Iain stewart watercolors

I've been a bad blogger. I get caught up in work and forget to post. Anyhoo- I've been working with a limited palette lately. Using an old travel palette, I have been experimenting with using only 8 colors. Cobalt blue, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, cadmium red, neutral tint, french ultramarine, yellow ochre, and hookers green. The results have been interesting. I wanted to see what could be done without some of my "go to" colors and the lessons I've learned are well worth it. The main…

I’ve been busy in the off season working in my studio and trying out some of the new (to me) DANIEL SMITH colors and deciding whether […]

From Sketchbook to Studio Behind all good paintings there is the initial spark of inspiration and excitement. Every artist ...

Iain Stewart Painting

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Hi all. Getting all the "needed" work done before closing up shop for a few days during the holidays. Don't think I'll be on my rear though. Bringing the plein air kit for some rural studies at the farm. I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to everyone I had the pleasure of meeting this year. I had a wonderful year of teaching and travel that took me to many new places and faces. Ah even the workshop in Lubbock while recovering from the flu, in hindsight, was so full of…

Once you’ve had a chance to take in Iain Stewart’s watercolor painting, be swept away as he describes what it’s like to be sketching abroad.

Next year we have a new venue and a different approach to working on site. I've noticed over the years that the more I use my sketchbook with my students en plein air the more they seem to get out of the experience. In June I took a group of 12 adventurous painters to Tuscany and from the first demo I worked mainly in my sketchbook stressing the ease of which the set up is to carry for a whole day of painting and the number of images you can capture in a short time. I love painting at the…