Bristol, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Kings Weston House in Bristol - a rainy day!

Bristol, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Temple Meads, near the Railway Station.

Yate, UK, Watercolour 15" x 11"

Yate near Bristol and Tanhouse Lane.

Weston Super Mare, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

View over to Knightstone Island.

Bristol Harbourside, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The Harbourside area of Hotwells in Bristol.

Thornbury, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The main street in Thornbury, UK.

Underfall Yard Bristol, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Boatbuilder's yard in Hotwells, Bristol.

Weekly sketch night at my art society (well we are all at home locations for a bit), the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was 'There will always be an England'. So we have normally 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). Owning to the current social distancing restrictions, this of course was a virtual meeting.

My painting is based on a view looking down Gloucester Road and some dramatic shadows.

Minehead, Somerset, 15" x 11"

Simple composition - go for 3 boats, all different sizes.  It's amazing how many colours you can sometimes find in the harbour floor.  Probably more than if it were the sea.  My reference photo was a dull December day.  I changed it to a sunny one!

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

Uphill Marina, Weston-Super-Mare, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A third painting of this lovely location on the River Axe.  I must get down there when the tide is in.  I think I got the values better on this one with the distant hills and stronger values in the foreground.  Might have been nice to add in a few more posts to help the composition.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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