I have always loved Monet, particularly his later paintings. His bridge paintings really inspire me. So I chose one of them and tried to learn from the mark making and colour.

Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting

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September 1, 2024

← I’ve just joined and was keen to get stuck in. My first assignment was to draw and paint out doors in a landscape that had meaning for me. I suffer from fibromyalgia which makes painting outside tricky. It was only the 2nd time I’ve been out on my own without help. I sat on a log and somehow managed to balance my equipment on it. I used a selection of media. Unfortunately as I was about to start using the coloured pencils I found in my father’s studio – probably 50 years old it started to rain. I decided my watercolour already had plenty of water in it and headed off for a coffee. Transcript Pierre Bonnard. I loved his colours and the way he places colour on top of colour and all the marks he makes on his paintings. →

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Juli Fejer on September 1, 2024 at 5:55 pm

thank you for a great lesson.
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Louise Balaam on September 1, 2024 at 2:37 pm

Lovely dense images Juli, beautiful mark-making!
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