Dave Usher

I started painting 40 years ago with watercolours and but for some encouragement from wife's cousins staying with us from Australia, I might have quit. I discovered Big brush watercolour by Ron Ranson and was bowled over because he made it look so easy with the 2" hake brush which I am now demonstrating. I stopped using watercolour 15 years ago in favour of oil painting,  having had some success with this medium, and work selling in several galleries. Just before Christmas 2012 and after having been asked by a good friend if I could do some watercolour demos for her, I dusted off the tubes, purchased a new hake and blocks of paper and set to, practising the old and largely lost, to me, techniques of this medium. I will also be posting videos of acrylic painting over failed watercolours to show that we don't have to throw them away since they make good supports for this medium. .   FB. Dave Usher Artist.artist. Donations to Paypal,.davidmusher@hotmail.com