Have you ever considered the power in your hand?
Do you ever take the time to look at what’s around you? I mean really look at the miraculous things that surround you?
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painting in progress
Serendipity, Clocks and Pandas
Serendipity is a curious thing. I discovered how during a painting demonstration when my painting of a clock face took on a life of it’s own.
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Castlefield Canal Artist Talk
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Creating a painting Harlequin Gherkin
Add Your Heading Text Here The first video where the whole process of creating a painting is included. There’s a mix of time lapse and real time video and some still photography. https://youtu.be/6Z7VIRJYdfY Here’s the full image, of the completed painting Harlequin Gherkin – Cathy Read ©2020 – Watercolour and Acrylic Ink – 76 x
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Painting Creation Time Lapse Of Charing Cross Station
Charing Cross Station is the subject of this painting creation time lapse video. It shows the evolution from white page with yellowed masking to full colour picture of a London street. Whilst the video shows that the lost transient stages are just as interesting as the finished art. The goal is always the completed original
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Time lapse watercolour painting of Big Ben
When I was deciding on this weeks Painting of the week, I remembered I’d taken some video when I was creating this Watercolour painting of Big Ben. . At exhibitions and evnts, I’m often asked how the painting are created, so, rather than write about it, I decided to show you.By editing the clips together.
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Canary Wharf Painting in Progress
Canary wharf painting in progress. In the masking phase photo you can see a curious feature taking shape in front of the Canary Wharf buildings. What is that strange structure in the foreground? Looks like honeycomb inside a beehive, and that’s what drew me to the subject initially. It was a temporary structure but sits
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Northumberland Avenue Painting – What happens in the studio
I thought I’d do something a little different for my Northumberland Avenue Painting in Progress. A video and single gallery. You might recognise the video from my home page’s header The painting process is more of an evolution, as layers of inks travel across the page. Blocked by masked barriers. Lines appear and an image
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Painting Creation – Irwell Reflections
This weeks painting creation begins with the graphite image, and you can just make out the masking has begun in ernest. Irwell Reflections – ©2019 – Cathy Read – graphite and masking fluid And now for a spot of colour, shaped by cling film. Irwell Reflections – ©2019 – Cathy Read – Watercolour aand cling
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