Vegetable seller, Alexandria Egypt

Jul 09, 2012

Vegetable seller, Alexandria Egypt

Watercolour 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 300 gms

An anonymous vegetable trader down an anonymous street in Alexandria. Apart from the focal point of the stall, I wanted to also capture the essence of the beautiful ochre-coloured building behind with it's turquoise shutters and the confusing myriad of cables running above your head (I would hate to be a telephone engineer there). This painting allowed me to try out my new Nicholas Simmons Escoda size 20 brush - a synthetic brush with great holding capacity and a very sharp point. The brush easily dwarfs all my other brushes. Apart from the figures, I did the whole painting with this one brush.

Posted at 08:15 PM in Architecture, Egypt, Market, People | Permalink

Tags: alexandria, escoda, watercolour

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That painting’s fantastic!!
I love your amazing watercolors...beautiful colors!

Portrait Artist

Posted by: portraitartist105 | Jul 12, 2012 at 04:32 PM

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Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Jul 09, 2012