LEARNING OBJECTIVES
■ How to paint from a photograph
■ Try preliminary planning
■ Practise essential watercolour techniques
Last month I showed you how I create sketches and small watercolour paintings whilst on holiday. You should, of course, use whatever medium you’re most comfortable with.
Last summer I was fortunate to be able to visit Iceland and Greenland on a cruise ship; places I’d never visited so I was excited by the opportunity. You never know what to expect with new locations, but that’s part of the fun.
In addition to my various small drawings and watercolour sketches, I produced two quarter Imperial sheet (11×15in.) watercolour paintings whilst travelling, the largest size I paint on-site, as it still fits in my backpack. The first is a scene from Iceland (below) and the second from Greenland (right). Both show how isolated (below right) is a studio piece, clearly more detailed in its creation, of a huge iceberg in Prinz Cristiansund Fjord. The iceberg measured 200 metres in length. I never can decide if I prefer my looser style when painting quickly or my accurately produced studio work?
