Posara, Italy, 15" x 11"
The Afternoon on the first day and for the second plein air I decided to take our group up to the main road from the Mill and do a bit of street painting and a view towards the lovely village church and tower. The only minor hazard being on the road is to tuck yourself close into the side walls as much as possible to avoid the Sunday afternoon traffic. I also broke out my 3-colour palette on this one.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Castillon-la-Bataille, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A 3-colour palette painting of this pretty town in South West France. The sky wash was painted into the rooftops then while it was still moist I painted in the roof colours with a slightly thicker consistency paint to get the soft edges.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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St Foy la Grande, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Just a simple scene of some steps (leading down to the River Dordogne) in the town of St Foy la Grande, just alongside a major bridge there. And a simple backdrop of a building catching some bright sunlight from the left. Painted with my trusty 3-colour palette.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
#watercolour #StcMill
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St Foy la Grande, watercolour, 15" x 11"
St Foy la Grande in SW France. I loved the diagonal shadows across the building created by the signposts and CCTV cameras on the corner of the cafe. Must be a very secure place! Painted with my 3-colour palette. Nice place to sit and watch the world go by.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Rue Victor Hugo in Castillon-la-Bataill, SW France #watercolor using my 3 colour palette so only a red a blue and a yellow (oh plus a neutral tint for the darks). Painted on Saunders 15" x 11" #watercolor #gironde #stcmill. I might have gone a little too blue with this one, but hopefully got the values right.
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Watercolour 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages Sketch Night and the topic for the evening - "The promise of things to come". So you then have two hours to do a painting based on that topic, without the use of any reference material! I decided to go with a French Cafe scene and a waiter emerging from the shadows with a bottle of Bordeaux for a couple of customers. Quite a simple composition and the shadows repeating the edge of the roof.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300gms
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Here's my latest Watercolour Demo up on my YouTube Channel, this time a scene in Venice (yes, another one!) and focusing on tips for simplifying the scene.
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Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"
A smallish canal in Venice and a fairly typical scene with figures and small boats. Quite a loose picture done with my three colour palette and a bit of fun trying to connect all the different shapes - the background - the boats up the canal side and the figures almost as one. Just a minor bit of the use of white gouache on the railings on the bridge.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Just to show what it's like painting outdoors in the UK in summer, here's my second effort in a town local to me, Malmesbury. So a quieter spot this one and meant to be a study of the end of the church, some tomb stones and a tree casting shadow. But as the painting progressed, a fine misty rain came down and spoiled the show...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press 300 gms paper - not waterproof paper but damned good!
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Las Palmas, Spain. 15" x 11"
The end of the long beach in Las Palmas and raised open square beyond overlooking the bay. A beach has many colours when I observe them. The more I look, the more colours I see. Painting done with my trusty 3 colour palette (with a neutral tint added for the darks), which I enjoy using more than my full palette to be honest. It's interesting sometimes to see the output of some colour combinations without it getting to green/brown/muddy.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
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