Lake District Painting
Collecting Art, take a look Our artwork of the week is ‘Brothers Water from Red Screes’ is a large Lake District painting by Cally Lawson. I am sure you will agree, Cally has beautifully captured the stunning lake and fells in her serene painting. About the artwork View of Brothers Water from Red Screes in late summer. The sides are painted soft grey. Ready to hang. SEE ALL ARTWORK BY CALLY LAWSON QUESTIONS TO THE ARTIST Firstly, I love the marks you use in your artworks and the translucency. What technique do you use to create this and why? I use a scraping out for my mark-making, removing paint to reveal the layer below. Depending on the subject, I also use acrylic paint pens or willow charcoal for some of my mark-making. The marks are to add texture, repetition and movement to the landscapes. The translucency comes from using several thin layers of paint. Are your landscapes created in plain air, memory, or do you use images/photographs as reference? And what challenges do yo...