Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #2 - Plein Air & living dangerously on the main road

Posara, Italy, 15" x 11"

The Afternoon on the first day and for the second plein air I decided to take our group up to the main road from the Mill and do a bit of street painting and a view towards the lovely village church and tower.  The only minor hazard being on the road is to tuck yourself close into the side walls as much as possible to avoid the Sunday afternoon traffic.  I also broke out my 3-colour palette on this one.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

 

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #1

Fivizzano, Italy, 15" x 11"

The very first plein air picture from last years painting holiday where I was the tutor for a week in the lovely Tuscany countryside (Watermill at Posara).  So this was an easy composition to get everyone on my course into the swing of things with a few simple shapes and colours, and if you wanted to, insert a few figures.  Well, I had to put in an artist and easel, of course, this being a painting holiday.  More details of the workshops I run, please click on the menu item above.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

 

Latest Watercolour Tutorial Video - A bit of Wet-in-Wet and a scene from Staithes

My latest video and a scene from Staithes in North Yorkshire.  Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

 

 

Timsbury near Bath

Timsbury, UK, 15" x 11"

A lovely village just South of me where I did a demo to the local Art Group in the summer.  Not sure which street this is.  The locals said 'ooh there's nothing much to paint round here', but I beg to differ.  Just catch the light at the right angle and some shadows across the street and it can hopefully make for a half decent composition.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Latest YouTube video - what brushes, paper, paints do I use?

As I have been asked a few times - what paints/brushes/paper do you use - this is my Nov 2018 version...

 

 

 

Latest Watercolour Demo - Talking about textural effects in Watercolour

Here's my latest video up on my YouTube Channel and this time covering different techniques to create texture of objects - a shiny surface, pebbles on a beach and so on.  Hope you like it and send me your comments please!

 

 

Workshop demo painting - Dartmouth Inner Harbour

Dartmouth, Devon, 15" x 11"

A demo painting from quite a while ago.  The Inner Harbour at Dartmouth in Devon, UK.  An exercise in laying down a wash (the water), some careful painting around the foreground boats, composition with the placing of the boats, values (as in the dark of the reflections around the lighter value of the tops of the boats and a nit of looseness (the far boats in the shadow of the buildings).

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Blog article from Ledbury Art Society on my recent two hour demo there

Tim Wilmot - Ledbury Scenes in Watercolour

 

The Market House, Ledbury

Tim has a very loose style and this enabled him to complete two paintings in less than two hours. Impressive! He brought along two photographs of Ledbury: the Market House and Church Lane looking towards the church tower and spire.

Based in Bristol, Tim specialises in vibrant watercolours exploiting the medium with tone and light. He has painted all his life and is completely self-taught. He loves to paint landscapes and is well known for his harbour and boat paintings. Nearly all his landscapes include figures and cars to give focal interest to the scene. You can see more of his work on his website http://www.timwilmot.com/ His YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/timwilmot has more than 40 full length demonstration videos with commentary.

 

Below you'll find images showing the progress of this and his second painting and also one of his  YouTube videos.

Pencil sketch

Wet sky wash

For both demonstrations Tim used a quarter sheet of 300gsm Saunders Waterford watercolour paper taped around the edges with masking tape. He doesn't stretch the paper so it does cockle a bit as he works but it dries flat. The first step for each was to quickly sketch the scenes using a 3B pencil. The drawings were kept simple and it was at this stage that he made decisions about what to put in and what to leave out. For instance, in the Market House scene the photograph showed lots of white vans parked between the Market House and the right hand edge of the image, presumably it was a market day, and there were no figures nor was there a van to the left of the Market House blocking the bus bay.

 

The next step was applying background washes while avoiding the light and white areas. This was done with a large synthetic mop brush. Later he used a smaller squirrel mop and a No. 8 round to add some hints of detail.

 

I was fascinated by his palette - Winsor red, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre and neutral tint. He also had a cerulean blue but didn't make much use of this.

 

More washes

These demonstrations gave dramatic and lively results. I wonder if any of our members will have the courage to attempt such a loose and dynamic way of painting. I think its worth trying. The experiment will only cost you paper and a little time. Perhaps its worth setting yourself a time limit, somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes will force you to simplify.

 

 

 

 

 

Shadows washed in

 

The Market House

 

 

The second painting shows the famous detached bell-tower which sits alongside Ledbury Parish Church. To the left is the Prince of Wales, surely the best pub in the county with its wide selection of real ales. Also on the left in the foreground is the entrance to the Weavers Gallery where Ledbury Art Society holds its exhibitions. Behind the railings and out of the picture is the Butchers Row Museum housed in a timber frame building that used to stand in a row of buildings in the middle of the High Street. Beyond the pub and not visible here is a magnificent timber framed building, formerly a Grammar School it now house the Heritage Centre.

 

Church Street sketch

 

Darker tones added

 

 

More darks

 

Church Street - the completed demonstration

 

The full article is here

Blog article from Ledbury Art Society on my recent two hour demo there

Tim Wilmot - Ledbury Scenes in Watercolour

 

The Market House, Ledbury

Tim has a very loose style and this enabled him to complete two paintings in less than two hours. Impressive! He brought along two photographs of Ledbury: the Market House and Church Lane looking towards the church tower and spire.

Based in Bristol, Tim specialises in vibrant watercolours exploiting the medium with tone and light. He has painted all his life and is completely self-taught. He loves to paint landscapes and is well known for his harbour and boat paintings. Nearly all his landscapes include figures and cars to give focal interest to the scene. You can see more of his work on his website https://www.timwilmot.com/ His YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/timwilmot has more than 40 full length demonstration videos with commentary.

 

Below you'll find images showing the progress of this and his second painting and also one of his  YouTube videos.

Pencil sketch

Wet sky wash

For both demonstrations Tim used a quarter sheet of 300gsm Saunders Waterford watercolour paper taped around the edges with masking tape. He doesn't stretch the paper so it does cockle a bit as he works but it dries flat. The first step for each was to quickly sketch the scenes using a 3B pencil. The drawings were kept simple and it was at this stage that he made decisions about what to put in and what to leave out. For instance, in the Market House scene the photograph showed lots of white vans parked between the Market House and the right hand edge of the image, presumably it was a market day, and there were no figures nor was there a van to the left of the Market House blocking the bus bay.

 

The next step was applying background washes while avoiding the light and white areas. This was done with a large synthetic mop brush. Later he used a smaller squirrel mop and a No. 8 round to add some hints of detail.

 

I was fascinated by his palette - Winsor red, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre and neutral tint. He also had a cerulean blue but didn't make much use of this.

 

More washes

These demonstrations gave dramatic and lively results. I wonder if any of our members will have the courage to attempt such a loose and dynamic way of painting. I think its worth trying. The experiment will only cost you paper and a little time. Perhaps its worth setting yourself a time limit, somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes will force you to simplify.

 

 

 

 

 

Shadows washed in

 

The Market House

 

 

The second painting shows the famous detached bell-tower which sits alongside Ledbury Parish Church. To the left is the Prince of Wales, surely the best pub in the county with its wide selection of real ales. Also on the left in the foreground is the entrance to the Weavers Gallery where Ledbury Art Society holds its exhibitions. Behind the railings and out of the picture is the Butchers Row Museum housed in a timber frame building that used to stand in a row of buildings in the middle of the High Street. Beyond the pub and not visible here is a magnificent timber framed building, formerly a Grammar School it now house the Heritage Centre.

 

Church Street sketch

 

Darker tones added

 

 

More darks

 

Church Street - the completed demonstration

 

The full article is here

Ledbury Art Society have their annual exhibition in the Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury HR8 1DW, Monday 19 - Sunday 25 November. They should have at least 70 paintings on display!

 

Canadian forest scene - something different for me!

Canada, 15" x 11"

A painting from a recent one to one workshop I did online.  Something new for me as I don't normally do lakes, fir trees, but this was a nice challenge and I might end up doing more of these when I tire of boats/street scenes - you never know where art takes you in a virtual way.  What attracted me to the source photo was the fact it had a bit of everything - foreground, middle and background interest and lovely stillish reflections in the lake.  I popped in the small boat as an afterthought - I think it needed something out there on the left as a focal point and the floating log almost pointing to it.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms