Turner and his contemporaries used watercolour to capture dramatic light and shadow, from stormy skies to calm reflections. The works show how artists sketched on location and built up washes, revealing their process from rough idea to finished painting.
Some wonderful tiles in here. Those buildings in the shadow, absolutely incredible. Very different type of painting, this one. Very beautiful though. Now onto the John Sell Company. Look at that, look at that. Light and dark. Another— More continents. Incredible. Look at that focus of light. Another copman. Stylized color blocks. They look very good, almost like an underpainting. Makes it quite modern. It's almost like a, a Nash. This one here, really beautiful. Look at this negative space. Imagine that started as a drawing and you painted around it to create this tonal contrast, then brought out that branch, whatever it is, dead tree, and then also these trees beyond which are in the light. Some more cut ones here. Again, this is a more stylized one. These shapes, wonderful shapes. Light bridge there, the shape silhouette of the castle, and then the lush vegetation with the mountains beyond. Across the river as well, the full brown. The light in this one, that shadow helps bring out the light. Another one. All in shadow as well. Bridge reflections in the sea, the sand, boat, baskets. The boat, from the boat, the house, the tree, distant hills, distant trees. Now onto the tunnels. Come on, Lisa, touch. More expressive, more emotional. This is a great one. Look at this. It's intriguing, isn't it? Yeah. Then these three. Wow, look at those marks in the sky. Torrential rain. And then this one's so loose. And then this one. Wow, less is more. Wash and gray. Some silhouettes in this very dark area. Very, very expressive. It's a ritual. Incredible painting. That subtlety bit of the light compared to the brightness of the lake. Tiny contrast. Reflections. Reflections. The mythical, the subtleties, the layers, the hills, and the woods. All those colors in there. Look at that subtlety, beautiful nuances of color, perfectly balanced, very emotional. Again, a very different painting here. This one shows more of his sketchbook style of doing a drawing on location, then giving it a wash. Hasn't really defined anything, but you can see the inspiration for what could be a painting. Initial ideas there for the color and the tone. Look at that, the glowing orange castle, the red foreground, the blue background, and then this gray lower area. It's a great little piece, um, tiny cave with these figures.
