Purple and violet in Watercolours

Yup, clearly holiday time - our groups get smaller every week. This means that we have better focus and great discussions about our art, so not all bad! This is a short blog with not much work as the Thursday group didn't happen at all, but the quality is high as ever! We 'll have one more session next week and then -  it is August and the Aquarellistas are closed...

The theme of last week was 'purple'. Subject was free, everyone could paint what they wanted as long as it was purple. And here are the results:
 

Thecla painted this purple abstract fantasy. I absolutely love it, it is so deep and moving! Note that it is pretty big in real life. The irregular borders were a happy accident from re-used masking tape...


 

Bevfinished her tremendous turtle from last week and couldn't help herself, she had to paint something purple too and it came out in this lovely flower that seems to jump off the paper!

Judith used a bit of purple too  - but that was not the main drive of this painting. Judith lets her brush be led by lovely movements that feel comfortable and the result is not everyone's taste yet very interesting.

Judith II - is she the same person? We had a good laugh about how it is possible to be able to create perfect cat portraits and at the same time have the talent to stop thinking and let your hand do the work, in a spontaneous way. Like below... We find it very inspiring and are super interested in the next stage - to be continued in the next season!

Judith III

Bev finished her turtle. It is such a good painting, so very deep-sea! I absolutely love it, well done!

Tony always creates little stories and this is one about wild flowers from the garden in an old bottle surrounded by 2 mustards from Dijon, some sweets from there as well, a necklace from Frankfurt that he gave his wife, a necklace with stones and his dog's toy. He wanted to add much more but we forbid that 😀We thought it was exactly right like this...


And last but not least, Laura's poster of Opio, almost finished. It is gorgeous, and I am really entitled to say that because this is the view from my atelier! Super painting and it will have words on it too - to be added later...