A Brush With Art

Hi yogitree
I don't know if it's now on every day .
Rewind seem to rearrange their programmes a great deal .
It might be worth getting a watercolour book -that's how Mum started .
I think that she had a Watercolour Challenge book . She went to local classes.
I have to be honest -she was so hard to teach !
I enjoy watercolour and am quite abstract in my style.
I just choose a scene and paint it -with watercolour paper and paints -you really can't go too wrong .

I'm only daunted at times by portrait painting .

Esmay

A series about watercolour painting .
It's now on Rewind (my telly 81 ) at 7.30am them again at 4.00pm .
The original series dates back to '89 and inspired my mum to paint .

Is that every day Esmay? Thinking of having a go at watercolour. Watching partner creating art daily but he doesn't want to teach me, so needs must!

A Brush With Art is back on again at 4.30 pm .
I wish that Rewind would stop shuffling their programmes around.

I painted this one years ago and I must get back into it. At the moment I’m doing a lot of charity knitting.

I loved all of these watercolour painting programmes. Not too keen on oils or pastels. I loved painting from the age of 6. Dad was really good at drawing which I’m rubbish at. When my youngest son was off to nursery then I went to a little class and got back into it. I haven’t painted since lockdown and must get back into it.
Whiff - I love your work.

If you have access to the internet, there are lots and lots of painting/drawing videos on YouTube. Very inspiring. I haven't painted (watercolours) since Covid lockdown and our painting group stopped. I really must start again, but I'm so busy dressmaking and cross stitching I don't know where I'd find the time just now.

His wife June used to be on it as well. Alwyn was very encouraging and kept it simple.

Yes Alwyn Crawshaw.
Annoying that it's not on now when I thought that it had just started .

Is that Alwyn Crawshaw?

Don't put yourself down Whiff I really like your paintings and find them very atmospheric. I did a bit of teaching in a U3A art group and found it quite depressing that so many people wanted their work to be exact copies of pictures in instruction books. I remember one man who had never painted, but had been given a set of paints when he retired. He was producing some lovely dream like picture, but gave up because he couldn't make them look like the ones in the books. I couldn't make him see that it was his own vision that was important.

"But you don't have to be good at a thing if it brings you joy."
Agree *Whiff". Enjoying it is what's important.

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I loved watercolour challenge. Tried water colouring many years ago but was rubbish. Did an eight course at the Brain Charity Gelli printing it was so much fun. I tried it as never heard about it before. We even had an exhibition in our local library. Had to laugh me in an exhibition. My craft is is cross stitch.

But brought a Gelli pad and some cheap acrylic paints . These are my favourite ones I had done recently. If you get a chance to do it . I am rubbish at drawing or painting. I think the green looks like plants 🤷. Blue one a waterfall 🤷 and reflection and the black blue one sky 🤷.

I know there are some very talented watercolour artists on GN as they have shown their work on some threads . But you don't have to be good at a thing if it brings you joy.

I will look out of that programme . Years ago there was an Irish artist who did a watercolour painting course on TV but can't remember his name . Remember him saying always set your horizon first .

So much for recommending A Brush With Art .
I think that I caught last bit of it at 5.30 pm and then it wasn't repeated today.
I'm not sure when it's on again.
I'll have to dig out Mum's old book .

I miss Hannah Gordon presenting Watercolour Challenge .
Fern Britton's voice irritates me .
We had a discussion on gransnet about it a couple of years ago .
It would be nice if the programme returned .

I found a 1991 episode on Youtube.

I used to love watching Watercolour Challenge with Hannah Gordon.

I believe it was revived a couple of years ago with Fern Britton but I've not seen those ones so not sure if same format.

Bluebell-Rewind TV - channel 81 on my set has lots of vintage programmes .
I didn't have TV for 30 plus years so I didn't see a lot of old programmes .
Mum watched this art programne and had the book which is still available.
Her style was similar.
Mine is far more abstract .
I think that it's useful if you are thinking of trying watercolours.

What’s rewind ?

Thank you. Will watch.

Thank you for letting us know.

I would like to to see that and will look for this channel but have not heard of Rewind. Thank you Esmay.

Thank you for the heads up, I'll record it.