David A Parfitt
Studio sketch, watercolour in Stillman & Birn Zeta sketchbook, 51⁄281⁄2in (1421.5cm). I am drawn to this image and will definitely make a painting from it. I will exclude the sun and decide about including it in the group of four
I always find choosing paintings for exhibitions quite stressful, something that seems to have intensified in the years since becoming a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI). I can show a group of up to four paintings at the annual exhibition, and I only submit what I consider to be my best possible watercolours. In this article I am going to talk about some of the paintings I intend to submit to the 2019 RI exhibition. I will look at my thought processes, how I came to my decisions, the places, the drawings and the paintings themselves.