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Testing Times I've spent a lot of time testing watercolours on different types of paper, over the last couple of years. For example in the abstract sea watercolour below, I'm using rough cold press paper. Which, if you use it in combination with granulating watercolours, the little granules of watercolour will sit in the pockets of the paper giving it a very granular, rough look. Even though it's meant to be water, I wanted the blue water to have this granulating effect, like sand and the earth is embedded in it. I tried many different types of paper but finally decided on this rough Arches paper which to me expresses more evocatively what I wanted to say. Memories Powerful memories of past experiences of the sand, surf, joy and emotional times with friends, which are layered in your heart.
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At the moment I'm inspired by the garden outside. So many beautiful flowers in Stockholm. And they're growing wild everywhere.
Tulips on nature strips. Huge bushes of violets on street corners. Beautiful blossoms on apple trees. And the green, green grass. So, of course, I've started doing plein air small watercolours again in the forest and around it. They're painted within about half an hour. Just when I'm having lunch or a cup of tea. So they're basically just getting the main forms and feeling down. Here's a couple below. They're only tiny. 7.5 x 16cm. Just a quick note to share that I’ve started a page on facebook.
It’s called Art Thoughts. So if you’re interested in random jottings about art and everything related to it and what’s on my easel, I invite you to come visit the page and check it out. If you click on the like button that would be brilliant too. Click here to go to Art Thoughts A Riff: a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song.
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