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David poxon watercolour heart and soul
David Poxon is a British Watercolour Artist that has won many awards and accolades for the precision and craftsmanship of his paintings.

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Statement

“I find inspiration in quiet corners of our world which for a few brief moments have taken on a deeper significance to me. The common place or the overlooked become my subject material as nature slowly reclaims that which man has abandoned or cast aside, creating a fragile beauty which is ever changing.”

Methodology

David works in pure watercolour medium and uses a painstaking multi glazing technique. All paintings begin life as drawings on subject hunting trips. David also make notes and take photos for studio reference. Sometimes up to 17 layers of transparent paint is applied to pre-stretched heavy paper on board. Each application in turn delicately modulating the colours beneath. There is no white paint used at all in any of the paintings, he prefers to preserve areas of the natural paper. This method of working is not quick and requires serious pre-planning, but he loves the painting process and find this way of working gives him the time and space to really get to grips artistically with the places and things he paints. His paintings can take many weeks

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David Poxon RIWatercolour Artist

Why don’t you use white paint in any of your work?

Many years ago, I came back to watercolour as my primary medium of expression. I wanted to perfect as many techniques as I could without getting side tracked by the latest gimmicks and painting aids. I decided I would commit to paper, paint, and brushes only and find out how far I could go with this limited arsenal, without getting distracted. In my opinion it is not possible to get whiter than the white of the paper anyway, therefore my particular method of working requires that I preserve areas of white paper to represent any whites that may be in the subject choice.

Long Distance Love, Watercolour, 12 x 12 inches

I must confess that I did at one point acquire a tube of white gouache, and experimented with it, however I was disappointed with the results which looked artificial to me, and felt that I was using it out of misplaced laziness rather than for any worthwhile aesthetic reason. From then on I determined to develop my own way and methods of working, a purist approach for me simplif

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David Poxon

DAVID POXON RI, NWS, IWM

David Poxon was born in the Industrial heartland of England, but now makes his home in the rural countryside of Shropshire, UK. He is an elected member of the prestigious R.I. (The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours) and has served on the R.I. Council. He is also a signature member of N.W.S (The National watercolour society of America.

Over the years he has won many awards and accolades for the precision and craftsmanship of his paintings. He is the author of two books on drawing techniques and has contributed many articles to the Art Magazine press and has appeared in numerous art books.
His 188 page book Watercolour Heart & Soul has become a best seller.

Painting in pure watercolour medium he uses a painstaking multi-glazing technique, with sometimes up to 20 layers of transparent paint, each in turn delicately modulating the colours beneath. There is no white paint used at all in any of his works preferring instead to preserve areas of the natural paper, his paintings can take many weeks in the making.

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