Watercolour, 15" x 11"
I did this painting last year, but just can't recollect where it is. Maybe Spain, but I can't be sure. Anyway, a classic bit of deep values and coll colours in the shade. I'll remember later where it was!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Tortosa Cathedral - Spain, Watercolour 15" x 11"
I was going for a range of values in this one - the dark foreground shadows and then lighter background, plus some warms and cools with the burnt sienna and blues of the sky (mainly cobalt blue) and figures. Using a wet in wet technique, I got the soft edge between the sky and the buildings - so the sky wash was painted first and then a thicker wash for the buildings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
Via Arsenale, from the port to the town. A busy road with lots of port traffic. I ended up with bands of cool and warm - cool sky, warm buildings then cool foreground and shadows. Not sure what was happening in the bottom right corner - I dabbed my fingertip in the still wet paint, ended up with a circle, so I started making abstract shapes in there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
When I don't know exactly where I painted this, I call the painting 'street corner...'. I try to avoid have a large object, as part of a car on the immediate edge of a painting, so the bottom left, it's still in there but made into an abstract shape, to make it 'anything'. Another of my 3-colour palette paintings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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La Gomera, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A row of hilltop houses in San Sebastien, La Gomera. So the scene attracted me for - the brightly coloured houses on the ridge of the hill overlooking the town, and the barren scrubland below, with a lovely mix of greens and reds. Then, every now and then, some dark shadows giving some deeper values.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Quarteira, Portugal, 15" x 11".
A working port near the coastal town of Quarteira on the Algarve, Portugal. A large red boat being serviced (if that's the right word) caught my eye in this one. Quite a challenge with this scene with lots of details in the foreground to be simplified, and then the complex skyline in the background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms.
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Livorno. Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The New Venice Area of Livorno. The canal here, if that's the correct word, takes a sharp right-angled bend to the left after the bridge. A lovely scene, with small craft lined up along the canal sides and the sun coming in from a perfect angle across the buildings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Riomaggiore, Italy, 15" x 11"
Another painting of this village on the Cinque Terre, and those iconic striped tarps covering the boats. So I went for the value change here between the light of the parasols and the dark shadows left. There's a little platform under the parasols with some outdoor seating for the cafe. So just an impression of some people sitting in the shade.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
A view up/down Grand Parade in Bath, from Pulteney Bridge (the Bridge is to the left of this scene). Most of the time, a busy street corner with mainly visitors to the city, so I had to put quite a few in. With a group of figures, I try to treat them as one shape - so draw the tops of heads and shoulders first, then the shape of multiple bodies and sizes intermingled.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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