Tadeusz Deręgowski: watercolour 2022

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Friday, December 30, 2022

Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley

watercolour, A3 SOLD

Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley - detail

Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley - detail

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Salento, 27 December 2022

Salento, 27 December 2022, watercolour, A3

Salento, 27 December 2022 - detail

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Salento, a valley

Salento, a valley, watercolour on paper, c. A3

Salento, a valley - detail

The landscape is vast, uncompromising and rich, and painting it can seem a hopeless task, like fitting a whale into a handbag.

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Salento, morning, 24 December 2022

First the sketch...

Salento, morning, sketch, 24 December 2022, watercolour, A5

...then the larger picture...

Salento, morning, 24 December 2022, watercolour, A3

Salento, morning, 24 December 2022 - detail

Friday, December 23, 2022

Salento, mid-afternoon

Salento, mid-afternoon, watercolour on paper, A3

Salento, mid-afternoon - detail

Thursday, December 22, 2022

The first from Yambolombia Hostel, near Salento, Colombia

From Yambolombia Hostel, Salento, A5 sketch, watercolour

The sketch allows me to get into gear.

From Yambolombia Hostel, Salento, watercolour, A3

From Yambolombia Hostel, Salento, A3, watercolour- detail

These are the first from the splendidly sited Yambolombia Hostel, near Salento.

Friday, December 9, 2022

Lagoinha, river

Lagoinha, river, watercolour, 40.5 x 29 cm

Lagoinha, river, watercolour- detail

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Praia Brava,watercolour; a few things I learnt about watercolour

Praia Brava, December 2022

watercolour on paper, 29 x 40.5 cm

I've learnt a few things in the last three months since taking up watercolour again:

1. plan the watercolour in pencil

2. the technique does not allow many more than two layers of paint

3. it is best not to mix the colours too much

4. make use of the brushstroke, especially cross hatching, lines and dots

5. you can't force the picture: I mean, watercolour has its own life, its own energy, and you can't make watercolour do what it can't do. You need to accept "errors" and "go with the flow"

I think I am ready for my trip to Colombia and Ecuador.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, December 6, trees

watercolour on paper, 28 x 38.2 cm

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, December 6, trees- detail

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, December 6, trees- detail

Saturday, December 3, 2022

Canasvieiras, sea, December 12, 2022

Canasvieiras, sea, December 2, 2022

watercolour on paper, 40.5 x 28.3 cm

Canasvieiras, sea, December 2, 2022 - detail

My thoughts on watercolour are that when the paper receives more than two brush strokes, the effect is heavy, because transparency is lost.

So, it is a better to of watercolour in a two layer process, with strokes and dots than with innumerable layers. That makes it a much more graphic medium than oils.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut

Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut, watercolour on paper, 28 x 40 cm

Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut - detail

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, trees

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, trees, 28 x 41.5 cm

Monday, November 21, 2022

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, Woodland, November

watercolour on paper, 28.5 x 40.5 cm

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, Woodland, November- detail

This is the largest watercolour I've done this year: I'm very happy about the incremental progress I've made with watercolour over the last three months.

My technique isn't fancy. But I am beginning to understand how it functions.

Simple persistence with tasks is so undervalued in life, in general.