tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post4901862420991626086..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: About David Hockney and WatercolourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-3559556737701497102017-08-30T17:01:51.772+00:002017-08-30T17:01:51.772+00:00Aha - I see.
That's a quote and yes I agree, ...Aha - I see.<br /><br />That's a quote and yes I agree, Girtin is English. Not sure why that individual thought he was French!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-16513768554428422572017-08-30T14:58:36.084+00:002017-08-30T14:58:36.084+00:00Hi,
I was responding to himbeing identified as Fr...Hi,<br /><br />I was responding to himbeing identified as French. Sorry to be unclear. <br /><br />"However he changed his mind and was inspired to start painting in watercolour after seeing an exhibition about Thomas Girtin at Tate Britain in 2002. (see tomorrow's post)<br />The artist got his inspiration for making watercolours after visiting an exhibition of the French watercolour artist Thomas Girtin, who died in 1825 aged 27. He said he had to learn a new way of painting but found watercolour could capture scenes even a photographer could not do justice to.Hockney shows off his wishy washy watercolours | The Independent (2003)"Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09627772096483104687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-19714230573397343682017-08-30T07:57:59.303+00:002017-08-30T07:57:59.303+00:00@ Elisabeth - Your point being....?@ Elisabeth - Your point being....?Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-13919284729577260932017-08-29T19:48:55.075+00:002017-08-29T19:48:55.075+00:00Well of course Hockney knows the difference, bless...Well of course Hockney knows the difference, bless his little white cotton cap and ciggies: any painter should know the difference, which makes me wonder who on earth judges the watercolour competition? Yes, you can use acrylic transparently - you can use oil transparently - but that doesn't make either of them remotely akin to watercolour. I suppose we should be grateful that competition judges haven't gone so far as they did in Germany (I think) where an installation - of wall-hangings: it looked as if a crate of cats had got into someone's living room and, crazed with catnip, had shredded the curtains - was entered into a watercolour competition and won .... the judges of that one deserved to be shredded themselves. And if a similar fate should befall the judges of the Sunday Times competition, I shall readily contain my grief. Robert's reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10205119728499995000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59196504337528748082017-08-29T19:15:44.853+00:002017-08-29T19:15:44.853+00:00Thomas Girtin was an Englishman. Thomas Girtin was an Englishman. Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09627772096483104687noreply@blogger.com