Denise is an experienced Art Tutor and art demonstrator who has a lively approach to her work
For this demonstration she showed us a variety of techniques for making marks to create very loose watercolour paintings with different tools
Denise suggested that the best way to create these loose paintings is to treat the session as playtime rather than setting out to create a detailed finished painting
She starts her work by wetting the whole of the Bockingford 140lb sheet of paper with a brush before applying the paint for this her preferred method is to use a palette knife to create some hard edges although a brush can also be used
For this type of work Denise chooses a bright colour palette as the emphasis is on capturing light and tonal values
Once blocks of colour have been applied she will flick water to create runs before allowing to dry
Denise then adds minimal detail using a variety of tools including cut credit cards and her fingers to smudge and dab
Do visit her website and check out her UTube tutorials for inspiration
Thank you Denise for a lively and interesting demonstration