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Posted by Stephen Quirke on December 12, 2011 under Art, en plein air, Kogelbaai, watercolor, watercolour | 
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Posted on 27 November 2010 – I have re-posted this because for some reason I could not open the post.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on August 18, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, watercolor, watercolour | 13 Comments to Read
Last night I did another “Team in Light and Colour” watercolour/business demo with the Cape Town SPIN. During the demo I painted this view of Kogelbaai from the rocks on Arches 300gm Rough – 380x560mm.
I am pleased with the way the final version turned out.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on May 22, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 8 Comments to Read
Here is the painting – yep the same scene – I did for the Western Cape Watercolour Group yesterday.
It is on 300g Arches and is 380 x 560 mm (half sheet).
Doing the demo was such fun – what a nice group of people. Thanks to all of the organisers.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on May 18, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 7 Comments to Read
The demo is tomorrow evening. So I am getting back in a watercolour mindset after focusing on workshops in the last week.
this is on a half sheet of Arches. I am cutting up my old paintings to practice on now. And the whole presentation takes 52 minutes. I did the sky with a 1 inch flat sable brush – zoop zoop zoop – ai
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 30, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 7 Comments to Read
Here is the version from tonight’s practice. I have felt ill all day but really wanted to do this.
This is on Arches 300gm (good old 300gm) Cold Pressed and is 380 x 560mm.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 29, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 4 Comments to Read
Today I did more practice for my demo on the 17th. I want to complete a painting within 50 minutes, while I am talking about the learnings for teams. This took 1 hour 23 minutes, including the time I took to talk.
This is on Arches 300gm Cold Pressed and is 380x560mm
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 27, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | Be the First to Comment
Here is the latest practice version for a demo I have been booked to do for the local business forum.
This is on Arches 185gm 560x380mm (a half sheet)
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 16, 2011 under Art, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | Be the First to Comment
Here is one of the paintings I did leading up to the previous post on Kogelbaai.
This is 560x380mm on Arches Cold Pressed
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 11, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 5 Comments to Read
Here is a painting I completed in my studio over the weekend. Included in this posting are some of the steps along the way. I have been asked to do a number of watercolour demos lately so I have looked at this scene from the point of view of starting and completing a finished work in about an hour.
More recently I have created a presentation in which I do a painting and relate the insights on what makes good watercolours to what it takes to successfully discuss, design and implement an effective team strategy.
I have included some of the steps in the process in this posting.
This painting was done on a 560×380 mm sheet of Arches 300gm Cold Pressed.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 1, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read
Last week at this time I was driving around Meadowridge, to find the venue for a watercolour demo. The group was the Constantiaberg Art Society and I had offered to do the demo. And what a friendly group of people they were. Thank you so much all of you for the warm welcome you gave me. I have not been painting much this year, as my lack of posting here attests and I must say I felt a little rusty. But I decided to put this to the group and suggested that I would find a photo on my lap-top and paint from that, using my outdoor kit. ”Lets all pretend we are down at The Pipe”.
So here is my first piece. I guess if I had been feeling more confident I would have done a single painting but allowed myself this start:
this was on 300gm Arches 370×280. There is some fun stuff going on in the sky but overall mmm. Ja well no fine!
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