by Bev Dunstan
Ron Moody presented an excellent Pen and Watercolour Wash workshop on Saturday 8th February using a sketch depicting Lucca in Italy as the basis for the day.
He began by demonstrating techniques on transferring the image onto the paper; either by tracing or by copying the image by eye. Once this stage was complete each participant had their version of the image drawn in waterproof ink.
After protecting the roofline using masking fluid, the sky came next using the wet-in-wet technique and tilting the paper to allow the pigment to flow across the paper before allowing it to dry.
The painting continued to develop in simple stages, allowing plenty of time to learn and progress without undue pressure as Ron moved around the group to guide and mentor as needed; concluding with the final shadows and key ink strokes on the building facades.
Even though everyone began with the same image the final paintings showed a wonderful diversity of colour and interpretation.
To summarise a wonderful day “we all drew the pictures and coloured them in!”.
