We last did Autumn Berries in 2014 and the paintings were great, so we always meant to do it again, I can't believe it's taken 2 years though!
My lovely neighbour had made a great arrangement of autumn colours and berries and Claire had lots of great photographs for us to use.
We started by pencilling our chosen image and then masked the outline of the berries and filled in the smaller berries.
We had a few new people today, so Claire spent some talking about the papers we use here for watercolour classes, Saunders Waterford, in various weights 140lb, 200lb and 300lb. Paper is so important, these papers are lovely and thick and hold alot of water, so when we create our wet in wet paintings, it holds and absorbs the water and colour brilliantly.
Best of all it's made in Britain, at St Cuthbert's Mill in the Cathedral City of Wells in Somserset.
After the masking was absolutely dry (we use hairdryers to help this process along!) Claire put in the colours for her first wash, creating some loose berry shapes behind the main berries.
Here is her almost finished painting, after she had started to fill in the berries.
Here are brilliant paintings from the day, I loved the addition of the conkers too!
They were really lovely to look at and enjoy at the end. They should all be framed and on the wall for this autumn.
As a PS, I had a lovely autumn walk yesterday around Kintbury, the colours were stunning
If you're local, look at the link, you can park near the Dundas Arms, which is lovely for lunch either before or after!
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