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 Yate nr Bristol, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
Goose Green in the town of Yate and a welcome bit of small parkland in amongst the housing estates. Goose Green (nothing to do with the Falklands) is so named because of the Goose Fairs they held here several hundred years ago when Yate was just a small village in the Cotswolds. Interesting challenge with this painting was getting the feeling of sunlight coming in from the right and getting the perspective correct on the shadows from the rows of trees.
Landscape Watercolour of Bristol, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
Bristol Bridge is an old bridge in central Bristol UK, on the 'floating harbour' of the city. This is a popular area now for upmarket riverside restaurants where diners can watch the swans or the numerous passing ferries. The buildings opposite were once drab post war offices which were bulldozed about 25 years ago and smarter offices and apartments taking their place.
Landscape Watercolour of Weston Super Mare, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
The Britannia Inn otherwise known as "The Brit" is a traditional English Pub situated on the High Street in Weston Super Mare in the South West of the UK. When we're lucky enough to have a sunny summer's day, it's a great place for a pint in the courtyard and watch the world go by.
Landscape Watercolour of Bristol, England, 15" x 11" on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
Westbury-on-Trym is a well to do suburb of the city of Bristol in the South West of England. Often referred to as Westbury village, it still has that feeling of a village even though it's been surrounded by many other districts all making up North Bristol. In this picture I tried to capture the light behind the memorial in the centre of the village. Before 1920 where the memorial is now, was a quaint old water fountain.
Landscape Watercolour of West Street W-S-M, 15" x 11" on Bockingford Rough 140 lbs
A quiet street in a busy part of Weston-Super-Mare, just before you get to the sea front (it's just over the middle building) and promenade. I was going for my 'H' composition on this one. Perhaps I could have chosen a more interesting subject, and have done my best by introducing a few figures in against the dark background - even though some of them look as if they've had too much to drink!
Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11" on Bockingford Rough Paper 140 lbs
The bottom of the High Street and the War Memorial on a small roundabout used most of the time as an easy way of turning around and going back up the street, but this time of year (early November) a point of remembrance of all those who gave up their lives in two World Wars and other conflicts.
Painting with the light behind you is quite difficult I think in watercolour (probably easier with oil) - few shadows to define shapes, and little contrasts of tone. Anyway I gave it my best shot.
Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11" on Bockingford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Another view of Chipping Sodbury High Street at the lower end of town, looking towards the 'Portcullis Hotel & Pub' (middle of painting) with the late afternoon sunshine coming across. The High Street remains unchanged with many old buildings 3 or 4 hundred years old and whilst not made of Cotswold stone, they have that same cosy look and feel.
Landscape Watercolour of Newquay Harbour, 15" x 11" on Bockingford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Tranquility at low tide in Newquay Harbour on the North Cornish coast. I thought this made a nice composition with the three different boats together, and their connected chains leading you into the picture. Also for me what pulled it together was the shadow coming across the picture adding another dimension.
Final day on the Joseph Zbukvic / EPC Course and final exercise is a practice of Joseph's trademark deep landscape, looking into the far distance, with a misty / hazy feeling to it. I left out his cows on mine, as being only a qtr sheet I thought I would over do it.
The last thing to go in was the chimney smoke, via a bit of dampening of the paper over the area of the smoke and then dropping in some white gouache.
Anyway in summary things learnt on this workshop:
Happy painting.
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