SALLY LADBROOKE
Updated 5 September 2022
I tend to work from natural subjects, in landscape around the Norfolk Suffolk borders. I nearly always paint from life, or at least that is my starting point, and my subjects always have to have something, either colour, shape or composition, that grabs my attention.
I love working in watercolour, for it's subtlety and transparency, and the direction that it can steer a painting in, but I also like to experiment, using it in conjunction with other mediums, gouache, and acrylic inks, and water soluble wax crayons. All behave differently, and add subtle (or bright contrasting ) layers of colour which for me is one of the keys to a successful painting.
I’ve recently been making collage moth and fish pictures using gelliplate contact printed tissue sheet; I tear these up and draw into them. It’s been quite therapeutic really, during a time that's been rather disappointing for artists.
I love working in watercolour, for it's subtlety and transparency, and the direction that it can steer a painting in, but I also like to experiment, using it in conjunction with other mediums, gouache, and acrylic inks, and water soluble wax crayons. All behave differently, and add subtle (or bright contrasting ) layers of colour which for me is one of the keys to a successful painting.
I’ve recently been making collage moth and fish pictures using gelliplate contact printed tissue sheet; I tear these up and draw into them. It’s been quite therapeutic really, during a time that's been rather disappointing for artists.
Flooded Marshes
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Adrift on a Sea of Grass
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Autumn Sunlight
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Spring Flowers
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Bright and Beautiful
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Tern
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Mythical Moth 1
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Mythical moth 2
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Mythical Moth 3
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Fantasy Fish 1
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Fantasy Fish 2
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Fantasy Fish 3
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