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Mike Willdridge returns to a Mediterranean beach for the next of his interactive online sessions with the Watermill, on 21 March.
His subject is two women lying under the shade of a giant beach umbrella and his theme is choosing what to leave out for a picture that is better composed and more interesting. That’s his practice painting above and its called ‘A ship on the horizon’. It’s an uncluttered painting, unlike the source photograph below.
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Mike would like you to tackle the line drawing before the start of the session. Don’t bother was much beyond the two women themselves:
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Here are the details, and a link for registration
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Mike’s session is on Thursday 21 March
To register, please click here.
Start time: 6 pm Florence, Italy; 5 pm London, UK (Greenwich Mean Time); Noon from Maine to Florida, USA; 10 am in Denver (Mountain Time Zone) USA; 9 am from Los Angeles to Seattle, USA.