This is another old watercolour which has been restretched after having had the ‘bathtub
treatment’. It was
painted on a half-sheet of 300gsm Arches NOT and Arches sizing never allows
complete lifting off of colour. I’m not
sure what colours were used now but it’s well known that some synthetic colours
are strong strainers notably Alizarin and the Pthalocyanines used to make a
range of blues and greens. Arches has a
nice surface so it would be possible – using – light washes to bring up the
colour again. I’m going for some major changes to enable me to add interest by
including birds.
The original location was the Dovey estuary but although
Herons and Egrets nest further up the river at Yns Hir the RSPB reserve I’m
going to allow the tide to come in to show birds I saw at Minsmere and Aldeburgh
last autumn.
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