Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11".
Straight against the light. Steps were 1) Sky - Clear water where sun was coming from and drop in the sky wash around it, yellow ochre and cerulean blue. 2) Sea - Almost like sky, and when damp, drop in darker waves with thicker pigment. 3) Background, leaving little bits. 4) Boats and masts - leaving out highlights of decking etc. 4) Masts and darker reflections in sea (with a rigger for thinner bits).
Landscape Watercolour od Brittany, 15" x 11".
On the opposite bank of the River Odet to Bénodet, Sainte-Marine is an estuary village very similar to areas of Cornwall in the UK. This little sheltered bay at the 'cafe du Port' has many small craft moored. It makes a great watercolour subject with the negative shapes of the dark trees and sunlight catching parts of the cafes and cottages.Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, 140 Lbs.
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 Bristol, 15" x 11".
Painted from a referrence photo of mine of the harbour festival in the city when there's many different types of boats moored up on the internal waterways. The most difficult area was of course the reflections and trying to judge the right time to drop in darker, thicker pigment on the water to give the feeling of smaller softer waves.
Landscape Watercolour of Padstow, 15" x 11"
Undeterred from my previous attempt at depicting Padstow Harbour, I tried another one, this time using a different reference photo and a different view. This was more a practice of tonal values and trying to get the effect of very calm conditions in this sheltered harbour.
Landscape Watercolour of Sitges, 15" x 11".
Sitges' Marina area is located slightly outside of the centre of town, in an area called Port d'Aiguadolç. It is a location dedicated to yachts, boats and a small fishing fleet. The marina's seafront is lined with bars and restaurants, all of which have an outdoor terrace to enjoy Sitges' fine weather and look out at the boats.
Landscape Watercolour of Kusadisi, 15" x 11".
A view across the bay at Kusadisi towards the mountains behind the town. This was quite a tough sketch as the day was partially cloudy yet bright, so no deep shadows as such, and the hues of the town, boats, quayside and the fishing nets were all so similar.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11".
The promenade along the side of the new marina at Puerto Calero Lanzarote. Major challenge here is the fifty thousand or so boats and their masts and rigging being very complicated on the left. But I just made a few impressions of the sterns of a few and the cabin tops and leave the rest to the imagination hopefully.
Painted on Saunders Waterford paper, 140 lbs.
Landscape Watercolour of Exmouth, 15" x 11".
The Starcross-Exmouth ferry, docked at Exmouth Harbour and the entrance to the marina here. The estuary here is very busy in the summer months with all sorts of traffic going up and down. This is low tide with the pontoon down, and the view across to the sand dunes on the Starcross side.
Landscape Watercolour of Whitby, 15" x 11".
Part of the harbour in this popular seaside town in North Yorkshire, and I suppose it had all the elements of light and shade with the virtually unpainted roof tops of the Harbour Offices, the light of the quayside and the lighter boats against the dark shade of the harbour walls. I used a little white gouache for the rope lines.
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