Painting - Artwork - Watercolour, Alice Watson, Floral Paintings by Alice Watson, c1931

Historical information

Alice Watson completed a course of work at the Ballarat Technical Art School, a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. Her complete folio is held by Federation University Australia.

Physical description

Ten works were undertaken at the Ballarat Technical Art School by Edith Alice (Alice) Watson.
All paintings are of various flowers painted in watercolour.
.1 is incomplete with the vase sketched in pencil;
.3 has pencil sketches on the reverse side
.6 .7 and .8 are still life paintings

Inscriptions & markings

.1 urs embossed stamp " RWS Pall Mall East Guaranteed Pure Paper " with the letters "RS" in pencil;
.2 lrs "A. WATSON 3rd TERM 1931
.4 upper top verso "Pass. Good tones values in red flower. Also color, one not overworked.Yellow flower rather faulty tone, but direct work. Very promising."

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