Chris Baker

44 photos in 3 sub-albums

I really love painting with watercolours! Though I've used oil paints and made drawings for a number of years it's watercolours that I now mainly work with. I like to make preliminary studies using sketches or by using my own digital images and image manipulation software. In addition to the group's annual exhibition I've been fortunate to have had my work shown at the Mall Galleries, the Bankside Gallery and at other venues. My blog: chrisbakerwatercolours.wordpress.com I am very happy to take commissions.

Freda Blayney

15 photos in 2 sub-albums

Maureen Bocking

49 photos in 4 sub-albums

Cathy Burkinshaw

17 photos in 4 sub-albums

Christian Cook

17 photos in 3 sub-albums

I work mainly from direct observation. My favourite subjects are urban scenes and landscapes. I paint directly in front of the scene or make drawings which I later develop into paintings in the studio. I also enjoy painting and drawing from the figure and printmaking. I have painted mainly in London and the south east of England but also abroad in France, Germany, Spain, Greece and India. The media I use:- watercolour, gouache, pastel, charcoal, acrylic and sometimes collage. I trained at Camberwell School of Art and The London College of Printing. I taught for some years at the City Lit. and Westminster and Camden Adult Education Institutes. Website: www.chriscookpaintings2.com

Ruth Edwards

26 photos in 4 sub-albums

Edmund Gordon

15 photos

Erna Green

19 photos in 2 sub-albums

Oonagh Hodges

12 photos in 3 sub-albums

Shirley Hodgson

14 photos in 3 sub-albums

Sara Kaye

9 photos

Gianna Lapini

14 photos in 2 sub-albums

Sue Lees

53 photos in 5 sub-albums

I have been painting in watercolours for 27 years, and continue to be fascinated by the medium. Plein air painting is a huge challenge and so exciting, I try to do as much of it as possible, both with the full pure watercolour kit and sketchbooks with various inkpens, washes, crayons, etc. I am also a member of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists, and the Islington Art Society, and have an Instagram account under the name of Suesymslees.

Helena Lezard

23 photos in 4 sub-albums

Arvind Limaye

23 photos in 3 sub-albums

Vivian Manthel-French

13 photos in 2 sub-albums

A New Zealander who spent many years living in Highgate London. She has now returned to her home town, Wellington, but visits the UK every year, and has continued her ties with the Highgate Watercolour Group. She is an Artist Member and served on the council of The NZ Academy of Fine Arts, and is an exhibitor and past president of Watercolour NZ. She has had a retrospective exhibition of her watercolour portraits in The NZ Portrait Gallery. She paints a variety of subjects in watercolour and mixed media including landscapes from both countries and has solo exhibitions in NZ and the UK. The Commonwealth institute in London selected her for a solo exhibition, which resulted in an invited exhibition at Ballance House, Belfast, Ireland. She has been selected for the Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition.

Ruth Margolis

9 photos in 3 sub-albums

Brenda McDowell

5 photos

Ulla Mead

8 photos in 3 sub-albums

In 1979/80 I did an Art Foundation Course at Harrow College of Art followed by a 3 year course in Ceramics at Croydon College of Art. I am now working as a ceramicist again but have spent most of my working life as a ceramic jeweller. After doing a short course in watercolour painting in the early 2000s I also developed a passion for working in that medium.

Andrew Riley

35 photos in 4 sub-albums

I was trained to use watercolour in a very controlled way as a Scientific Illustrator at Hornsey College of Art. This led onto a 20 year career as an Illustrator. I now use watercolour in my landscape painting; sometimes combining it with pastel, gouache and acrylic to achieve different atmospheric effects. My aim in painting is to evoke a feeling of serenity and harmony with a message of hope for myself as well as for the viewer. I host watercolour workshops, and am also a member of Islington Art Society.

Philip Sanderson

22 photos in 4 sub-albums

Charlotte Stephenson

10 photos in 2 sub-albums

Jill Wilkinson

7 photos in 2 sub-albums

Mary Williams

14 photos in 3 sub-albums

Vanessa Whinney

63 photos in 6 sub-albums

I've lived with watercolours all my life as my father was quite a well-known East Anglian artist. The house was always full of his landscapes, even though he left home when I was quite young. He taught me a little but I was mostly interested in art history and it wasn't until later in life that I took up the medium myself. It is one of the most difficult painting mediums. You can't really paint over your washes to correct your mistakes, as you can with oils, acrylics, pastel etc. - they go muddy. But the more you practise, the more you progress - a truism of course, but definitely worth the effort. For those of us who like to paint en plein air, its great advantage is convenience: a pad of paper, a pocket watercolour box and some brushes, and of course water - and you're kitted out. You may also wish to take a stool and easel. Many artists like to travel and paint together, and the history of art is littered with examples of those who do, for companionship, for support, for a word of friendly advice. In the studio you are generally on your own, rather a lonely business, so I like to get together and paint with my mates. Membership of the Highgate Watercolour Group gives me all this plus the opportunity to show my work every year at Lauderdale House with my fellow members. Vanessa Whinney 07974 679441 Vanessa.whinney@talktalk.net