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.
Landscape Watercolour of Kusadisi, Turkey, 15" x 11".
The small harbour of Kusadisi on the western coast of Turkey. These boats are utilitarian, not there for the tourists, but having a serious role in local fishing and many in need of a lick of paint. The scene was painted on a rather drab day in spring, with thick cloud cover and the prevailing hue was a greyish brown.
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 Antalya, Turkey, 15" x 11".
Five little fishing boats in a row, below the cliff top wall surrounding this sheltered harbour in southern Turkey. Well there were more boats in the source photo of mine, but I simplified it a bit and resisted the temptation of making the background too detailed. The second from right fishing boat was all white like the rest, but 24 hours after 'completing' the sketch I decided it was too monotonous and slapped on a light yellow wash and slightly darker for the reflection.
Landscape Watercolour of Antalya, 11" x 15"
My second attempt at this harbour scene in Antalya, southern Turkey. This is quite a simple composition with not too much detail and the background of the apartment blocks high on the cliffs overlooking the bay, deliberately kept understated. The wash for the sea was made gradually darker as it came to the foreground and thicker pigment for waves added while the wash was damp.
Landscape Watercolour of Antalya, 15" x 11"
The busy harbour of Antalya dates back to Roman times, but now the sheltered port is home to yacht excursions and small fishing vessels. The largest ships you find here are adorned to look like pirate ships with popular names like Barbarossa. I decided to simplify the scene and take out these pirate themed ships and leave just a straight forward white fishing boat and a few people walking around the harbour's edge.
Landscape Watercolour of Lymington, 15" x 11"
A pretty, Georgian market town, Lymington is situated on the southern edge of the New Forest, between Southampton and Bournemouth and at the western end of the Solent. Apart from the placement of the buildings, I 'invented' the boat, car and people. My source photo I took had little interest and the painting needed a little action. The shadow on the left was very dark pigment and some water dropped in to make it less boring hopefully. I also simplified the background - there was far too much detail of windows and structures on the buildings.
I don't often paint on holiday, but here's a few from last year, and all from my 10" x 7" sketchbook.
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