Painting
Writers' Holiday Courses cover aspects of writing - and painting - so you can illustrate a book or paint a romantic or spooky scene to inspire a story.
Susan Alison tells you all about perspective and colour. She is very thorough and helpful. Materials, watercolour paints, paper and brushes and so on, are provided.
We all painted similar dramatic scenes of foreground trees and distant sky or sun. Looking at other people's work taught me what works best.
1 Add a human being. A man walking along the foreground path. A group climbing a hill - one of the three or more is far ahead or far behind all the others.
2 Add an animal. A man or woman is walking a dog.
A dog.
A horse.
3 Add a bird.
If you can't draw a bird, do a bird's nest. Or v shapes of birds in flight.
4 Add a house.
Add action inside or out. Chimney smoke. A figure at a window. Dancers see through the doorway.
5 Add conflict.
A man pulling a dog. A dog chasing a cat.
6 Add menace - and hinted story line - police vehicle and search party far left, vultures circling over trees on the far right.
7 Add humour
A grinning dog. A dog with wagging tail.
A dog in the centre chasing a cat on the right, the central dog being chased by another cat on the left.
A happy man catching a large fish. Behind the man is a bear.
8 Add mystery
Woman at window at seaside reading a letter. Ship in distance.
9 Add romance
Couple with bottle of champagne and drinking glasses. Small clouds blowing away and sun shining.
10 Add Minor Characters
Waiter bringing a tray. Get one of your fellow painters to pose during the break. Or watch the staff serving lunch and add a BBQ to your scene.
Add the train - or a train in a thought bubble. Or a map or flag. Caption your picture:
The Chase.
The Holiday.
The Marriage Proposal.
The Reluctant Dog.
Sign your name neatly.
Allow a frame space around the edge for the picture frame or mount.
Take a sketch or painting you have done earlier at home and see if your art teacher can advise how to improve it.
If you are short of ideas, just look at classic paintings and lift small elements into modern settings. Or think of nursery rhymes. Or fairy tales. Babes in the Wood. Hansel and Gretel. Advertisements.
Artist Susan Alison who I met at Fishguard in previous years sells her artwork on cards and gifts. You can find them on Pinterest and Etsy. She features dogs.
Useful Websites
Writing and Painting Holidays
www.writersholiday.net
Susan Alison's profile and artwork for sale
https://www.etsy.com/people/susanalisonart
Visit Wales
https://www.visitwales.com/
Learn Welsh
duolingo.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, caricaturist. See previous post on Fishguard.
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