Naomi Tydeman is Welsh and watercolorist since 1990, member of the Royal Institute since 2004.
In 2013, she received the Turner Watercolor Award, the annual IR exhibition.
I love painting with a limited palette. For me, it is always easier to make the light with the values rather than lose me and let me lead by color. I prepare my mixes in Japanese rice bowls and in large quantities.
This book has interested me a lot because it is at the same time technical, and proposes different approaches and artistic sensibilities.
The first chapter provides guidance on preparations. The various materials useful for watercolor painters are reviewed, as well as the techniques needed to get some particular effects used by the book artists.
In the rest of the book, these techniques are mentioned in the step-by-step explanation of the tables.
The first 18 pages
Tools and materials: paper, paints, brushes, masking material
Sketches: outline, draft, more or less detailed drawing
Color: choice of palette, tones
The composition: rules of framing, guide the gaze, create a contrast
The original composition was very striking and as I wanted to be sure that the pears would stand out enough, I finally attenuated the background and the details in the foreground so that the pears stand out well.
I realized this painting in very small format presenting that it would bring more intimacy and that the spectator would come closer to see the details. I liked the original photography and I completely focused on the textures.
Rape fields
Comparison example on 8 pages
Faced with a simple landscape like this, an artist must decide if he makes it more complex by working out the details.
I was attracted by the wide extent of the sky and I wanted to recreate this opening while making abstract forms of the field the most interesting part of the painting.
