▲ Experimenting with the language of watercolour

I work out all the details before ever starting my painting on watercolour paper. Because the preliminary work is done in my sketchbook, I don’t do any drawing on my watercolour paper to guide the painting. Every painting starts on a clean, blank sheet of paper. This approach allows me to make free and emotional strokes to capture the mood and feeling of the scene or, in a fairly staid scene, to create a mood or feeling that isn’t necessarily there. This process allows me to take loose watercolour painting to a new level. There are no marks to constrain me, no lines to stay within