Carlisle Cenotaph

Keywords

watercolour

Questions to ask

Think about the composition of the image and the decisions the painter has made. What is the first thing your eye is drawn to when you look at this image?

Look at the use of sunlight. What does this add to the mood of the painting? If it was a rainy day in the park, do you think the artist would have still painted the picture?

If you were asked to recreate this image, how would you change it? Would you make something else the focal point of the image? Would you depict the image from a different angle?

How this might inspire your work

Create a woodland landscape with watercolour paints and salt.

Brush water over a piece of watercolour paper and drip various shades of green paint onto the paper. The paint will spread out in random patterns, and will form the leaves of your trees.

Use darker shades of green and brown to add details to your woodland, such as grass and branches.

To add texture to the painting, sprinkle salt onto various areas of the image while the page is still wet. The salt will soak up the water and push the pigments in the paint aside, creating interesting patterns.