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And a painting holiday or two.

With a spot of sunshine this week.

Hello everyone, and what a glorious few days of sunshine we have enjoyed with loose watercolours! I hope your week has been good with plenty of painting time! Here at Looseville HQ, we have been outdoors and even took to the highway with a Plein air Holiday to the coast. I hope you have some exciting adventures to look forward to, or maybe set up your studio outdoors? We can create our own journey, be it near or far. Toby has been a good boy while Ive been away and has been gifted a new walking jacket, blue suits him, and he is the talk of the village. Maybe he will run for mayor very soon!We had a fun time on this week’s Live Broadcast, ‘Spring Magnolia’ was a lively get-together and you produced some amazing results!You can catch the replay over on Loosewatercolours.com or click the Live Broadcast Link here:- https://loosewatercolours.com/new-loose-techniques/102-easter-chick ‘Spring Magnolia’ Live Broadcast We have an enchanting new tutorial on my Patreon channel that I think you will enjoy! ‘Blue Forest’ will let you create a mysterious mood in your work with simple colours, but it is very effective, so why not drop by a give it a try?Here is a quick link for my Patreon Members to the ‘Blue Forest’ Tutorial right here:- https://www.patreon.com/c/andrewgeesonloosewatercolours ‘Blue Forest’So I travelled nearly 200 miles (around 10000km), well, it felt that far!This was for a Plein air painting holiday in a beautiful old village called Staithes on the North East coast, it has not changed for over 100 years, so it retains its old world charm. It was a great group of painters, and this was my first attempt at oil painting, which I really enjoyed the challenge.These are the three paintings I created in the sunshine, along with a couple of visits to the fabulous pubs with singing late into the night!My Plein Air paintings in Staithes, North Yorkshire Plein airin Stathes- North YorkshireHow are your loose swirls?I think with a little practice, you could be good at these, and our latest tutorial ‘Cadmium Floral Evening’ on Loosewatercolours.com will help to crack the swirls code! It always amazes me how the paintings come together with good brush movement, and not forgetting clean water, too.Check out ‘Cadmium Floral Evening’ here on Loosewatercolours.comMembers Quick Link:- https://loosewatercolours.com/academy/cadmium-floral-evening/ Cadmium Floral EveningHere is a simple painting I created with my Loose Gang Brushes a while ago, but I believe it so how vital the correct brushes are to help you achieve to look your after. Sometimes we place the value of the correct colours as the most important part of the painting, but the way we place the paint and move the paint during the process is equally important. You can never cover large areas quickly enough with small brushes! Haze over the morning ’Here’s a great Tips & Techniques that can help you to achieve the Strength & Tonein your paintings, so sit back and take a look! The Loose Gang are resting up before a big painting sessionBut they could soon be on their way to be with you :-)Check out The Loose Gang Brushes here:-https://loosewatercolours.com/product-category/loose-gang The Loose Gang at rest!Take a look at our Substack Members Group and enjoy lots of Members-only tutorials. Each Newsletter you get exclusive access to a great Tutorial to help you in your Watercolour painting, so take a look today.This week’s Exclusive Members Tutorial is ‘Easter Chicks’ Have fun …Always! ‘Easter Chicks’ This is a great tutorial for Springtime, which I think is so cute!‘Easter Chicks’ will help you create a wonderful painting of this special season, and I would love to see your results, so do post your paintings on Loosewatercolours.com and our Fab Facebook Groups! Read more

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another fun week of loose watercolours! How’s your week been? Good, I hope. Now, on my walk around the village this week with Toby I noticed the Daffodils were in full bloom and a neighbough had some little chicks in the garden so I got very inspired and thought this would make a fun, seasonal broadcast, so this week’s Easter springtime special is called ‘Easter Chick’. This week promises to be enjoyable as I’m heading up north for a few days painting to the coast so i’m hoping for good weather and fish & chips too! Keep an eye to see how I get on and maybe try a few of my painting too?So here is the latest Live Broadcast ‘Easter Chick’ which you can catch over on Loosewatercolours.com or click the Live Broadcast Link here :- https://loosewatercolours.com/new-loose-techniques/102-easter-chick We have a great new tutorial over on my Patreon channel for you to try!‘Basket in Springtime’ turned into a lovely painting, and although I have called it an intermediate level, you may surprise yourself, so give it a go?Here is a quick link for my Patreon Members to the ‘Basket in Springtime’ Tutorial right here:- https://www.patreon.com/c/andrewgeesonloosewatercoloursDon’t blink, you might miss it!Haha, this was a great Plein air painting I did recently in a local village, but I thought ‘let’s film it’! and luckily I managed to capture it.Plein air watercolour of Hoby ChurchIt took around 1hr 20s to complete, but you can enjoy it in 23 seconds 🙂 Let’s go back to the 70s!I know you're too young to even imagine, but with my New Tutorial ‘Red 70’s Style Floral’ we can go there. A great beginner’s tutorial you will love, and it is also rather Groovey!Check it out here on Loosewatercolours.comMembers Quick Link:- https://loosewatercolours.com/academy/red-70s-style-floralI found this Plein air painting I did a couple of years back on a wonderful summer session. This was painted in the Bishop’s Garden in Norwich and brings back great memories every time I see it, which is a benefit of painting outdoors, remembering a time and a place. ’Here’s a great Tips & Techniques that can help you to get loose in your painting, and it starts with The Brushes!So enjoy the tutorial and get some pop corn ready too! The Loose Gang are resting up before a big painting sessionBut they could soon be on their way to be with you :-)Check out The Loose Gang Brushes here:-https://loosewatercolours.com/product-category/loose-gangTake a look at our Substack Members Group and enjoy lot’s of Members-only tutorials. Each Newsletter you get exclusive access to a great Tutorial to help you in your Watercolour painting, so take a look today? Read more

Not showers, it seems!

Spring has sprung

And painting galore!

Everywhere in full bloom!

Some lovely floral scenes this week.

A time to enjoy nature's beauty!

Spring's in the air!

In January, no less!