I had a couple of days in London recently, meeting old friends and catching up on some exhibitions. I particularly enjoyed an Ellen Gallagher exhibition at Tate Modern. Her watercolour studies of fish and sea life were exquisite. Also some gouache studies by Humphrey Ocean of friends and family who had visited his studio. These were at the National Portrait Gallery. I called in as I had time to kill before catching the train at 8pm. That’s what’s great about London, there’s always something to do whatever the time of day or night
My main reason for going to London was for a watercolour course organised by The Art Fund. We worked very quickly with wet on wet from a model, using very few colours. I really enjoyed it and found it relaxing to switch off. I am feeling sad at the moment as my Mum died on May 21st so this was a lovely distraction.
