Kim Whitby teaches for groups, societies, organisations and individuals. She was a finalist in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year as a wildcard, whilst using ink, and has won Pintar Rapido. Kim is tutoring workshops at Art Academy London and St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington. Follow her on Instagram@kimwhitbyart and see
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Pomegranates on a White Sheet, watercolour, 191/43121/4in (49331cm). Here you can see my set-up alongside the painting
Ink can be used tonally to develop watercolour skills. In traditional watercolour painting the paper is the only source of white. This month I want to show you how to use the white of the paper to create light areas of tone or colour, and why this means that planning and sequencing are key stages of a work on paper, before you even put a brush on the page.