It is a beautiful art gallery near Liverpool, built to house the works of art bought by a man who built a beautiful village called Port Sunlight, for his workers to live in. Famous for it's Sunlight Soap and I think Persil is a Lever product.
Because of the rain we first sketched in the gallery.
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| We had three subjects to paint. First one a Statue. |
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| 2nd - View through a doorway. I did this view because there is a W M Turner exhibition on at the moment, which I absolutely loved. Most of the painting are watercolours. |
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| 3rd a piece of furniture. This is a cabinet from 1670, loads of little cubby holes. Wish I had taken a photograph of this. These were 20 min. sketches. After lunch we had to paint one of these sketches but using unrealistic colours, wet in wet washes washes blending and ending with pen. So because the Turner exhibition was special to me I painted that view. |
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So a fabulous last minute arty day and great fun as I love wet in wet.
HAVE A FAB WEEKEND EVERYONE.
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What a great workshop, Polly! Love the sketches and the painting!
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy. There's so much to learn. Always something new. That's what I love
DeleteI love that you were able to go to a workshop...and for free! Lovely sketches and it is great to see the sketch of the sketch and then the painting of the one of the view to the Turner exhibit. I had seen that exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum last year and it was phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteThank you Joan. Aren't we lucky seeing his work. Thanks for your visit
DeleteExcellent choice Polly! I think you got inspired by the present exhibition and your painting is quite lively. But I do love the cabinet also, with all its intricate details. I love the paintings in your painting...:)
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting Helen. Glad you like the sketches. I feel I am lucky to find a free workshop.
Deletewow what a wonderful opportunity Polly and boy did you make the most of it, they are all fab. Annette x
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. I realise I was very lucky. And it was a lovely group too.
Delete...lovely day, gallerys and museums are great sketching places, and yes that little cabinet looked fab, just the sort of thing I love. glad you had a good day :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Kat. Felt strange sketching works of art, with people roaming around. But why do they stand in front of you? Great day and hope they do another one some day
DeleteGreat works, dear Polly!
ReplyDeleteWork well, strong and fast is really extraordinary talent that you have! Bravo!
Have nice weekend.
Great sketches and fabulous watercolor. You paint with the wet in wet technic wonderfully, love this work !
ReplyDeleteWhat a grand place for plein air work. Lucky you. Great sketches.
ReplyDeleteWOW free workshops hardly ever happen over here, at least not that I find out about.
ReplyDeletePolly, just love your drawings and this wet into wet watercolor is wonderful
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