Liz Bestic

artist & printmaker

  • News

  • Gallery

  • Bio

  • Exhibitions

  • Blog

  • Contact

  • More

    • Black Facebook Icon
    • Black Twitter Icon
    • Black Instagram Icon
    Images and text © Liz Bestic, 2015. All rights reserved

    Extreme watercolours!

    I am just coming to the close of my second watercolour course at Mary Ward Centre which has been really great fun. We have looked at artists Maggi Hambling, Paul Klee and John Cage who all use watercolour in very different ways. Maggi Hambling reacts in the moment to say, a sunset and produces very direct and visceral paintings from nature. Paul Klee is more precise and likes to layer his watercolours which are beautiful and haunting. Whilst John Cage, who started life as a musician likes to use dice or the I Ching to make random paintings, letting the dice dictate what colours he uses or whether to use a piece of string dipped in paint or a feather or a pen.

    All three techniques have been fascinating and I have loved every minute of it thanks to brilliant tutor Lucy Winterson. Here are some examples. The first two pieces were done in the style of John Cage where I randomly chose objects to lay on the paper and draw round in ink or watercolour with a variety of different implements. The second was my ironic homage to Donald Trump done in the style of Paul Klee!

    Featured Posts
    Posts Are Coming Soon
    Stay tuned...
    Recent Posts
    Festival of print

    Festival of print

    Flourishing

    Flourishing

    Extreme watercolours!

    Extreme watercolours!

    My new blog

    My new blog

    Inspiration from Mr Still!

    {"items":["5f86ce50c1fa7c0017782a89","5f86ce50c1fa7c0017782a8a","5f86ce50c1fa7c0017782a8b","5f86ce50c1fa7c0017782a8c","5f86ce50c1fa7c0017782a8d"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"max","cubeRatio":1.7777777777777777,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":5,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":0,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":0,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":["SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","SHOW_BELOW"],"galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":26,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":65,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":0,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":1000,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(249,249,249,0)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"MANUAL","targetItemSize":1000,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|max|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":true,"externalInfoHeight":26,"externalInfoWidth":0.65},"container":{"width":220,"galleryWidth":225,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}
    Archive
    • November 2018 (1) 1 post
    • May 2017 (1) 1 post
    • March 2017 (1) 1 post
    • November 2016 (2) 2 posts
    Search By Tags
    No tags yet.
    Follow Us
    • Facebook Basic Square
    • Twitter Basic Square
    • Google+ Basic Square