This was fab – only an hour, but so relaxing, creative and playful…
David Melling is one of the wittiest, most accomplished British illustrators around, and he works a lot in watercolour – so I immediately signed up when this workshop was announced by Picture Hooks, an organisation specialising in promoting children’s book illustration.
The doggy image was made with water, burnt sienna watercolour and Indian Ink. The way the ink combines with water when you drop it in off your brush is spectacular, and I loved the effects you could create. The bird image is a bit overworked but it is really cool to just paint your subject in water then drop colours in and see what happens… Magical
This could be a future kids’ workshop, I think!
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