I have been watercolouring now for more than 30 years and in painting I have found great joy and happiness; it has become an essential part of life itself.I paint the most varied subjects, those that speak to me wherever I come across them.

Usually I begin my pictures with small outline sketches which I then work on through meticulous observation of the subject and drawing; I then position the main motif so that it is as pictorially effective as possible. Having thus fixed my subject, I use transparent colour wash on Hahnemühle 100gr Ingres paper which will then be glued to a wooden panel. I find large round and cats-tongue brushes very useful, as well as my own line of brushes that the famous Spanish paintbrush firm ESCODA created for me. 

I like to use faded half-tones which I obtain for example by mixing complementary ultramarine and burnt sienna, which I then dilute with a lot of water to achieve a flowing or ‘swimming’ effect.

When the colour-wash is dry, I then very nearly efface the subject with a water-spray.

Using the water-spray I spread the remaining colour pigment over the better part of the entire paper. With this kind of method I obtain a balanced colour harmony.

I let the picture dry again and then soften the corners here and there with a sponge.

Even given these clear methods and well-tried techniques, I always try to seek new approaches and experiment; this is something I always encourage the participants on my painting workshops to do – to ‘play’ with colour and different methods.

 The most important thing for me though is to reveal, to make visible, the mystery and the intrinsic nature of the subject and give the viewer of the picture the freedom to interpret it in his own way.