Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Compton Dando demo 2019 - demo to local art group

Demo #1

Demo 2

A recent visit back to Compton Dando Art Society and two local scenes to them.  It was a two-hour session, so I did one before the coffee break and one after.  I took it as a demo of course of watercolour, but also values.

Both painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Il Convento dei Carmine - 2019

Tuscany, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

5th day plein air painting on my recent trip to Tuscany as Tutor at the Watermill.  Thursday is a short trip up the hill to the Il Convento dei Carmine, a privately owned Monastery.  Tricky arches to paint and perspective exercises! 

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Evening Sunlight Villefranche de Lonchat France

Dordogne, France, 15" x 11"

Late afternoon sun over the square in Villefrance de Lonchat.  Edges in watercolour, they are important.  So soft edge on the rooftops (so the sky wash was still damp and I paint the rooftops with slight thicker reddish paint so it does not bleed into the sky and create a mess) and hard edges on some of the shadow details on the church.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Village Church Iron Acton

Iron Acton, UK, 15" x 11"

Composition - the more I look at this one, the more I question in my mind the purpose of the figure on the right.  I think the right hand side is too loaded with stuff - the church, the car and the large figure.  Maybe put the figure on the left, not so large, and have the shadows going across at an angle to connect, and not have the figure so obvious.  Perhaps the next one...

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

2nd Plein Air painting at the 'WaterMill' - Posara main street and Bell Tower

Posara, Italy, 15" x 11"

My 2nd Plein air painting at the recent workshop I ran at the 'Watermill in Posara'.  Another plein air painting looking down the main street of the village and the church tower at the end.  Good practice of perspective.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Place Deffuas Saint Junien

Saint Junien, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The Place Deffuas in Saint Junien, France.  The church entrance is on the left.  A small square in front, shops on the right and a slight slope down the road.  Nice opportunity for some high contrast with cars being light against a dark background.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Bristol Savages artist outing plein air 2019 #2

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

 

Bristol Savages Artists Outing to Tewkesbury - Plein Air #1

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

 

Tortosa Cathedral Spain

Tortosa Cathedral - Spain, Watercolour 15" x 11"

I was going for a range of values in this one - the dark foreground shadows and then lighter background, plus some warms and cools with the burnt sienna and blues of the sky (mainly cobalt blue) and figures. Using a wet in wet technique, I got the soft edge between the sky and the buildings - so the sky wash was painted first and then a thicker wash for the buildings.

Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

 

I normally paint the sky first....But not with this one

Eymet, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The sky is normally the first thing I paint, but not with this one.  I wanted to go for a deep blue sky, darker in value than the buildings.  So I painted the buildings and foreground first, then went in with my dark blue sky, carefully painting around the outline of the tops of roofs.  It sort of worked.  

I did a video of this.  Is it worth putting it up on YouTube?

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.