Landscape Watercolour of Costa Brava, 15" x 11".
The old part of Tossa de Mar looking down on the newer part of town and the sandy beach in front. I think this made a slightly better composition than my previous Tossa sketches, doing away with the boats and having the light coming from the side rather than painting into the light. Some of the buildings in the foreground were actually quite light and I darkened them up a bit to make a bigger contrast with the figures.
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 15" x 11".
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 22" x 15".
A practice again in taking a subject and trying out at quarter size then doubling up to half size paper. The canopy of the cafe had quite a shiny, metallic coating inside to it so hopefully that came through with it's reflective quality. The waiter in the second picture has probably had to much to drink based on him leaning into his walk - well it might give him a bit of movement! There's just a hint of the beach on the other side of the cafe.
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 15" x 11"
The imposing old medieval town of Tossa de Mar, on the Costa Brava, with its cylindrical towers and battlements overlooking the main beach. Now my intention here was to try an experiment and move up to painting on half imperial (22" x 15") but first choose a subject that I would paint first on my normal quarter imperial, then same subject on half. Afterwards, try and objectively see a comparison between the two and maybe make a decision longer term to paint on a larger scale.
Well here's my second effort on the larger size...
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 22" x 15".
Landscape Watercolour of Costa Brava, 15" x 11".
The quaint old town of Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava, and the backdrop of the busy restaurants just behind the beach. I suppose painting beaches can be a little bit boring, so I have introduced some extra textures with the water splatter marks (put in while the paint was damp) and dry brush strokes of cobalt blue dragged across when everything was dry.
Landscape Watercolour of Costa Brava, 15" x 11".
The boat trip vendors with their booths on the beach at Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava. It's late in the day and the last tickets are being sold. The booths were quite white, but with the light coming almost towards me, I made their tone darker (but still lighter than the buildings behind) making them stand out against the beach. There was a bit of negative painting on the figures and their lighter tops.
Landscape Watercolour of Cadeques, 15" x 11".
Last sketch I will do of Cadeques for a while as I've run out of source photos. This is a view looking towards the centre of this fishing village and the church tower perched up on a little hill which dominates any view. I think the picture could have done with a few more people in! That beach looks deserted. It's a popular place, really!
Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, 140 lbs.
Landscape Watercolour of Arrecife, 15" x 11"
Low tide on the fairly large lake called 'El Charco' in Arrecife, Lanzarote. The tidal lake offers sheltered mooring for smaller craft away from the Atlantic a short distance to the right. I reduced this fairly complex scene to simpler shapes especially the background buildings (not painting in every terrace and window) and the myriad of boats. Many boats are just indicated with a bare bit of paper left unpainted, in a fairly random fashion, except for the foreground craft which had a bit more detail.
Landscape Watercolour of Tel Aviv, 15" x 11"
The sea front in Tel Aviv looking south with the tall modern apartment blocks with great views over the Mediterranean. I have tried to include all the main watercolour techniques here with warm and cool tones, wet in wet and dry brush strokes of the posts. The circular patterns on the promenade were done in one and lead you into the picture hopefully!
Landscape Watercolour of Staithes, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
This was my second attempt at this scene from a referrence photo of mine and I was looking to improve on the original sketch. I though with my first attempt the background was too strong and maybe did not push it back far enough. Well on this one I tried to make the background a little more muted and I think it's a minor improvement.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Playa Honda is situated right next to Lanzarote's Airport, but it's actually quite a quiet place. Along the sea front runs a winding promenade and an unspoilt mainly sandy beach. Half way along is a small group of what I guess are fairly old local buildings right on the beach and some weathered boats tethered to the railings.
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