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I might be able to be of some help to you, I've done this sort of thing for many of my friends. Contact me on millrind (at) btinternet.com and I'll send you some information. John Kay

Here's another later one for you. Bacharach, Rhine.

Thank you all for your encouraging comments. John

The sad fact is that if you go back to art school you will be tutored by people who are too young to have been taught by traditional art school methods which would have been recognised by my own tutors in the nineteen sixties. Nowadays it seems anything is acceptable since the old standards of...

Well, I must admit that my original piece has certainly has certainly given rise too a great deal of thought and discussion, even if not always charitable and occasionally dismissive. I can best end my contribution by including my showing the latest watercolour by an 88 yr old has-been Art...

Dear Artyczar, I agree that it was not what the direction of my piece was about. However you say "These things are categorized so we can differentiate". The actual gist of my article was that there was too much judgement altogether about classification, that it seems to add nothing to our...

This wasn't what I said or implied, I really was talking about the views of most people talking about abstract art who turn to be those with History of Art degrees. I find that many people spend too much time in this process of "making a distinction" in everything they come across. This...

Thanks Tam any feedback is very welcome. John

Here is an article that was well received when it appeared in a Monthly Newsletter I contribute to: ABSTRACT ART I feel I must write to disagree with much of the current opinion held by those now writing about Abstract Art. Mostly it seems to be by people with Fine Art degrees who love...

And an even later one: Maldon Street abstract

Hi Ayin, it's just slightly less tham A4 that's about 8.25 inches by 11.75 inches on Bockingford 140 lb. paper. John

Thank you everyonr you are so kind to an old man well past his sell-by date. John

Here's the last watercolour I've done lately, making slow progress, as always. John

I have been lucky enough to have an entry to the Tips and Techniques section of The "Painters Online Forum" run by Leisure painter. If you would like to see it go to: How to plan a Watercolour from Sketches John