The colour violet in watercolours

Celina's amazing super-shiny purple pebbles

Very short comments this week, I have been setting up my installation in the gardens of the Musée de la Parfumerie and in the middle of that a storm came, so the rest of the time including this Monday I have spent tweaking and repairing... How's that for an excuse 😊. But the aquarellistas worked hard and smart on their purple watercolours and you deserve an overview! So here goes:

 

 Michele C., our correspondent in Bretagne is already installed and worked with us...

 Vanessa created this lovely butterfly. The funny thing is that it went from 'not bad' to 'so lovely' when she removed the tiny dots of masking fluid! After the butterfly Vanessa started a wild and loose and wet-in-wet landscape with wisteria...

 

More butterflies, in the unmistakeable style of Anna-Karin. And same for her wisteria, so good! We'll have to do without Anna-Karin who is going for a well-deserved summer in Sweden...

 Catherine is working on an abstract lightly based on lathyrus flowers. Impressive!

Q for Liz: the purple of this beautifu and well-shaped teapot came right from the tube - what was the name of the colour?

 Jutta finished her tulips. She covered the ones on the foreground and then very spontaneously painted the ones in the background. Great method!! and it worked!

Monica is also going away for the summer, but left a very good impression, both with her purple light and with her creative 'spheres' and other shapes! Well done and already looking forward to seeing you back next season!

 Judith is working and experimenting to discover her style. last Thursday she was going wild and crazy with this lion. I like it!

 Sylvie D. started a butterfly - it is already fluttering from the paper and  has a subtle character. The painting below is now finished and a wonderful symbol for 'love'...

 Bev is back and orks onw a purple anemone painting that looks better than the original it is based on!! How does she do it every time 😎!

Maud finished the hortensia and started an amazing purple sky...

 

The long thin Tulip by Hélène is now finished - and everything has worked out perfectly!

Marie-Claireneeds one more Thursday afternoon to finish this painting of a lovely lamb in a spring garden...