Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"
Just a slightly different view up to Rue des Recollets in the old part of Bergerac. I went for a bit of warm and cool in this one with the warm walls and the blue shadows on the street. I think it worked okay. I think in the distance was a fast food trader. Maybe not in keeping with the area. I don't know.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
Green Street Bath and a narrow street, very typical in this area and a view up to the spire of St Michael's Church. Quite a loose approach to the buildings on each side of the street. Had to be careful to leave out the whites of the windows on the right, and adding that little triangle of dark just makes it into a window with some bright light hitting it.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages (the painting society I am a member of) sketch night and the topic given by the Chairman for the evening "Three Feathers". Inspired by Prince Charles 70th birthday on that day and the badge of the Prince of Wales so we have a plume of three feathers. We now had 2 hours to complete a painting based on that theme without using any reference material, so now Google search!! Luckily I had painted in a previous week a scene for Ledbury Artists and their Church Street with the Prince of Wales Pub. Ideal and fresh in my memory!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Arrecife, Lanzarote, 15" x 11"
It's always a bit tricky tackling a scene when there is bright light behind you. Often you can have in front of you a scene where many things are the same values or tones, making it a challenge with watercolour. So I needed in this scene to add in some lights against the darks as in the figure against the dark trees or the white car with partial shadow.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 140lbs
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Just to show what it's like painting outdoors in the UK in summer, here's my second effort in a town local to me, Malmesbury. So a quieter spot this one and meant to be a study of the end of the church, some tomb stones and a tree casting shadow. But as the painting progressed, a fine misty rain came down and spoiled the show...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press 300 gms paper - not waterproof paper but damned good!
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Norton St Philip, UK, 15" x 11"
A plein air I did last year on a trip out with the 'Exiles' painting group. This was also filmed with my cheap little bodycam, but the traffic noise was even worse than my previous YouTube posting so I decided to ditch it. Anyway, perhaps a hint of a quiet view here despite the busy road between me perched on the side of the road and the church opposite.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Monastry, Tuscany, 22" x 15"
Il Convento dei Carmine', a privately owned monastery with ancient cloisters and frescoes was the 5th day venue on the recent workshop I ran with the Watermill at Posara, A peaceful location and some very tricky subjects with all these columns and arches, made even more challenging with the light. For this scene I picked the exterior entrance where I had to only deal with 4 arches!
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 300 gms.
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Burano, Italy, 15" x 22"
A plein air on the island of Burano and a view up the main street towards the bell tower of Parish S Martino Vescovo. A couple of challenges with this one - It was a warm day with quite a bit of wind. The larger the size of your picture, the quicker you need to work or use very big brushes! Second challenge was half the way into the painting I had to stop and make way for a funeral procession plus coffin. I was blocking the way because of the view, so my fault 100%.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, 300 gms NOT.
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Corsham, England, 15" x 22".
I don't often do churches as a main focal point, but it was a lovely peaceful spot for a bit of plein air painting until some maintenance workers started up their garden brushcutters. I think one of the biggest challenges of painting plein air is loud noise. I just can't concentrate too well. Anyway, I managed to complete things before they got too close! I tried to emphasise all the different angles of the grave stones.
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London, England, 15" x 11"
Pont Street in South West London, looking up to the church of Saint Colomba. A greatly simplified scene from a point of view of the buildings left and right. Their facades have many horizontal and vertical lines which if you included them would make the scene incredibly tight. Pedestrian crossings are a good thing to have to either frame the picture or help lead the eye into the composition. And you don't need to be too precise over painting them either.
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