DAVID HOWELL PRSMA
STUDIO NEWS
STUDIO NEWS
With only a week or two left of 2011 I'm working hard on new watercolours for the 'World of Watercolours Fair' which takes place in London in early February. These will be shown by Stephen Jack www.jackfineart.com who has been exhibiting my work at this fair in its various forms for the last 20 years. There are also a number of commissions that need completing and I've started work on a book on oil painting.
With the weather a bit colder and damp it's easy to just concentrate on studio work but the colours in the landscape at this time of the year are wonderful. There's much less green and much more in the way of ochres, blues and grey and skies can be spectacular. Decent weatherproof clothing is a must and the ability to sketch quickly is a definite asset.
GALLERIES
There is new work on show at both the Wykeham Gallery in Stockbridge and at John Noott in Broadway. Some pictures are on the Gallery page
TEACHING
I was back in Angles sur l'Anglin in France during September for my last teaching week of the year. Sadly this may well be the last of the Sainte Croix weeks as John and Nicole have decided that it's time to retire, although there is the slight possibility of the odd week in France next year with a different format. Meanwhile I'm booked for another week at Dedham Hall in Essex in 2012. This is a great location for painting with the combination of Suffolk and Essex landscapes with marine subjects and shorelines. I have also agreed to teach on a 3 day landscape watercolour course at Jack Beck House in the North Yorkshire Dales in July. This is located in the Pennine Yorkshire Dales - wild country in the winter but it should be gorgeous in July. See the Painting Courses page for full details.