Water colour painting - anyone can do it?

[rov1200]

An 8 year old boy called Kieron Williamson has been told he has exceptional skills with a par to Monet and has just sold his collection of personal water colours for £150,000 in just half an hour.

However a professional painter has said that anyone with a little bit of sense could easily pick up the techniques of water colour painting. He publishes an e-book and illustrates the techniques with videos, all free of course at this website.

http://www.watercolou...uOjraUCFcgf4QodYWiYXg

What are we to believe?

[rov1200]

This contains the art collection recently sold by Kieron Williamson

http://www.picturecraftgallery.com/gallery.php

[DTCwordfan]

well most folk can paint if they learn the basics - how well is another matter.....and on drawing there are a lot of short circuit tips one can learn.

[NazNomad]

Knowing the technique isn't the same thing as using the technique successfully.

Some people have an 'eye' for what makes a good picture, some don't.

[ethandron]

i doubt there are many 8 year olds who could paint as good as kieron.
personally, i gave up with watercolours as i found them too fiddly, although i have no doubt if i'd stuck at it and had a few lessons on technique i could have produced something reasonable. no matter how much sense you have, or what techniques you're shown, you do need some natural talent. in my opinion.

[gen2]

Anyone can learn to paint and draw better but not all will become selling artists. Mastering the skills doesn't make you creative. You could become an illustrator, but not necessarily a creative artist.

It is similar to music. You can learn to play an instrument very competently but that doesn't mean you can become a successful composer.

I also think publicity and marketing play a big part in how many artists become successful.

If you want to improve your own painting techniques, why not contact your local art club. Many, like ours, offer tuition courses and workshops in a range of media - not just in watercolours.

Incidentally, watercolours are harder to use than say acrylics but are for some reason more popular with beginners.

[Buenchico]

Kieron Williamson's work is already exceptionally good but, unsurprisingly, he's currently only following in the style of others. The real test of his genius (which I suspect he genuinely possesses) will be when he starts to develop his own distinctive style of painting.

Here's Kieron's official website:
http://kieronwilliams...ge/en-GB/Default.aspx

Chris

[jno]

those are very good, though I wouldn't pay a huge sum for them whatever his age. But it's a matter of taste; some people may hate them.

[seadogg]

Trouble with watercolour is one mistake and you are dead in the water. The more you try to correct, the worse it gets. The great consolation is that people like having a painted birthday card. or say they do!

[Invictas]

They're very pretty,but I cannot see anything exceptional in them.
Let him try selling the same type of work as an adult(when the child novelty has worn off) and I think we would see whether they have real appeal(or not).

[rov1200]

Obviously its the videos that give the real info. If you don't want to download the whole of the e-book to get the address you can find 8 videos to watch via

http://www.watercoloursecrets.com/

[rov1200]

And the free ones can be found here:

http://www.watercoloursecrets.com/blog.html

[rowanwitch]

I have painted since around the same age...even my best stuff doesn't come close...but on his website is a pastel drawing incoming tide...that shows how he already understands things like how light works ...suspect in a few years he will be a whole lot better too