http://www.aileenwrennall.com/blog/second-thoughts-on-why-there-are-so-few-watercolour-paintings-in-galleries/ Aileen Wrennall Watercolour Artist Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.aileenwrennall.com/blog/second-thoughts-on-why-there-are-so-few-watercolour-paintings-in-galleries/#comment-2037 victor henderson Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:50:17 +0000 http://aileenwrennall.com/blog/?p=151#comment-2037 Yes..do agree with the fading issue and think this is why the acrylics (and gouache) are increasingly lazily referred to as watercolours...recently saw a small work labelled watercolour in the Gracefield gallery by Hazel Campbell...who isan excellent watercolour painter...this was clearly gouache..also in march after some three months of searching I found that one of Robin Phillipsons large watercolour tryptichs was held bu Gallery of Modern art..I requested to see it bbbut there was a delay of a couple of weeks to find it...it was with the drawings curator...when we eventually gotit in the store and he took me to see it he explained that bec watercolours are drawn first that was why it was there...the work was huge spontaneous pain of Phillipsons rage at his wifes death and a tirade against god/religion and there wasnt a hint of pencil....any way I cant e too purist about this since I use the multi-media option...another curse or ?saviour of the watercolour genre.... Yes..do agree with the fading issue and think this is why the acrylics (and gouache) are increasingly lazily referred to as watercolours…recently saw a small work labelled watercolour in the Gracefield gallery by Hazel Campbell…who isan excellent watercolour painter…this was clearly gouache..also in march after some three months of searching I found that one of Robin Phillipsons large watercolour tryptichs was held bu Gallery of Modern art..I requested to see it bbbut there was a delay of a couple of weeks to find it…it was with the drawings curator…when we eventually gotit in the store and he took me to see it he explained that bec watercolours are drawn first that was why it was there…the work was huge spontaneous pain of Phillipsons rage at his wifes death and a tirade against god/religion and there wasnt a hint of pencil….any way I cant e too purist about this since I use the multi-media option…another curse or ?saviour of the watercolour genre….

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