LANDSCAPES & STILL LIFE - WATERCOLOURS
Unlike the three dimensional aspect of thickly applied impasto oil pigments or of mixed media art, the application of watercolours to paper rarely involves the rougher techniques of the former two. This is not to say that all watercolour techniques are sedate and genteelly deliberate, as the scrubbing in (or out!) of pigment, and the rubbing, spraying, pouring, flicking, and even throwing of same at the paper will all attest. Nonetheless, watercolour art is often viewed as the product of an ethereal blend of delicately coloured, lightly contrasted pigments designed not to seriously disturb the emotions. My own watercolour techniques on the other hand do not distinguish between mediums, and involve attempting to successfully apply the three “C’s” that govern all my work, namely the aggressive use of composition, colour and contrast. |
| Two Orcas in Broughton Strait, British Columbia Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 21.0 x 28.0 in. | |
| Birkenhead Lake, British Columbia Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 10.5 x 29.0 in. | |
| Jericho Beach, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 22.0 x 29.5 in. | |
| Northern Lights #5 Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 13.0 x 21.0 in. | |
| Northern Lights #7 Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 19.0 x 28.0 in. | |
| Orca Pod Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 22.0 x 29.0 in. | |
| Siwash Rock, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 29.0 x 21.5 in. | |
| Three Orcas In Brougton Strait, British Columbia Watercolour on Fine Art Paper 20.0 x 28.0 in. |
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All rights reserved. All images and text Copyright ©1999 - 2010 Ian Semple
All rights reserved. All images and text Copyright ©1999 - 2010 Ian Semple