Demo painting last night to Newton Watercolor Society in Boston (it was via Zoom of course!).
About 40+ of their members painted along with me over a couple of hours. This is Fivizzano Market Day in mid October. A bit of sun and an exercise in perspective, figure drawing, and simplifying the scene.
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The subject of a recent video up on my YouTube Channel, and the 'round' apartment building as I call it in the popular town of Mijas in southern Spain. Very popular with the tourists, this is the 'edge' of the main tourist area with its network of narrow roads. The levels of the building were quite tricky as they are not symmetrical - quite quirky!
Watercolor 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford paper.
Here is the link to the full video:
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Gran Canaria, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Painting some breaking waves. My technique is wet the whole area around the wave shape. Then paint in the surrounding areas up to the wave to get the soft edge around the wave. Then within the wave, just a little darker vales to give some form. And add some small dots of white paint at the end for a bit of movement.
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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My latest demo - boats in a harbor setting in the New Venice area of Livorno in Italy. An area of wide canals, rather like Venice, winding through the historic part of the city.
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Ronda, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Painting on the 'wrong' side of the paper often doesn't matter unless it shows the watermark as in this one. Sometimes you can hide it by a darker colour, but clear as day here up in the sky. Often manufacturers state on watercolour paper that you can paint on both sides. But I find in the manufacturing process, the two sides can be a little different in texture. Perhaps one side uniform in the texture, and the other more random. They can produce some subtle differences in outcome, and the way the paint flows. As long as you know what to expect I guess.
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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Watermouth Bay, Devon UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The small boatyard at Watermouth Bay in North Devon. Not a large boatyard, but in a very pretty location which I have painted a few times (especially the lifeboat at low tide). The boatyard runs up to the left. In front the ground slopes down to the sea, way over to the right. I tried to make a feature of the rocky foreground here and a small stream running under the pathway.
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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Newquay, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The cliffs on the western end of the harbour and the tide is in. A bit of cobalt turquoise works wonders for reflections.
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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I went a little extreme here on a bay in Sorrento, Italy. The building on the right was close to that colour, but not sure about the yellow and the blue. Anyway, a bit of fun mixing the colours and seeing what works with one colour against the next. Gardeners working with flowers and herbaceous borders will know this and experiment as well!
Sorrento, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Dordogne, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
An imaginary scene taking inspiration from the Dordogne countryside and a late summer field. So straw bales, you can put them where you want to suit the composition. As long as you observe their format - the texture, a flat bottom because they weigh so heavy and the stubble of the field and where they cut the hay, the bales are lying at right angles to the rows, if you see what I mean.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Faro Railway Station, Portugal, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The late afternoon sun across the road leading to the station building in Faro. In front, a small cafe under the shade of some lime trees. Behind us is the railway station building, casting shadows across the approach.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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