Try the ‘what-if’ approach
The working processes used by artists are adapted and tweaked by successive generations of creative people. For many years watercolour has been used predominantly with the same level of pigment-to-water in the process of creating art. As time has progressed, artists have sought to stretch the parameters, some using a combination of materials in collage, others by mixing media such as combinations of acrylic, gouache, pastel and watercolour to suit their approach.
I have long admired the wonderful work of John Blockley, who pushed the boundaries of the medium. In more recent times Joseph Zbukvic and Alvaro Castagnet have also pushed the edges of the envelope. The work of Marc Folly and Dean Mitchell inspire and hold the attention to
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