the Turner Bequest at Tate Britain where it is on display in the Turner collection.

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Studio 365: Day 201

Day 201 i

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 14 – 20.7.15

Day 201 ii

Chapter title – Painting onto coloured paper: watercolour heightened with gouache.

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Studio 365: Day 200

Day 200

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 13 – 19.7.15

Day 200 ii     Day 200 iv

John Ruskin; on learning to see.

Day 200 iii

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For Day 200 of Studio 365 here is a look back at some of the paintings from the last 100 days.

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Studio 365: Day 199

Day 199 vi

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 12 – 18.7.15

Day 199 ii

Today’s chapter: David Cox; painting the elements

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Day 199 vii

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Studio 365: Day 198

Day 198 i

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 11 – 17.7.15

Day 198 ii

Today’s chapter: John Constable: ‘natural’ sky paintings

Day 198 iii

How often have I marvelled at his great painting The Hay Wain on many trips to the National Gallery in London as a young boy. The scene was painted near Flatford Mill in Suffolk, which was owned by his father. I recently visited this hallowed spot which has changed little over the last two hundred years. All that were missing were the magnificent clouds of his painting.

The Hay Wain         Flatford Mill

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Studio 365: Day 197

Day 197 iii

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 10, – 16.7.15

Day 197 iv

Today’s chapter is entitled, Thomas Girtin: the power of white.

Day 197 i

Thomas Girtin was a contemporary of Turner who said of him, “If Tom Girtin had lived, I should have starved.”

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Studio 365: Day 196

Day 196 ii

This painting of Venice from 2008 was inspired by Turner’s Venetian watercolours and seemed appropriate to post after my last three exercises from the chapter in Lesson’s from the Great Master’s entititled Joseph Mallord William Turner: colour harmony.

Studio 365: Day 195

Day 195 i

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 9, part 3 – 14.7.15

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Day 195 ii        Day 194 iv

The small double-sided white ceramic dishes I bought for $1.50 each last week from our local kitchen store are perfect for mixing and diluting the watercolour paints.

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