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| le fret bretagne 2 by Piet Lap |
Piet Lap – I want to take a closer look at his work at a later date. I know nothing about him except that he paints extremely well! Here is a link to his website.
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| Guan Weixing |
Somebody who calls himself “The great artist of China” otherwise know as Guan Weixing. This site is also worth viewing; which I will some other day. Visit here.
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| Koi by Cheng-Khee Chee |
Cheng-Khee Chee works with saturated wet paper to create lovely Koi fish studies. See his gallery here.
I found this wonderful web page full of Charles Reid’s portraits and nudes. Click here.
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| Watercolour life drawing by Charles Reid |
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| Watercolour by Charles Reid |
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| Rosina by John Singer Sargent |
John Singer Sargent, I like his work, I like his official web site too but I wonder is there another site out there that is even better? – With superior resolutions and with no copyright protection covering one third of each image. The picture featured here is called, “Rosina” and I haven’t downloaded it from the official site. PUH!
Seriously though, if you know of a better John Singer Sargent site than this do please let me know.
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| Watercolour by Stanislaw Zoladz |
Stanislaw Zoladz was born in Poland and today lives in Nacka, Sweden. His water reflections are so photo-realistic! It’s not what I personally aspire to as a student of watercolour, I think impressionism is my thing but it doesn’t stop me admiring the incredible detail and skill of his work. His website is well worth a visit. Click here to visit.
Irish artist Louis le Brocquy died last month, I’d forgotten how good he was, I don’t know if he hung out with Bacon and Freud but his work is quite similar. I’m currently learning to paint watercolour portraits the Charles Reid way, Louis le Brocquy has a surprisingly similar watercolour style, …although Charles Reid seems to be more cheerful in personality. Visit: http://www.lebrocquy.com/ Unfortunately his website is difficult to navigate but it’s worth the visit. Louis le Brocquy obituary, in The Guardian
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| Louis le Brocquy |
I came across Sandra Flood’s website while surfing last night, her oil painting technique is very good but her composition talent is even better. I really enjoyed trawling her site.
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| Sandra Flood |
I received two great DVD’s in the post yesterday. Watercolouring by Charles Reid and Alvaro Castagnet. I have watched the Charles Reid film and found it really inspiring, so hopefully you will see a big improvement in my watercolouring very soon! It would be nice to go on a watercolour course with these guys but I could not afford it. I recommend these tutorials to anyone who is interested in improving their skills. Not recommended for beginners. Go here if you would like to see more tutorial videos from APV.
