Presents
Ted Dansey
Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
Watercolours en plein air. Ponte Santa Trinita, Firenze, Italy
A quarter-sheet en plein air painting of one of the many bridges that cross the river Arno in Florence. It’s all about the light!
Curdies Inlet
Watercolours en plein air. Peterborough, Victoria, Australia
A drizzly morning with so much atmosphere and subject with so much character.
Banjo
Watercolours
Half sheet adapted from detail of a photo of a local bush band. This character just had to be painted.
The road in - Gippsland
Watercolour en Plein Air
A quarter sheet produced while returning home from judging a local country art show.
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Profile
Watercolours and drawing
Ted Dansey is an artist from Melbourne, Australia, with more than 30 years’ experience in watercolour painting. A figurative painter in the genre of traditional impressionism, Ted believes that a painting needs to be honest and reflect your personality. He says: “I have drawn for as long as I care to remember. I love painting 'en plein air', teaching and demonstrating.” He adds: “My philosophy is ‘Keep it Simple’, I paint because I love to paint with a desire to be the best I can be, and anything it brings is but a bonus.”
One of his students says: “Ted is a very good teacher, so encouraging, so skilful, so helpful and extraordinarily patient -- and such a wonderful artist. When he demonstrate it’s like watching magic!”
Ted’s course will look at the importance of the sketchbook and planning your work. You’ll break down complex subjects, simplifying, eliminating the unnecessary. Ted says: “You’ll learn to ‘see’ the image and paint the ‘feeling’”.
Following a successful career as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Ted left to become the Manager of the Victorian Artists Society and to follow a life-long dream. He won their Artist of the Year in 2007 and became a Fellow in 2011. He has held several solo and group exhibitions since 2000 and been the recipient of many awards. His work is held in many private and corporate collections, both in Australia and overseas.
Praise
“Ted is a very good teacher, so encouraging, so skilful, so helpful and extraordinarily patient (well that’s how it seems, perhaps you are swearing away to yourself inside!) and such a wonderful artist. When you demonstrate it’s like watching magic!” - Jacki
“Thank you for such a fascinating arvo. Learned heaps.” - FM
“Many thanks for another term of good advice, inspiration and laughs.” – LW
