Granville Park Centre, London, 11 December 2025
I do like a dash of vibrancy, so it was nice to find this session for architects hosted by Adult Learning Lewisham would be focusing on watercolours. We’d been assigned the main art classroom at the Granville Park Centre, so tutor Caroline Underwood seized the chance to make use of its wider range of materials.
Not only was it to be a vivid practice, but also we looked at watercolour figure studies by Egon Schiele as references for our inspiration. I was in my element! Duly, I chose poses that wholly or in part echoed the attitudes of Schiele in some of his well-known self-portraits; four standing, two seated.
Competing pre-Christmas priorities and ill-health meant just three architects could be present, but with small numbers comes serenity. It fascinating to see how each artist, without specific directing, made distinct independent choices about preferred shades and approaches to mark-making. I wish watercolour was used more often for life art.
Pose minutes, 1pm-3pm
Part 1 : 3, 3, 10, 10, 20, 20.
Artworks
With apologies to artists I’m unable to credit.
Artwork by Caroline Underwood.
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