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Posted On: October 21st 2026, 07:22 pm
In September I went back to the Royal Drawing School for a short course led by an illustrator whose work I admire and have dotted around the house in the form of a beloved metal tray, some mugs, picnic plates from Garsington Opera and so forth. When I saw he was leading this Bold Water colour course I jumped at it.
Watercolour was one of my favoured mediums at uni, perhaps because I found it so accessible and so much less of a faff than oil or acrylic. It was reassuring to hear that our tutor felt the same describing working on a kitchen table and using the barest of equipment and a minimal number of colours and ONE brush - yes one simple number 6 brush. So maybe I am not driven by laziness in my appreciation of this simple tool.
The first day we drew and painted from flowers from his garden.
Watercolour was one of my favoured mediums at uni, perhaps because I found it so accessible and so much less of a faff than oil or acrylic. It was reassuring to hear that our tutor felt the same describing working on a kitchen table and using the barest of equipment and a minimal number of colours and ONE brush - yes one simple number 6 brush. So maybe I am not driven by laziness in my appreciation of this simple tool.
The first day we drew and painted from flowers from his garden.
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