Colour Study 1 (Magenta, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Blue)

Watercolour on paper

29.5cm x 41.5cm framed

Signed, dated verso

This artwork is sold framed. Tamsin Relly has incredibly kindly donated a series of original works from her series Rainbow Colour Studies to support Hospital Rooms.

About the series

Tamsin Relly started this series of Rainbow Colour Studies when she first returned to the studio in early 2020, having taken a pause after her daughter was born the previous summer. ‘The initial idea was to create a rainbow mixing only three colours, as a way of getting back to some technical basics, while exploring palettes for new work. It was one of my ways back into painting – a simple and playful exercise I could get my head around.’

Shortly after, coronavirus enveloped the globe and the Rainbow – an age old sign of magic and possibility – bloomed into a universal symbol of hope and gratitude for those on the frontline. Relly ran a workshop for Hospital Rooms Digital Art School  where participants made rainbows out of three colours, while exploring basic colour theory.