Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11".
The La Tinosa Restaurant, on the harbour in Puerto del Carmen, and a great place for fish as it's owned as a sort of coop I think by the local fishermen. And there's a small boatyard next door. A good subject for watercolour with the dark shadows of the restaurant and then the harbour walls.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11".
The dark arches of the facade of Mulligans bar in Puerto del Carmen, a popular venue for jazz on a Sunday afternoon. Anyway, again I attempt the slighty challenging lighting coming from behind, and with the white-washed buildings of Lanzarote, trying to find some darks. Well here we have some quite dark shadows, the dark tree with the lighter background and up the hill, a little grouping of houses.
Watercolour Landscape of Madrid, 15" x 11".
A huge arcaded square in the centre of Madrid surrounded by restaurants and artisab shops. The subject of cafe tables & chairs is a very complex one, made easier here for me because most of it's under shade so there's just an impression of people with silhouetted figures and the odd highlights. Leave a few table tops showing the white paper here and there. My drunken waiter makes another appearance.
On Saunders Waterford Rough Paper, 140 lbs.
Landscape Watercolour of Yate, 15" x 11".
A local pub near to the center of Yate town. It's quite an old building with modern houses surrounding it. Here I am trying to capture the feeling of a late summer day and the light coming towards me. The car park has this fortunate low wall surrounding the car park, which comes in really handy on the composition.
On Saunders Waterford, Rough, 140 lbs.
Landscape Watercolour of Madrid, 15" x 11".
Calle Major near the entrance to the square of the same name. It's summer so there's a few parasols around - always nice to introduce into a painting I think to add in some bands of light as you travel down the picture. The whole scene was framed either side by taller buildings thrown into shade.
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 15" x 11".
Landscape Watercolour of Tossa de Mar, 22" x 15".
A practice again in taking a subject and trying out at quarter size then doubling up to half size paper. The canopy of the cafe had quite a shiny, metallic coating inside to it so hopefully that came through with it's reflective quality. The waiter in the second picture has probably had to much to drink based on him leaning into his walk - well it might give him a bit of movement! There's just a hint of the beach on the other side of the cafe.
Landscape Watercolour of Costa Brava, 15" x 11".
The quaint old town of Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava, and the backdrop of the busy restaurants just behind the beach. I suppose painting beaches can be a little bit boring, so I have introduced some extra textures with the water splatter marks (put in while the paint was damp) and dry brush strokes of cobalt blue dragged across when everything was dry.
Landscape Watercolour of Madrid, 15" x 11".
The curved buildings with their Cafes on Plaza Oriente which have wonderful views over the Royal Palace and formal gardens. I tried to exaggerate a bit the warmth of the buildings catching some late afternoon sun and show a bit of contrast with the figures against the dark background in the distance. The signs were a little made up to add a bit more detail to the sketch.
Landscape Watercolour of Tavira, 15" x 11".
Another Taxi rank picture (I can see a theme coming here), and sort of looking into the light, with the impression of a road-side cafe on the left. I think I maybe could have gone a little darker with the background behind the taxis, but overall it was an okayish sketch. Dry brush strokes as always on the road.
Landscape Watercolour of Antalya, 15" x 11".
A challenging watercolour for me, with the light coming from behind and then trying to make light and shade. Anyway I think I was helped with some dark shadows on the cliffs and the shade under the restaurant canopy. The figures add a little contrast, with some head and shoulders bumping into the darker shade. On the left is just an impression of a busy restaurant with seated figures.
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