Santinho - in watercolour and pencil

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Santinho,watercolour and pencil on paper 21 x 15 cm

 

 

 This is the first watercolour I have done for many years- perhaps as many as twenty. I'm looking forward to painting with watercolours in Colombia and Ecuador.

Oils are so cumbersome in comparison, and the cleaning of brushes and the drying of paint is always an issue when you are travelling.

It's delightful to return, this time with another perspective, one which is more accepting of the medium's qualities- especially it's lightness. 

I need to find a bigger sheets of paper: I want to use washes.

This paper is 250 gsm. I think this is probably the minimum weight not to have buckling. It's a pity how expensive the good papers are.

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