Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

St James's Parade, Bath

Bath, UK, 15" x 11"

A fairly loose rendition of a typical Bath street, and trying to capture the warm ochre of the stonework.  I'm also mixing different silhouetted shapes with the figures coming out of shadows, as I quite often do now, shadows on the far buildings, and some street furniture catching the light and contrasting with the background.  I have achieved the soft edge of where the rooftops meet the sky by doing a little wet in wet, with the building was being slightly thicker than the sky wash.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 Gms

 

2 almost identical demos on two January workshops

 

Bath UK, both 15" x 11"

Two paintings from separate sessions of my January watercolour workshop.  Almost like a spot the difference competition, taking the same scene and a demo to two separate audiences.  I like the dotted white lines rather than the yellow they are in reality.  An example of changing what you see to suit your composition and not copy exactly what's in a photo.

Both painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

George Inn, Norton St Philip near Bath - Plein air from 2017

Norton St Philip, Bath, 15" x 11"

A quickie plein air before lunch in the George - out with the Exiles last year and a painting expedition to Norton St Philip.  This was the painting after my YouTube recording earlier (when I filmed myself painting via a bodycam).  This was a slightly safer place to paint from being well on the pavement.  A nice view Contra Jour down the main street.  Painting done with my 3 colour painting palette!

Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press paper 300 gms

 

Vicarage Lane, Norton St Philip - Plein air from 2017

Norton St Philip, UK, 15" x 11"

A plein air I did last year on a trip out with the 'Exiles' painting group.  This was also filmed with my cheap little bodycam, but the traffic noise was even worse than my previous YouTube posting so I decided to ditch it.  Anyway, perhaps a hint of a quiet view here despite the busy road between me perched on the side of the road and the church opposite.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

 

Corsham High Street, bunting 2

Corsham UK, 15" x 11".

A plein air painting whilst out with the Exiles painting group in the summer of 2017.  The bunting always seems to be out in Corsham.  From a composition point of view, a nice way to have something framing the top of the picture and connecting the left with the right.  This was a particularly sunny period just before the heavens opened (typical British Summer) and we all sheltered rapidly in the nearby coffee shop.

Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press Paper, 300 gms

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "A Magical Vista"

Bath, UK, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages Wednesday Sketch Night and the topic given by the Chairman for the evening was "A Magical Vista" - Well he is Magician!  With a topic like that, and a nice easy one for the start of 2018, an artist can do any sort of landscape to match the title.  I took my inspiration from a view in Bath looking up to the Theatre Royal.  A painting done in the 2 hour time limit.

Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 300 gms.

 

Compton Dando demo to the local art society

Compton Dando, UK, 22" x 15"

A demo to the Compton Dando Arts Society done in the Summer 2017.  I prefer to do something of local interest for my demos, so took a photo right outside the venue of the demo, looking up the road past the local pub.  So this was a demo trying to take an ordinary scene and make a painting out of it.  Also a demo of including cars and figures in the landscape.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

St Johns Gate Bath

Bath, UK, 22" x 15"

A bigger size painting for a scene I have done before, but just introduce different figures.  The scene is a good one to choose for watercolour because of the different tonal values through the composition - the light coming across the foreground and some darks with the centre figure and larger figure right.  Not many cars in this area and they would detract from what is mainly a pedestrian area.

 

Avoncliff Plein Air - Under the viaduct

Avoncliff, near Bath, 15" x 11".

My last plein air at Avoncliff.  Well it was windy on the last one, even windier under the bridge.  Not only did my lightweight easel fly away, but my palette ended up in the mud.  I must find a way of tethering the thing down or adding some ballast for stability.  Anyway, quickly done in about half an hour before I had to pack up and leave.  Also done with my 3-colour palette (plus mud).

Painted on Saunders Waterford, NOT, 300 gms.

 

Avoncliff cottages plein air and contre jour

Avoncliff, near Bath, 15" x 11"

Another plein air on qtr sheet, and a contre jour scene.  I used my travel palette of just three colours.  It was a very windy day and my lightweight easel blew over a couple of times - hence the erratic stripe coming from one of the wheel arches.  But overall, hopefully a scene showing the strong summer sunshine coming towards us.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, 300gms, NOT.