Venice, Rio dei Barcaroli waterway

Watercolour of Venice, 11" x 15" on Saunders Waterford Rough 300 gms

The Rio dei Barcaroli from the bridge of Piscina de Frozzaria.  Steps for this painting, 1) initial wash starting with the sky and working down, added yellow ochre in the middle and then the canal wash going darker at the bottom.  When dry, 2) background and right hand buildings, painting around window details.  Then 3) the left hand building.  A lot more detail on this one, plenty of cad red to build the colour and paying attention to the perspective.  Last 4) water reflections in mainly a cobalt tone and boat details.

 

Comments

[Doug]

Nice reflections Tim. Venice is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. You can explore the streets and canals on Street View now.

[Tim Wilmot]

Thank you Doug. I must try out Street View again. I tried it a while back, but you have to adjust for their camera height being quite high.