EDWARD WESSON | Painting Masters 15

[@gorway7]

I love Wessons simple, expressionistic style. He used the texture of the paper and a lot of dry brush work to infer detail without actually painting any. A lot of his paintings were of south East England - Norfolk coast and Fens, Suffolk, the Thames estuary and the Solent. His work really captured the essence of the English landscape of that time. Even today you you can still see some of those scenes he painted virtually unchanged, though much has now been flattened by large scale agriculture and many of the beautiful Elm trees he depicted lost to disease. His skies like Constable, typified the British weather , especially in the days of coal and wood fires. I remember even as a child, times when smog lingered in the mornings and the clouds were pinky brown from the smoke.

[@LironYan]

Wow, you worded it perfectly 😁🤩🏆 It's amazing for an artist to be such an important part of history. I can see why he is admired by many.

[@margaretmartin6620]

Thanks, Liron! This is the stuff I love. The British/English painters are amazing with their simplified representations of landscapes. Both watercolour and oil. The impressionistic style is my overall favourite. I have been watching Alan Owen for a couple of years now. Ron Ranson painted much like this as well.

[@LironYan]

Yes! I have so much respect for the British watercolorists and impressionist oil painters. I love their style very much (: Happy you enjoyed this one! 😊🙏🏼

[@janicetio1219]

I agree with you about Alan Owen. Great paintings thanks Liron.

[@kimesch9698]

I love Alan Owen. Such a sweet man, and generous with his knowledge. Great for beginners, too.

[@markdonovan1540]

I love the painting at 10:50, it has a combination of realism in the sky and an abstract style with soft, muted tones at ground level with the church and trees.

[@MrPuddinhead61]

Wesson’s renderings of skies and water are enviable. Thanks again for the reviews!

[@LironYan]

True that! Thank you 😊

[@susanmillsart4469]

Loved the video Liron. I have just discovered Wesson and I have fallen in love with his paintings. This was really lovely to see more of his works and get your thoughts too. Thank you

[@btwilks]

Great video Liron. I've known about Wesson for a while and have always liked his approach. But it was when I discovered Alan Owen's channel that I really began to understand Wesson's style. Alan really is a great chap (and the way he can create the most effective sky with just a few strokes of the brush is magical). There are about half a dozen KZbin painting channels that I rate very highly and Alan's is definitely one of those (as well as your own, of course ... ... oh and a quick shout out for Sharon Cullen's channel too). Although I've been in Florida for 12 years now, my first 53 years were spent in England, so it's maybe not surprising that I like Wesson's work so much. Thanks for a great demonstration of his work - and for drawing attention to Alan's really impressive channel. Best wishes, Brian.

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much Brian (: I have a lot of respect for the British watercolorists and their approach, as well as the impressionism oil painters. And thank you for mentioning Sharon Cullen's channel, I wasn't familiar with it (which is rare, I know probably 99% of watercolor channels here on KZbin 😉) 🙏🏼😊

[@Zoomfreaky]

Thanks so much for the ton of inspiration. Beautiful work. Learned a lot. Can't wait to paint...always a good sign. Thanks Liron!

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear 😊🙏🏼 Thank you! 😁

[@androandro7179]

Amazing artist thanks for sharing his works with us! I loved his seamless& transparent brush strokes ,brilliant.

[@LironYan]

He is indeed impressive! (: Happy you enjoyed this episode 😁

[@jandersson2053]

Your study of Wesson looks incredible! Awesome work, Liron! Thank you!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😁😊 Happy you enjoyed this one and the study!

[@margaretmartin6620]

I love your study of the painting to did. Excellent!

[@crashrr2993]

The tall buildings on the coast at 14:00 are fishermen’s huts. I presume they were tall so they could hang nets and ropes for repair. This was probably painted at Hastings. Classic English watercolours are my favourite.

[@kurtisc228]

Just a humble suggestion, but John Salminen, and Chien Chung Wei are both amazing watercolor painters with unique styles. Salminen's brush work is insanely tight and detailed, and the way Chien Chung Wei manipulates color really stands out. It'd be cool to see you do an episode on one of them one day. As always, this video tyte, it tyte

[@רותרות-ט1כ]

לירון , תודה על המאמץ אני מציירת חדשה ושמחה להשכיל ולהכירההסברים שלך נהדרים ומוסיפים להשכלתי הצנועה בנושא תודה

[@StephenMarkTurner]

Yes, two terrific painters

[@kurtisc228]

@@רותרות-ט1כ Exactly!

[@JaredCullum]

Love his work!! He’s similar to James Fletcher-Watson who is one of my all-time favorites.

[@LironYan]

Oh, same here! I love his work too. Very soft and graceful. It really teaches you the magic of simplicity. And also how challenging it is to create true simplicity that works 😉😁🎨

[@charlottealexander2329]

Thanks liron. Great video. John singer sargeant did some great landscape watercolors while hanging out with his buddy claude monet. He got tired of doing people. 😄

[@rooky011]

Thank you Liron I really enjoyed the vid Wesson is my favourite painter.

[@em_m5989]

everyone I know follows Alan Owen at this point heh heh he deserves it

[@LironYan]

I've been following him for a while now. He has a great approach and is a great teacher 😊

[@trisht5064]

Great vid liron thank you . like you my fav was the last 1 👍

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼 Happy to hear we have similar tastes (:

[@Mollineaux]

.Liked your observations very much on Wesson, one of my favourite artists, so hope you don't mind a couple of comments. We don't really have 'swamps' in the UK. Wesson painted rivers, or ponds & their reflections. At 10.18 the buildings are actually at Greenwich on the Thames, a naval hospital historically but now part of a college & the 'boat' is actually a Thames barge, of which there used to be very many bring goods around the coast from other parts of England up the Thames to London. Often they were crewed by just one experience master & a boy. You see them in the work of Charles Dixon & even JMW Turner 200 yrs ago. A few still remain, kept sailing by enthusiasts. Wesson painted mainly in the S of England, water & oils of the countryside and rivers - see Gravesend pictures. If you want a current UK painter whose work is actually very similar to Wesson and also very similarly skilled see Jem Bowden, watercolour painter. 13.40 is Windsor Castle, one of the Queen's 'homes'. 19.40 is oil. 20.10 some watercolourists will use neat white gauche to put white on dark, see eg Tim Wilmot. 20.30 that wouldn't be an aquaduct, they are very rare in the UK, but a road bridge over a river. 20.52 they are buses, it is of a church in the Strand in London. Thanks for gathering a fine selection of Ted Wesson's work together. A very interesting presentation. Thank you.

[@annangel4828]

Thanks for taking the time to elucidate!

[@mickford9332]

Hi Liron thanks for the video. Just reading a book by Ron Ranson “Distilling the scene” he is saying Edward Wesson used a large French polishers mop to paint with, instead of the conventional sables. Which I think is amazing. Maybe you could do a review of Ron’s work thanks again.

[@LironYan]

Thank you 🙏🏼😊 I actually have him on my list! So hopefully soon. Love his work.

[@joemenzaart]

Good video 👍👍👍👍

[@LironYan]

😊🙏🏼

[@ianjackson5834]

enjoyed this format, yes he is one of the classic English watercolourist, have a look at ashley jackson a great yorkshire landscape artist, thanks for the video

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼 So happy you enjoyed this episode

[@sunitavandenberg3092]

Thank you so much!

[@brianparnell2256]

Great video Liron. If you like Wesson James Fletcher-Watson may be of interest to you. Also a current artist in the UK, Jem Bowden.

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼 I have Fletcher on my list, but didn't know about Jem - what a gem! 😂😂 Will add to my list

[@carmelarugel4722]

Thank you, I’d like more, please.

[@StephenMarkTurner]

The painting at the 11:00 minute mark, it feels like he perhaps painted the dark tree with a piece of wood or something other than a brush.

[@LironYan]

Could very well be! There are many ways to paint these kinds of shapes (:

[@hamidhim9101]

great video

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊

[@danthomas6587]

Review John Pike. He's one of my all time fav wc painters.

[@LironYan]

Added him to my list, thank you 😁

[@gorway7]

Ha ha... "Famous Castle" Yes you could say that... it's the Royal residence - Windsor Castle in Berkshire.

[@LironYan]

I actually wanted to say Windsor (!!!), but was afraid to be completely off 🙈🙈😂😂

[@sarahconroy3634]

In the picture with a L thr white, I think it must be the White Cliffs of Dover. Mary💜u

[@sarahconroy3634]

Kjjmju

[@gorway7]

@@sarahconroy3634 Possibly... or the Solent - a lot of his paintings were of the area around the Solent and Isle of Wight, which also have many white cliffs and part of the same geological chalk strata as Dover.

[@richardgamrat1944]

You should check out Uffe Boesen if you havent already.

[@LironYan]

Amazing! First time hearing about him, may add to the list 😊🙏🏼

[@gorway7]

Loved your review of Edward Wesson Liron, he is one of my favourite English painters and you really did him justice. One thing that intrigues me with his watercolours is the very muted greens in his landscapes, whereas they are more vivid in his oils. I often wonder if these have degraded due to fugitive colours being used or was this how he painted them? You could see it clearly in the two flower paintings, the first in oil depicts green leaves, the second of the roses in watercolour show his typical brownish green. Makes me wonder if he was using something like the old Gamboge? - as that tends to grey out.

[@LironYan]

That's a great observation! I actually believe it's how he originally painted them. He seems to have slightly different palettes when working in these two mediums. He seems to like stronger (even more artificial, at times) greens for his oils. So happy you enjoyed this one, my friend 😊🙏🏼

[@surfallday6583]

Swamps?......they're ponds. Earth tones were his preference. I own several of his paintings.

[@charlottealexander2329]

Also winslow homer.

[@LironYan]

Haha, love both Sargent and Homer (: And I can see how they'll get tired of painting people and want to do more free and spontaneous things. 🙏🏼

[@andrewwylie2353]

The square towers in the distance in his landscapes are church towers, not castles.

[@LironYan]

Thank you for the correction (:

[@northernbirder7351]

Hi Liron: You requested suggestions for contemporary artists to review. A watercolourist I really admire is Poppy Balser who is an award winning Canadian watercolourist. She has a web page where you can see her work. poppy balser.com

[@LironYan]

Thank you - great suggestion and wasn't familiar with her work. Added to my list 😊🙏🏼

[@ahmedahmed-ey6ym]

If the video was translated to Arabic, please

[@LironYan]

I hope some people from the audience will help me translating these in the future, to their local languages 😊🙏🏼

[@ahmedahmed-ey6ym]

thanks

[@margaretmartin6620]

"You" did, not to did. :)

[@will-wf6sb]

BUT a nice video here ,well done.., but Alan Owen is nowhere near Edwards class..