Urban Watercolor Sketchers

Some sketches are vibrantly alive with the chaos of random crowds of city dwellers. Others capture moments of stillness and repose. There's a quick watercolor impression of a fellow urban sketcher. He'll be gone in a moment, and his work might show up in a future post. Another post shares a moment from a sketchers' meet-up. What else can you expect? A street scene in Rajasthan. A street market get-together. A canal bridge in Mandurah. A church tower in Palermo. The old Coal Exchange in Cardiff. A visit to Givenchy following the footsteps of Monet. Scenes from Indonesia, Mexico and the Azores. The countryside in Tuscany. Toronto. Iceland. Styles vary and here and there, you'll find conversations about technique or art materials. 

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At first glance, watercolor painting may seem deceptively simple. It's portable enough to have been a valuable tool to the botanists and biologists of past centuries. With a few washes of color, you can cover your paper with impressions suggestive of any number of subjects. Those are the basics. But with a more expert hand guiding the brush, those blotches are infused with a wealth of detail, containing - as the saying goes - multitudes. There are floral studies that pulse with life. Portraits that capture the very essence of a subject. River views where ripples of water interplay with reflections of light. Street scenes that show the sharp, precise line of architectural structures or the messy chaos of humanity going about its daily activities. Paintings that demonstrate clearly just how versatile a medium this can be. The group is associated with the awesome Doodlewash blog created by watercolor enthusiast Charlie O'Shields, which features monthly challenges and showcases watercolor artists from around the world.

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