tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66865492024-02-20T23:06:24.999+00:00A Passion for Watercolour!Watercolor fine art with subjects including flowers, landscape, still life, animal & wildlife and portraiture. Created by English artist Ruth S Harris.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-26233949120812109442013-05-12T11:02:00.000+01:002013-05-12T11:02:06.366+01:00Perfect PartnersGoing through my reference photos for the millionth time, a photo I took at Longleat House caught my eye. I don't know why something that I've previously passed over suddenly shouts "Paint me!", but it happens all the time, maybe as my style evolves I become more adept at adapting promising references into good paintings?<br />
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This time it was a photo of a herbaceous border with red poppies and purple allium, I played with a few different compositions in thumbnail sketches and finally decided to have the poppies in the foreground with a diagonal sweep, and alliums in the background.<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Perfect Partners<br />Watercolour, 15" x 11"</span></h3>
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Last week I treated myself to a bunch of blue anemones. I think they're my new favourite flowers with their velvety petals and amazing blue colour. I set about trying out colours in quick sketches and discovered that W&N Smalt combined with cobalt violet were perfect, and the granulation of both pigments was beautiful. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: small;">Blueberry Fizz - watercolour, 15" x 11"</span></b><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: small;">Not for sale</span></b></h3>
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Starting with a simple drawing to guide me, I added some tiny spots of masking to reserve a few highlights and, once that was dry, wet the paper before dropping in colour. Remember the pencil lines were only there to guide me, the wet paper allowed the pigment to spread and soften edges.</div>
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Then it was simply a case of building colour and form, working on individual petals by wetting then adding more pigment.<br />
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Purple/blue flowers can easily look flat and lifeless, but my choice of pigments helped to keep things lively. I used some ultramarine and quin. magenta for darker areas on the petals, always being careful to allow textures to show through the washes.<br />
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Now the detail in the centre, bringing in one more colour. Indanthrene blue was perfect for the dark centre, and texture was added by sprinkling a little salt in the wet wash.<br />
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I had one more decision to make...... what about the stem? The flower needed some form of support, but the yellow-green stem would have looked incongruous among the blues and violets. I decided to suggest a gently curved stem with a purple wash, hard edged on one side and fading out so there is no edge on the other side. Done!</div>
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I've been spending more time working from life recently, it's a challenge but I've found it easier to paint directly from life than drawing first.... I have more freedom with a paintbrush, pencils are too static and restrictive.</div>
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I bought a bunch of wonderful parrot tulips, they're amazing to paint! All the frills and flounces would have taken me hours to draw accurately, so I dampened the paper and started adding colour, developing the curves and ruffles as I went. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out!</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Orange Parrots - ©Ruth S Harris</span><span style="color: #274e13;">Watercolour, 15" x 11"</span></h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-41856514894372879872013-03-04T11:05:00.000+00:002013-03-04T11:05:20.822+00:00If in doubt, try a crop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This was painted last month, around Valentine's Day, so of course it had to be called "Roses are Red". I've been doing more work without drawing recently, it allows me to enjoy placing the brushstrokes without any boundaries.</div>
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I started this as a quarter sheet but the left side wasn't working, so it's now cropped to a 9.5" square and I like the modern feel that gives to the painting.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-51652322002131061342013-03-03T22:34:00.000+00:002013-03-03T22:34:52.958+00:00Papery Poppies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I needed some red after all the yellow daffodils, so back to poppies! When I started I intended to only paint a few poppies and leave the background white, but it evolved and turned into a small, square wildflower meadow with an out of focus background. I'm really happy with how the poppies turned out, especially the focal poppy. I think the secret of papery petals is lots of water and careful brushstrokes, keeping washes fluid and light.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-62651558546911837802013-02-26T12:39:00.000+00:002013-02-26T16:26:34.085+00:00A bunch of daffodilsOne bunch of daffodils can provide inspiration for many sketches!<br />
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Then single flowers...<br />
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It's great practice at painting from life, with different angles presenting different challenges.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-4816339608930316332013-02-24T11:43:00.001+00:002013-02-24T11:45:01.889+00:00Dreaming of SpringThis has been the longest winter ever, or at least it feels that way! We seemed to jump from spring last year straight to autumn and winter, no summer at all, which is incredibly depressing. Now it's February and thoughts turn again to spring and daffodils.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Dreaming of Spring - watercolour, 11" x 15"</span></b></h2>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b>Dreaming of Spring - detail</b><b>©Ruth S Harris</b></span></h2>
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This painting is <a href="http://folksy.com/items/4168470" target="_blank">currently available to buy from my Folksy.com shop</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-88240903305246883252013-01-09T14:37:00.002+00:002013-01-09T14:37:41.323+00:00January InspirationI don't know whether it's because of the enforced break from painting over Christmas, but January seems to be my most experimental and inspired month! Last January I painted Cosmic Poppies, which went on to win the SAA Amateur Artist of the Year award, this week I've painted this, White Windflowers, and it's not at all like my usual work!<br />
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So 2013 is off to a good start, let's hope I can keep the energy flowing!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-78261996359103182422012-12-29T22:43:00.002+00:002012-12-29T22:43:32.519+00:00Another year over<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINcpHkBRhAIJUE1qf1w8wL6Na1s0Xa7ecnrAXok5dX4-vQe3HhJT1XrXNidBbR6ZdbX32G3t_DuId3Te2fLSQtbMDtI04svI1uBi6k-_QhE8YOZHPvxx05ydP2WEMDpiVzAKu/s1600/The-President.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a>
Another three month gap between posts.... I'm ashamed, forgive my neglect!<br />
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It has been a busy few months, lots of painting, framing, selling - it's hard to keep up with everything and unfortunately this blog suffered, as well as my Christmas cards which were never sent.<br />
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Poppies were a recurring theme, these two captured the papery petals perfectly!<br />
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More of the small format, square florals which look amazing in beech or white 12" square frames!<div>
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A couple of tall, narrow format florals for a change...</div>
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Then the purple clematis in my garden caught my eye, I had fun with lots of colour and water!</div>
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There was then a series of small format work aimed at the affordable gifts market, with a wide range of subjects.<br /><div>
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As the year ends I'm taking stock, thinking about what I want to achieve next year. I need to spend more time painting, paint more animals in particular, and I'm also going to try something completely different - block prints - hopefully that will inspire me in my watercolours too!<br /><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-44399128549972891222012-09-26T09:45:00.002+01:002012-09-26T09:45:55.032+01:00My paintings in a book!For a while I've wanted to make a portfolio of my work which I can show to galleries or interested people and I've finally done it! The whole process was relatively painless although it took far longer than I imagined it would, but now I have a beautiful book full of my favourite paintings. Even better, I've made it available for everyone to buy and already sold two copies!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-30261499760816709502012-09-24T11:11:00.000+01:002012-09-24T11:11:06.569+01:00Small but beautifully formed...I've been working on more small watercolours this year, it just seemed sensible in the current economic climate, we're all struggling to make ends meet for one reason or another. I found the ideal size for ease of framing was 7.5" square which frames beautifully in a 12" square, so I set to work on a series.<br />
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"Essence of Summer" and "Red Day Lily" are both displayed in the Kington Gallery.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-8368228402484022642012-09-20T13:16:00.003+01:002012-09-20T13:16:55.696+01:00Irises updateIs it really 3 months since I posted here? I owe you all a huge update!<br />
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Although it has been a long time the irises haven't progressed much.... this is as far as I got before other things drew my attention.<br />
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It's still waiting for me to paint the last iris on the right.... one day!<br />
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Over the coming days I'll share what else I've been up to over summer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-49119244832156756262012-06-22T20:22:00.001+01:002012-06-22T20:22:32.358+01:00Irises in progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Inspired by the incredible work of Rosie Sanders I decided to start a large (half sheet) watercolour of the bearded irises in my garden. The background will be the white of the paper which is a challenge in itself! The first image is a detail showing where I'm up to so far, the other three are progress images showing the whole thing. So far, so good!</div>
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I'm enjoying a basically analogous palette for most of my paintings at the moment, loving the way red and pink interact, and that was the starting point for this watercolour. I've become more and more comfortable with hot pressed paper, finally enjoying the way the pigment slides around on the surface, and the bonus of amazingly vibrant colour!<br />
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Here's the final painting and then three progress images.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-36358800068345159322012-05-28T14:53:00.000+01:002012-05-28T15:06:28.415+01:00The Poppies are PoppingMy garden has been giving me a treat with red poppies really putting on a show in the sun. Yesterday I sat out for about an hour and sketched them with charcoal, then moved inside to play with colour.<br />
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First the charcoal sketch, I tried to get good contrast tonally, something that isn't easy with red so this exercise helped me later.<br />
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Now the first play with colour to choose a palette.<br />
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Then this morning I tried to use what I learned in a fun, loose painting. Choice of paper was important, I wanted to keep the looseness of the colour study, so I chose hot pressed fabriano artistico extra white. I am really happy with the result!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-70833934107048154832012-05-15T18:17:00.000+01:002012-05-15T18:17:58.231+01:00A rare landscapeI don't really know why but I rarely feel like painting landscapes and this has led to me being out of practice with them. Today I thought of a photo I'd taken several years ago and decided to have a go, partly to see whether my technique and style had developed the way my floral work has, and partly just for a change!<br />
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I went small, 7.5" square, an used a large brush for most of it, only picking up the small brush for the detail towards the end. I think it worked out pretty well, loose without being messy and I didn't overwork it..... what do you think?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-42471779367308360392012-05-10T09:44:00.000+01:002012-05-10T10:00:11.212+01:00Last Year's IrisWe're suffering miserable spring weather in the UK at the moment, it has been cold and wet and miserable and I think the flowers are sulking! I went through my photos from previous springs and found a lovely iris to cheer me up. Finances being tight at the moment I need to sell more and figured small work would be more affordable, so I'm working on a series of small square works.... fingers crossed this strategy works!<br />
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Here's one of the earliest spring flowers, the glorious magnolia stellata which has the most amazing shape and is tough enough to stand up to the late snow showers and frosts. I'll be honest, white flowers aren't my favourites, I prefer colour, but if you look closely you see yellows and pinks and blues within the white petals.<br />
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This morning I see the first iris opening in the garden and I've been painting last years flowers, anticipating the thrill of seeing each new bud burst..... I love spring!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-31628795902421127412012-05-07T18:06:00.000+01:002012-07-05T09:49:03.972+01:00Exciting News!<br />
I've had some amazing, exciting news recently which I wanted to share with my blog friends. My painting "Cosmic Poppies" has won the SAA Amateur Artist of the Year award for 2012! The news came in a phone call from the Chairman of the Society for All Artists and to say I was speechless would be an understatement, in fact I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried tears of joy for the whole day!<br />
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This is a huge honour for me, I have never, ever won anything before, and this was only the second time I entered the SAA competition..... the first time I didn't even get anything shortlisted. My prizes are an engraved goblet and £100 for art materials, plus my painting will be featured in the SAA members magazine "Paint" in July with a short interview.<br />
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I realise you've all seen this before but here it is again, my award-winning watercolour!<br />
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As promised, my experiments first. I decided to try to use some of the paper which was otherwise wasted on my failed paintings, so I obliterated one disaster with gesso and set to work with more watercolour. It's a great exercise in loosening up and it was fun!<br />
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Since the cosmic poppies I've done some pure watercolour but I've also been inspired to try something new. <br />
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First the pure watercolour, Birthday Lilies seemed like a battle when I was working on it but turned out well in the end.<br />
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The news that I was included in Robin Berry's new book (see my previous blog post) inspired me, and I found my work going in a new direction. Cosmic Poppies is the result, and I believe it's my best ever work. I had the reference in my "to paint" file since June last year, these unusual oriental poppies are part of a huge plant in my garden and I always wonder at the strange colour combinations - both magenta and red in one bloom, another almost completely red, and some more of a purple shade. I worked with the colours and chose an analogous palette, using ever one of the eight reds on my palette for impact.<br />
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Just over a week ago I learned that my painting "Pretty Peas" (above) has been included in a new watercolour book by Robin Berry, a huge privilege and my first published work!<br />
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Having received my copy of "Compendium of Watercolour Techniques - 200 Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets" I am even more thrilled, this is a fabulous book, very well written and illustrated, and I can recommend it both to beginners and more experienced watercolour painters (and no, I don't get any money from the sales!) It's already inspired me to try something different which has got to be a good thing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-45301754013781339522011-11-03T09:41:00.000+00:002011-11-03T09:41:50.531+00:00Sun SistersI'm back! September and October were crazy, with Adult kids coming and going and a solo exhibition to organise, but things have calmed down somewhat now thankfully!<br />
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This was the last painting I completed before the exhibition, in between mount cutting and framing the other 20+ watercolours. I painted it from life very quickly and love how it turned out. I'm really enjoying working from life now after years of being afraid of it!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184871687609336036noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686549.post-74018002780226724802011-08-21T19:29:00.000+01:002011-08-21T19:29:18.385+01:00Exploration of a themeI don't usually paint in series, preferring to do different flowers as the mood takes me, but I have recently become just a little bit obsessed with lacecap hydrangeas. I've experimented with different papers and new ways to depict the delicate flowers, learning something each time. Strangely I started with the largest, a half sheet of hot pressed Artistico, and have got progressively smaller.<br />
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The second attempt was a quarter sheet of Whatman, a very different paper.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Third, and last for now, a smaller study in analogous colours, measuring just 10" x 7". I think this is my favourite so far. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGQF8tPjOi0/TlFNQnwFjMI/AAAAAAAAAcY/QNiFCnNVqVE/s1600/Analogous-Lacecaps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGQF8tPjOi0/TlFNQnwFjMI/AAAAAAAAAcY/QNiFCnNVqVE/s400/Analogous-Lacecaps.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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