My students often ask me what colours they should buy when they are ready to invest in some professional quality watercolour paints. This is such a personal question and very much comes down to personal taste! I don’t believe there is a hard and fast number of paints or specific colours you should start with. I have spent 15 years honing my palette and continue to try new things and make adjustments. But, if I had to whittle down my palette to the absolute basics, I would choose these 7 colours.
Well this is exciting! I've been selected as a finalist in the Palette Project, an art prize run by Gallery Alchemy - a beaut little gallery I've long admired in Milton, New South Wales. I'm truly chuffed that my work 'Rolling Down the Valley' was one of the 28 works selected.
First of all, how is is March already?! To say it's been a busy (dare I say hectic?!) start to the year is an understatement. I had a gradual return to work from mat leave at the end of last year, I eased back in with a few odd hours here and there - mostly painting for my solo show at Lon Retreat.
'Finding My Way' is a new body of work, 20 watercolour and crayon paintings on paper and panel that I created during my residency at Lon Retreat. I couldn't be more excited to finally share these pieces with you, they've been a long time in the making.
Loz from LJM Photography snuck into my studio recently and captured me at work. I thought I’d share some of the photos along with a bit of the story behind them.
