The subject of our latest session was 'Northern Light' on request of Anne. She had breathtaking examples of them, in Bretagne but also in nearby village Caussol, taken by her son. She clearly understands the phenomenon and created a fantastic watercolour painting. And so did many others! Have a look below...
The Aurore Boréale one day in Bretagne, painted by Anne. Awesome!
A completely different interpretation by Martine. It is so light and magic!
Corinne felt like painting something else, but still gave the shared subject a chance. She painted this in less than 45 minutes. And then did a breathtaking tomato still life in the rest of the time. (Below).
Marie-Françoise is back after a long absence and she created this very mysterious Northern Light in what I interpret as Hobbit-scenery. Well done!
Denise painted lots of wet-in-wet purply Northern Light watercolours with her glittery paints. It all works different from what we are used to, yet is is very interesting! There is so much to see, next to the interesting architecture, in all three of them.
For these two she used very thin masking tape to create the 'roofs' of the buildings. Gives it a fresh and modern appearance.
Anna Karin does her personal thing and everybody loves it. It is how she works, completely unbiased, combined with a lot of experience and courage. And so she creates 4 Northern lights (and a sea, see below). My favourite is the one on the top right.
Roxane painted this wild and no doubt crackling Aurore Boréalis. Upon advise of Anna Karin she did a wet brush stroke over the trees and added a bit of mystery! She also painted the same 2x2 setup as Anna Karin, very different but somehow I have no picture. Next week!
Anna was not overly happy with her first try out for the Northern light- but she learnt a lot from it and then painted the next one and that is fabulous! Imagine being there on your skates...
Sonya painted this awesome misty landscape with snow and ice and reflection and mysterious skies. I absolutely love it!
Michèle our correspondent from Bretagne, painted this wonderful wooden house that I would personally love to stay in, especially when the night skies look like this.
I gave it a try too, merely to check if A4 size 300grams Arches torchon can handle this wet-in-wet painting without too much curling and bubbling. The paper was quite OK actually - so that means less stretching! Good news.
Northern Light-work in progress by Janine who spent most of her time finishing the fabulous landscape below. It is somehow monumental, it would look really good as a big wall painting!
Sandra spent time experimenting and although she worked really hard researching effects and different types of landscapes with cliffs, I only took this photo. It is interesting isn't it, especially that foreground! More next time...
Roxane finished her 'Anna Karin-style' vase from last year's project and it looks so very good. The salt always surprises and here it became darker. Great stuff - and we will definitely repeat this on a regular basis...
We always have that one tiny 15 x 15 cm board and people often use that to do something with their left-over paints. This time Anna Karin created a very simple but o so effective seascape!
And last but by no means least - the best and juiciest tomatoes I have seen for a long time, painted by Corinne. What a vitamine-rich shiny set!
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