TEAZELS WITH SUE COLYER
Sue has been painting for 20 years. She gives demonstrations
and workshops details of which can be obtained on her website www.suecolyer.com
For this
demonstration painting she is using YUPO paper which can be obtained on-line
and is also sold by the SAA. It is a synthetic paper similar to photographic
printing paper. The watercolour paint lies on the surface and is easily wiped
off with a sponge or tissue. This can be done even when the paint is dry. The
paper is very strong and doesn't need stretching - just attach to a board by
the corners with tape.
Always paint with the board horizontal. Water sprayed on
produces a good effect and texture can be produced using table or sea salt or
gesso. Washes have to be "scrubbed
on" to cover finger marks which are quickly picked up by the paper.
They can also be removed by cleaning with an alcohol based cleaner. We were
very impressed when Sue showed us that removing blue paint with a cotton bud
through a gauze or circular stencil produced sparkle on the sea or a sun or
moon very easily.
For this demonstration Sue used Windsor
and Newton
The painting was started with an application of the Violet
and Gold in appropriate areas using the 3/4 inch flat and then dabbing off
excess with a tissue. The rigger was used with a circular movement to paint in
the bracts and the stems. Sprayed on water and tilting the board, speckling
with a toothbrush and sprinkling with table salt gave a very lose effect to the
finished painting.
After the tea-break
Sue demonstrated a painting of the gorge at Lynton, Devon .
For this she used Indigo and Quinacridone Gold.
The gold was used
with the flat brush to produce the canopy over the gorge and the indigo added
to get the dark green base area. The rigger was used to get finer foliage. After spraying and tipping and removing paint
with a sponge or cotton bud to get white areas and highlights Sue produced a
beautiful painting.
Sue had given us an excellent evening and certainly
impressed us with the Yupo paper.
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| Teazels |
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| Sue at work |
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| Lynton Gorge |
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