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Would you like your landscapes to be livelier? Adding rock salt to a wet wash creates intriguing abstract shapes, looking rather like starbursts or ‘sparkles,’ or giving a mottled effect to mimic sun-kissed or snow-covered foliage.
It is just one of the water-resistant painting techniques Watermill tutor Carl March will show you in our FREE online teach-in on 8 February. For more details and to register, just click here.
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If you enjoy painting along with Carl online, why not join in for his inspiring residential painting creative week at the Watermill this spring?
Here are the dates and a link:
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Carl March
20-27 April 2024
Drawing and watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 tutor profile.