Landscape Watercolour of Yate nr Bristol, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
Not too far away from where I live and one of the oldest Fish and Chip shops in the Bristol area, serving the greatest British take away dish. I had to make up the couple sat on the wall of the car park of course tucking into their meal served on paper. It gets busy here on a Friday!
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Landscape Watercolour of Ibiza, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
Santa Eulalia, Ibiza's third largest resort is a much quieter, more refined location to it's larger neighbour Ibiza Town, just to the south. It has a more relaxed feel about the place with a large brit contingent. The Passeig de Salamera, a popular tree-lined avenue surrounded by cosmopolitan open air cafes and food shops, is always busy in summer months, with numerous stalls selling crafts, jewellery and ethnic clothes.
Watercolour 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT paper 300 gms
San Antonio is a well known clubing centre on Ibiza especially during the summer months, but during the off peak season it has a more relaxed pace. This is my 'impression' of a side street off the main promenade with it's palm lined avenues shading the cafes and bars. I think the foreground worked okay in this painting by not overworking it and definitely keeping it vague.
Watercolour 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT paper 300 gms
A bit more of an experimental one here but trying to use all the main techniques of watercolour: A wash on the sky and left hand building, a bit of negative painting on the parasols, wet in wet (always a bit risky, but then you let watercolour do it's own thing) and dry brush strokes. I think if I did this painting again, I would make the deep shadows between the buildings a bit fresher and use less strokes.
Watercolour 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 300 gms
This is a busy town in a busy part of the Côte d'Azur - Monaco is one side and Nice is on the other. A few of the features that make it attractive to visitors are the seaside, with long sandy beaches (the bay is supposed to be in the top 5 worldwide), terrace cafés and restaurants. Villefranche’s Old Town, with most buildings dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, is filled with wonderful provençal colours, flowers, and balconies — all cascading down the hillside to the sea and the waterfront quayside.
Watercolour 15" x 11" on Bockingford paper 140lbs
The court yard of the Museo Nestor in Las Palmas Gran Canaria, just beyond the Hotel Santa Catalina. A welcoming enclosed space with places to sit, and while I was there a local folk festival was in full swing with a choir and band performing traditional songs and dances. A nice little stop before walking over to the old city.
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