Theme - Turquoise in Watercolours

a turquoise turquoise by Isabelle.

Another great session on Tuesday afternoon, with the Aquarellistas of the Hangar! We had the colour 'turquoise' as our guideline &  inspiration. And as always the results were very different, interesting and inspiring!  The pictures are a bit bluer than the actual paintings, it turned out that turquoise is a hard colour to photograph!

 Isabelle also painted this turquoise stone mask - a bit on the green side, but  o so mysterious!

  

 Sandra has started with a beautiful wreath-like shape, with fantasy leaves (of which some are turquoise). She works on handmade paper, on the wrong side, without top layer. Which absorbs the pigment immediately - and leaves the water on top. Great effects - curious how this will look when finished!

 Glen has finished the basics of this window with turquoise shutters. I love the south french light & shadow! Needs a bit more contrast in the window itself for an even more exciting effect, that I'm sure she will do perfectly!

 Sylvie combined her favourite colour with her favourite way of working, the mosaic, into this composition. Is she going to leave the middle white? I'm curious!

Amazing mask of turquoise stones, by Liz. Super well done! 

Anna-Karin is back and she experimented with fantasy-landscapes, using turquoise. We all agreed that all three are awesome - and different -  but o so recognizable as Anna-Karin's

Anna Karin used round shapes in the last of her three watercolours. Works so good as a foreground

Liz' round shapes of the odd one out also work excellent on their own...

And the last one in this weeks'  Liz - collection: a very good evening painting! with violet, that is so much warmer than paynes grey for instance...

More evening paintings: the starters exercise is now finished 

 Judith finished hers - we agreed it is super and looks like a cruiseship

 And so did Jutta - and hers looks like Cinqueterre!

Our three starters are almost done with their must-have exercises!  Next week I will present the 3 versions of the last one, a pair of eyes behind an elegant black mask...and here's a preview, created  by Ilse

Bottle & Brush Challenge continued + misc!

This is what I saw when I downloaded the 'bottle & brush' results for the blog... seeing all those fantastic real glass bottles really made me proud and happy! 

And here below they are on a larger scale - look and enjoy, they are awesome (with more to come) - and also have a look at Cathie's posts on the facebook page FRENCH RIVIERA ART

 

 Agnès!

Bev!

Brenda! (discussion on Facebook still hot: should she go on or stop now...)

 Brigitte!

Hélène!

 Vanessa! (not yet finished - so will be even better)

Isabelle! (not yet finished - so will be even better)

 Liz!

 Sylvie M!

Misc...

And then there were some ongoing projects like

 Bev's view on Piazza Ducale (going to be awesome!)

Abstract flowers by Sheila...

Summer with the kids - another brilliant painting by Carol-who-will-now-start-with-the-bottle&brush challenge!!

the Bottle& Brush challenge AKA 'Is It a Painting or Is It a Photograph'

Last week Cathie was 'Chief Aquarellista', and to the delight of all, she started  

"The Bottle & Brush Challenge".

It is all about this picture, posted on the Facebook group 'French Riviera Art' with the question - is this a painting or a photo?! The replies varied from"'certainly a photo!!" via "not really sure" to "looks like a painting to me"... Whatever it is, it is definitely a fantastic image, showing that moment in which the transparent paint hits the water. The weird thing however is that nobody can find the answer to the question 'is it a painting'. So Cathie (in the "it's a photo"-camp) decided that the painters should be able to prove that it is a painting.

And there's the challenge! This will all be explained and organised in the near future via the Facebook Group, but some Aquarellistas already gave it a first try. Both Cathie and I are very impressed with the results sofar!! It is truly awesome how Real they all look. Respect!!

 

 Sylvie M

 Isabelle

Hélène 

Sylvie D.

 Marie-Claire

Brenda finished her Tuscan view - I think it is breathtaking! 

Fantastic Flower - great work, by Patience (who else?!)

And before starting the Bottle&Brush challenge, Hélène finished her sunset through a glass... 

Very well done!

Thank you Cathie for your time & help & excellent ideas & input!!