A 15 minute workshop from Kees van Aalst How would you tackle this Kees? I asked Kees because I painted the locks in IJmuiden, and I was not happy about the end result! And I liked to know how Kees would solve this problem!! Kees looked and said, yes ... there's just too much to see! You should leave more to the viewer. He grabbed a piece of paper, cartridge paper and his palette. With a few pencil strokes he put down the main lines, for the painting. On his palette he mixed three colours with water.

Een workshop van 15 minuten van Kees van AalstHoe zou jij dit aanpakken, Kees?Ik vroeg het aan Kees omdat ik de sluizen in IJmuiden had geschilderd,en ik was niet tevreden over het eindresultaat!En ik wilde graag weten hoe Kees dit probleem zou oplossen!!Kees keek en zei: ja... er is gewoon te veel te zien!Je moet meer aan de kijker overlaten.Hij pakte een vel papier, tekenpapier en zijn palet.Met een paar potloodstreken zette hij de hoofdlijnen voor het schilderij neer.Op zijn palet mengde hij drie kleuren met water.

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Learning from a master watercolorpainter is always good! A few years ago I took some workshops from Kees van Aalst, and I learned a lot. Just by watching and analysing watercolours, he showed me to be different in style, and just using a few colours. He made me aware that the painting is more important then the subject you try to paint! Kees is a great admirer from John Palmer, and he showed me the books from Palmer. They were and are out of print for a few years now, so I tried to get those books true the internet, and after yes…..

YouTube video by Edo Hannema Watercolor Techniques

YouTube video by Edo Hannema Watercolor Techniques

YouTube video by Edo Hannema Watercolor Techniques

Painting my own work with learned techniques. In the 90ties, a VHS video with painting videos was released for the first time in the Netherlands. A quarterly art magazine publisher bought them abroad. and you could order or pick them up there. Very expensive by the way. I paid 92 guilders for 1 video. Now it's normal but thirty years ago it really wasn't. I was on night shift that week and couldn't get there until Friday morning. because the publishing house was closed on the weekend! I Worked all week at night and Friday morning at 7 o'clock at home.

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There’s a reason masters like Edgar Whitney and Robert E. Wood would give you a firm reprimand for skipping the preliminary sketch—and it has nothing to do with tradition for tradition’s sake. It’s…

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