This is just a quick update to say that we made the transition today from the old Forum to the new technology called 'Groups.' We are pleased to say that it looks as though it will be a viable option for us, now and in the future (providing the tech teams leave us alone for a while!) Thanks to those of you who have already signed in and are starting to find their feet. Our observations so far are:

1. The transition initiated an email to us for every post and comment we had made on the forum....hundreds have been deleted by Olly, but our thoughts must go to Edo, who probably has thousands to go through! We had no warning of this, and so to anyone that has also received a crazy number of emails today from us, then please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. These are not the…

I know it's not exactly seasonal, but I have some photos, made by myself last winter, that I wanted so much to paint for the atmosphere they radiate. This is one of them. I like the sun hit landscape, while the drizzle hasn't yet melt.

Saunders Warerford, 36x26 cm, Daniel Smith pigmenten.

Hi everyone!

This is my first post here for a while. I am slowly getting back into watercolour after a period of drawing, mainly in charcoal (yes, Edo, it's messy, but manageable if you don't blow it around). This time I focused on a very common subject around where I live. Rocks come in all sizes, shapes and colours and are great for practicing form shadows. I painted this view first on site, but I also took some photos, so could try again at home. Since I have a tendency to overwork details maybe that was not such a great idea. If anyone has more experience from painting views through water, I would be very interested if you would share how you go about it. Any other comments are of course always welcome.