Castillon, France, 15" x 11"
Day 2 (Monday) and we're in the town of Castillon on the River Dordogne. A nice market here and chance to paint from the shade looking towards a lovely building in the sun and some figures/shoppers in the market.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Saint Seurin, France, 15" x 11"
The market at Saint Seurin on a Sunday morning and the first picture as 'tutor/leader' on a Painting Holiday I organised. So a contra jour to start with. The location I chose was about the only spot where I could paint. It was so busy! With plein air painting, when it's a hot day, there is an argument to say, find somewhere comfortable first and then paint what you see.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Tewkesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
My final and 5th plein air of the day at Tewkesbury, just before getting back on the coach for the trip back to Bristol. A view of the Bell Inn/Hotel, opposite the Abbey. Somehow, this ended up being rather dark, going almost against the light.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
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Tewkesbury, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
4th Plein air of the day and a walk back along the banks of the River Avon towards the Mill. Quite bright sunshine coming towards me and I liked the row of cars leading me into the scene.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Tewkesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
The 3rd plein air just before lunch. This is a view down St Mary's Lane and some lovely old houses with the timber fronts. The dog was an afterthought. I painted the figure and it looked like they were being pulled by something. Well, it had to be a dog!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Tewkesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
2nd Plein air painting with my art club, the Bristol Savages. Another view towards the Abbey from the mill. The day was starting to warm up nicely, so you have to speed up your work with watercolour. The cars were actually parked at 90 degrees to how they are in my picture, but I think they look better this way.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Tewkesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
My first plein air of Tewkesbury on a recent trip there with my art group, the Bristol Savages. Absolutely lovely day, no wind and bright sunshine. First plein air was an iconic view of the Abbey across the river. Very beautiful spot and very peaceful earlier on in the morning.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was "This Happy Breed of Men". It was English Night (we also have themed Irish, Scottish and Welsh nights too during our season). So we have 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web).
"This happy breed of men", is a line spoken by John of Gaunt in Shakespeare's Richard II. Well quite an easy option I chose was to have a village scene, two pubs, one of course called John of Gaunt (maybe the other Richard II), and some happy people between the two!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number eight is a view of a shady cafe in the city of Cagliari.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number seven is a view of Staithes in North Yorkshire, and a larger size 15" x 22" than I normally paint.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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