Well here is a BIG thank you to the lovely AUNTY Janet and the equally lovely AUNTY Eileen back in South Wales. Because of their kindness I have now bought myself Winsor & Newton Artists quality Chinese white, Quinacridone Magenta, and Cadmium Lemon with a Derwent Classic 56 page 165gsm acid free water colour book on order. The new and much needed acquisitions bulge my Winsor & Newton Artist’s water colour set to breaking point. I mean there is no more space left in the tin.
Thank goodness for the lovely Brian and Madeleine in the Art Shop on Pier Street Aberystwyth for the advice that they gave me and their generosity in handing me a Winsor & Newton Artists’ Water Colour hand painted colour chart. I have sort of spread bet my colours across the available range. It would be nice to have them all, but that’s not going to happen with the pension. But what I do have is a fair representation of the range of colours and I can now crack on with the 28th of the illustrations that I am currently producing for simple enjoyment.
The ‘Chinese white’ was an essential requirement for the three illustrations as each one involves white areas or depicting white lettering. Now I have to save up some dosh for a couple of the brilliant ‘JP Perkins’ water colour brushes. Pure sable and pure bliss to use, but mine alas are wearing away. All in all this has been a great month, physically and more importantly mentally. Maybe the settling down is due to a stress free period and the relaxation a few hours of painting each day brings. For these reasons the new paints and the paper are extremely well received.
Better still, it’s not a bad result at all for a month when I'm broke :-)
