In February 2018 I went to Writers' Holiday at Fishguard in Wales. I chose the course on painting run by Susan Alison.
Fishguard Bay at sunset in winter, from the clifftop Fishguard Bay Hotel in Wales. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Pagoda passed by boatmen. Painting and photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Lonely landscape with the sun peeping over the hill. Painting and Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Japanese arch and dancers. Painting and photo by Angela Lansbury.
Evening dancers watched by the setting sun. painting and photo by Angela Lansbury.
Isn't this the same picture as the one above? This is the improvement, with figures to give it action, movement, happiness and life.
Sunrise. A man out for his morning stroll, pulled along by his keen dog. painting and photo by Angela Lansbury. I originally called this sunset, but Susan Alison, our teacher at Writers' Holiday, Fishguard, thought it looked like sunrise.
Two Pagodas. Watercolour painting and photo by Angela Lansbury.
Japanese arch in the sea, watercolour painting and photo by Angela Lansbury.
Man and dog strolling off at dawn. Watercolour painting and photo of painting by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Compare the picture without the mount and with it. The moral of the story is that you should draw a frame around your watercolour paper using pencil before you start painting, or sketching. Nothing important should be beyond the lines.
You also need to have your signature above the lower pencil line, or it disappears under the mount. Susan taught us this last year. This year she taught us other things, but I had forgotten what I was told last year!
My paintings have the signature Angella with incorporates by first name and the first two letters of my second name, whilst leaving a short enough signature not to take up too much room in the painting nor cause a distraction.
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Author Angela Lansbury.
To book an art course or writing course in February 2019 go to:
writersholiday.net
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I tend to buy cheaply. I bought water colour pencils and scraper boards from Wilko in London, England. You will find sets in the art book departments of large stationers such as WHSmith in the UK, and art shops worldwide.
You will probably find several more in Mohammed Mustapha's in Singapore.
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