Bristol, UK, 15" x 11"
A central Bristol scene and contra jour up to the Park Row area of Bristol. I kept the composition very simple - the background buildings and retaining wall in front of them are just shapes with a few horizontal lines - made just a little bit more interesting with a drop of some extra colours added in while still damp.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Bristol, UK, 15" x 11"
A view up Park Row in Bristol towards Trenchard and Red Lodge. Looking at it now, one thing I must now do is put in the synchronised walkers. It would have been nicer if their legs were different. You can't change watercolour or to some extend your initial outline drawing. That's why planning is so important and getting the initial drawing right as regards composition etc...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bristol, UK, 15" x 11"
My fourth demo from my January 2018 workshop, this time an exercise in painting boats, reflections and of course perspective. A scene from Hotwells in Bristol. It was also an exercise in simplification: Those cottages on the right hand side had a lot of detail. Put too much in and that would have been the focal point perhaps fo rthe painting, and a bad place stuck over there on the right side. I will be running more workshops later in the year. Please keep coming back to this site for an announcement or join my mailing list.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper and 300 gms.
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Winterbourne, UK, 22" x 15"
My first demo painting to Frome Valley Art Group. With a common 2-hour slot for a demo, I complete at least one painting, maybe two depending on complexity and subject. As per other demos to art groups, I ask for a few photos of local scenes. This one was the old Wheatsheaf Inn, now an Indian Restaurant (hence the elephant on the pillar!). An exercise in just taking an ordinary scene that most people might not consider for a painting and introducing some figures and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bristol, UK, 15" x 22"
A recent demo to Clifton Art Society. As I normally do on demos to Art Groups, I either ask for photos of a local subject or allow attendees to vote on a scene with some choices given by me. Well this was a sample photo provided by the society and I went through other photos and explained why in my opinion they were either suitable or not suitable for watercolour. Hopefully a nice evening had by all.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms. And I have free samples of Saunders Waterford paper to give out to all attendees!
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Bristol, UK, 15" x 11"
An iconic railway viaduct in Bristol and the painting is based on a Dashcam image of mine (while waiting in some traffic). Dashcams are good source material for paintings - have them record your journey (hopefully on a sunny day) and then fast forward the reply to a suitable subject. Then delete when done. They're also good becuase they can be set to a low resolution. Painting in a loose style, you don't want to be distracted with lots of detail, so the smaller the better. I sometimes like looking at thumbnails of pictures, so really small in size.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages Wednesday night sketch night and the Chariman's topic was "Play Time". I decided to go with a theme of some people cycling up a seaside promenade, an Ice Cream shop, and some warm sunshine coming through the scene. My other fellow artists came up with a wide range of paintings - beaches, water, boats, fun figures....
Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Almondsbury, UK, 15" x 11"
The Bowl Inn at Almondsbury - a typical British Village pub in a village in the South West of the UK. This of course is looking across the front of the pub and the village church in the background. Painted with my 3-colour palette and 2 brushes - a Mop and a synthetic round (for the more detailed touches). I try to connect shapes/elements together - for example, back wall shadow to car, car shadow to figure and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms.
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Winterbourne, UK, 22" x 15"
My second demo to the Frome Valley Arts group. The challenge here - taking a scene of some 1970's architecture and trying to make a half decent painting out of it. So taking just a very ordinary scene and turning it into something interesting. This painting I have donated to charity and will be raffled off by the group on their next fund raising day. Good luck to the owner of the winning ticket!
Painted on Saunders Waterford NOT paper, 300gms.
Please contact me if you are an Art Group or Society looking for demos or workshops.
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Hotwells, Bristol, 15" x 22".
A plein air from last year, done on a trip out with the 'Exiles' painting group. This time a fairly dull day (we had some light rain as well to contend with) painting down the end of the harbour side area of Bristol. Painting was done in an hour or so and shows the waterfront with Hotwell and Clifton area of Bristol as the background. Luckily when it rained, we had the cover of the boatyard behind us to take shelter and complete our sketches.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, NOT 300 gms.
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