My introduction to watercolour was at age 16, when I began training as an architectural student (at Huddersfield School of Architecture). The students used watercolour washes to colour elevational drawings. I am an enthusiast for watercolour, and think it woefully underestimated by the art establishment.
It is important to me to directly experience the subject I am going to paint. So I visit the landscape, or meet the sitter for a portrait commission.
Working Method
Although enjoying plen air painting occasionally, most of my work is studio based, sitting astride my purpose built seat easel and using an image on an IMac screen. I use an IPad camera, and in portraiture particularly, exploit its capacity to take many photographs, selecting those that capture an informal moment..
In the section below - In the Studio - you can see a video demonstrating the easel, and another short video showing me using it in my studio to produce a demonstration painting.