Rod Craig Demonstration - "Watercolour Landscapes"
Tuesday 14 March 2023, 2.00pm to 4.00pm in the Pavilion
Rod is an artist working in both Bath and Woodstock. After a long career in design, he became a full time artist in 2010 and his work is in collections in the UK, Germany and New York. In his own words:
"Watercolour painting is a perfect medium for capturing the energy and the drama of the landscape. I love its vibrancy and fluidity. Whilst it is extremely challenging, it is completely addictive as no other medium offers the same degree of spontaneity.”
Rod's demonstration featured plenty of fluidity and spontaneity. Occasionally shocking the audience of over 35 members and guests with his copious use of both paint and water, his picture formed very quickly into a vibrant landscape. As Rod explained, capturing the desired visual effects sometimes works better than at other times. However, this degree of uncertainty adds to the experience of painting in this way and produces a lively result providing you can avoid the temptation to rework anything that does not come out exactly as you had hoped! He emphasised that a good quality thick and course (rough) paper and some very large brushes are the most important constituents for success.
Rod uses artist's quality paints and Khadi paper, tearing it into irregular pieces and using PVA glue to make the desired overall size and shape for his picture. Rod also used various tools to mark the paper including a credit card, spatula and watercolour marker pens. We hope that Rod will lead a workship for LAS members, probably during April or June. If you are interested, please contact Gill Cox to get your name on the list:
[email protected]
Some photographs taken during Rod's demonstration follow, including a few other examples of his work.
For more about Rod and his pictures, see his website
Tuesday 14 March 2023, 2.00pm to 4.00pm in the Pavilion
Rod is an artist working in both Bath and Woodstock. After a long career in design, he became a full time artist in 2010 and his work is in collections in the UK, Germany and New York. In his own words:
"Watercolour painting is a perfect medium for capturing the energy and the drama of the landscape. I love its vibrancy and fluidity. Whilst it is extremely challenging, it is completely addictive as no other medium offers the same degree of spontaneity.”
Rod's demonstration featured plenty of fluidity and spontaneity. Occasionally shocking the audience of over 35 members and guests with his copious use of both paint and water, his picture formed very quickly into a vibrant landscape. As Rod explained, capturing the desired visual effects sometimes works better than at other times. However, this degree of uncertainty adds to the experience of painting in this way and produces a lively result providing you can avoid the temptation to rework anything that does not come out exactly as you had hoped! He emphasised that a good quality thick and course (rough) paper and some very large brushes are the most important constituents for success.
Rod uses artist's quality paints and Khadi paper, tearing it into irregular pieces and using PVA glue to make the desired overall size and shape for his picture. Rod also used various tools to mark the paper including a credit card, spatula and watercolour marker pens. We hope that Rod will lead a workship for LAS members, probably during April or June. If you are interested, please contact Gill Cox to get your name on the list:
[email protected]
Some photographs taken during Rod's demonstration follow, including a few other examples of his work.
For more about Rod and his pictures, see his website
