Using a stencil with watercolours

 
How wonderful and different is this pouring artwork by Judith! A wild combination of geometrical shapes, with brave primary colours, splashing - and no veil in sight... Well done on the lifting and the overall effects, love it!

The pouring project is done and dusted. The Aquarellistas have tried it out and the results are without exception cool, abstract and surprising. Some loved it some didn't - others would have tried if they had enough paint! When we can get together again in the Hangar or in my place and be outside, I promise we will give it another try! For now - here's what everybody did at home...

 

Ingrid painted a couple of delicate butterflies and stars in her pink pour. She used a black felt pen  and then added some white with chalk. It looks like a very interesting technique with great effect and much less time consuming  than lifting. To be continued...

 

 

Anna Karin Did this fantastic pour - and decided to leave out the lifting and I think she is right. It is very wild and interesting and abstract. And I love it that you can still recognise her in it!

O my, Celina, what a great, well-edited pour it is. There is no up or down, landscape or portrait - but there is a beautiful text all around (click to enlarge and read the real thing):

"We live in a rainbow of Chaos said Cezanne. Chaos is a friend of mine - Painting calms the Chaos that shakes my soul - In the midst of chaos there is always opportunity - All great changes are preceded by chaos..."

 

As so many among you, Rosemarie did not have enough paint to do an over-complete pouring - but she poured with what she had and combined a very wet painting in gorgeous blues and greens with a couple of clear dark lines, and to me it is exactly how it should be - and recognisably hers with the 'rays of light'

 

from Sweden, Eva  sent in this half-pour, with very interesting repeating geometrical forms, which (because of the white) remind me of stained glass windows. Because of the see-through aspect, it also is quite mysterious. Lovely that there is more where that came from!

 

In the meantime...

 

 

The abstract must have been inspiring to Eva, she continued with two more! Above a try-out with a  strong  watercolour-typical things that I love: the bluish 'cells' with their dark borders (which appear when you use a lot of watery paint) the subtle splashing and the transparency. And below this amazing fantastic scarf-like pattern. Love it!!

 

 

Randi is honouring Australia with this fantastic atmospheric painting of The Blue boat house in Perth (from a photo she took herself). And below, closer to home, Port de l’Ollivette in Cap d'Antibes. Different colours, equally great ambiance! Good stuff, I love it.

 

Michele was not a fan of pouring, so she treats us to a subject of her choice, this lovely wooden statue of Saint Peter. He is the patron of fishermen (amongst others) and he holds the keys to heaven. A good guy - and as Michele says, it is so touching, that big head on the small ill-proportioned body... If only the statue were for sale...

 

And last but by no means least: a new entry in Judith 's series 'One Veil per day'. Apart from how mysterious it is once again, it also shows the beautiful grey that appears if you put two complementary colours (yellow and purple) together! I look forward to see more Veil-experiments next week!