Brand New!! Review: Rws Leap Exhibition 2013

I enjoyed my see to the Spring Exhibition of the Royal Watercolour Society this week.  

The RWS Spring Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery
- alongside a Tribute Wall to Leslie Worth PPRWS (1923-2009)

Having a whole wall of paintings past times Leslie Worth OBE PPRWS RBA NEAC Hon.RI (1923-2009) at i halt of the gallery is plenty to get upwards anybody's game inwards the the world of watercolour.

A tribute to Leslie Worth, Past President of the Royal Watercolor Society 

Dorset Beach, Ebb Tide, watercolour past times the belatedly Leslie Worth  PPRWS
(this i is behind the reception desk)

Worth's spontaneous effects alongside launder were the endure of a visionary. He captured beautifully the transient qualities of English linguistic communication atmospheric condition – storms, showers, hazy sunlight as well as mists.
Leslie Worth - Obituary past times Hannah Hawksworth

It was absolutely wonderful to run into i time again the absolutely amazing things he used to practise alongside atmospheric washes.  I know of no other watercolour creative soul who has come upwards as well as then about emulating Turner inwards his work.  He laid upwards the bar to which I promise other painters aspire. His give-up the ghost inwards 2009 was such a tragic loss to the the world of watercolour.

That said, his endure did betoken upwards the divergence betwixt the type of watercolours which used to hang on the wall of the gallery some xx years agone when he was President as well as what hangs at that spot now.  It was especially proficient this twelvemonth to run into many to a greater extent than of the members using pure watercolour for their artwork.

I intend few accept come upwards about emulating him inwards price of mastery of watercolour painting.  Those who accept are members who accept won the Turner Watercolour Medal.  (eg Michael Chaplin - inwards 2011 as well as Paul Newland - inwards 2008).  This twelvemonth the Medal has been awarded to Past President David Firmstone.   See David Firmstone wins Turner Watercolour Award 2013.

The entrance to the exhibition is hung alongside paintings past times the electrical flow as well as past times Presidents - Thomas Plunkett PWS, David Paskett PPRWS as well as John Doyle PPRWS.  It was actually interesting to run into their dissimilar manner inwards painting next to i another.

Round past times the impress boxes adjacent to the bookshop were paintings past times 2 artists who accept a really unique manner who I admire - Richard Bawden RWS RE as well as Jenny Wheatley RWS

Watercolour paintings past times Richard Bawden

Watercolour paintings past times Jenny Wheatley

I was especially impressed past times really pocket-size paintings of gardens by Liz Butler.

Glorious Cabbages (Bromyard Avenue Allotments) SOLD
past times Liz Butler RWS

a epitome of rust by Angus McEwen RWS - as well as I loved the floated deckle border as well as the frame which really enhanced the painting

Child's Play past times Angus McEwan RWS

Small paintings of people
on Dorset beaches
past times Richard Pikesley

I too really much liked the silhoetted people on the beaches at Lyme Regis as well as Charmouth - equally painted past times Richard Pikesley RWS

At the bottom of this postal service yous tin run into a video of Richard Pikesley discussing influences on his endure - where he focuses on the endure of Andrew Wyeth - as well as the processes of painting.

This exhibition of paintings created using H2O based paints is at the Bankside Gallery until 21 Apr 2013 as well as then yous accept plenty of fourth dimension to run into it.



Links for watercolour artists:

• Which is the best build of watercolour pigment for artists?
• The Best Books most Watercolour Painting

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