Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Lynmouth looking towards Exmoor

Landscape Watercolour of Lynmouth, 15" x 11"

A view of Lynmouth in North Devon, looking towards the Exmoor hills to the South.  My painting was based on a black and white 1930's photo I found, so I had to change some details around buildings, people etc.  Anyway the steps of this painting were, 1) sky and foreground wash, and then left to dry.  2) Far hills and then going darker for the middle ground hillside and doing some negative painting around the rooftops. 3) People and telegraph pole and 5) smoke rising from far building with some watered down gouache on dry paper.

 

Station Road, Yate

Landscape Watercolour of Yate, 15" x 11".

Station Road a main road running through my home town and an iconic Victorian Cottage next to the old Station Yard there.  This was a good practice of doing some wet in wet with the distant trees, made easier I think will better quality paper.  I have done this on cheaper paper, even cartridge paper, and the attempts are nearly always disastrous.  Saunders paper also tends to dry slower giving more time for this technique.

 

Cheddar Gorge, Somerset

Landscape Watercolour of Cheddar Gorge, 15" x 11"

A spectacular deep valley cut into the limestone, Cheddar Gorge (and it's caves) are a popular tourist spot just south of Bristol.  I tried to capture the light coming towards you and shining through the tree canopy.  In fact the lighter tree was the first thing I started with and then continued with a bit of negative painting around it to get the form of the leaves.

 

Lymington, Hampshire

Landscape Watercolour of Lymington, 15" x 11"

A pretty, Georgian market town, Lymington is situated on the southern edge of the New Forest, between Southampton and Bournemouth and at the western end of the Solent.  Apart from the placement of the buildings, I 'invented' the boat, car and people.  My source photo I took had little interest and the painting needed a little action.  The shadow on the left was very dark pigment and some water dropped in to make it less boring hopefully.  I also simplified the background - there was far too much detail of windows and structures on the buildings.

 

 

Ridgewood Community Centre Chipping Sodbury 3

Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11"

The rear entrance to Ridgewood Community Centre in Chipping Sodbury, home to my local art club up there on the first floor.  Not an obvious choice maybe for a sketch, being a fairly ordinary building with an older part of the left and the newer bit on the right.  I took the liberty of reducing the height of the building in order to accommodate the larger foreground car park (sorry Ridgewood).

 

Corfe Castle

Landscape Watercolour of Corfe Castle, 15" x 11"

Corfe Castle, Dorset, and the subject of Steve Hall's Winter competition.  The brief was from a source photo of the castle on a calm overcast day, make the scene a bit more dramatic.  Any UK watercolour artists out there, please give Steve's competition a go.  It's fun and he picks really interesting subjects for the quarterly challenge.  For Steve Hall's newsletter and next competition, click here.

Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs.

 

Chipping Sodbury High Street 3

Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11"

A traditional fruit and veg shop on Chipping Sodbury High Street.  A few washes went into the background buildings and a good bit of yellow ochre for the shop in the middle.  I deliberately made the roof lines sag in the middle to hopefully emphasize the age of the structures.

Painted on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs.

 

Welsh Back Bristol

Landscape Watercolour of Bristol, 11" x 15" 

A short stretch of inland waterway in Bristol called 'Welsh Back'.  This old part of Bristol is a popular place for Bars and restaurants, including part of my subject here (on the left), a boat called the 'Apple' and of course it's main theme is a range of local ciders, one of which is over 8% alcohol.  Not to be drunk before any serious painting.

 

Bristol Waterfront 2

Landscape Watercolour of Bristol, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough paper 140 lbs

Another sketch of the Waterfront area of Bristol near the centre of the city, and a near dusk scene. The picture I felt needed some interest with the background lights coming from the Bars, and their reflections done in parts with a little body paint.

 

Lynmouth Sea Front and Quayside

Landscape Watercolour of Lynmouth, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs

A view looking at the North Devon seaside town of Lynmouth looking towards the high coastal cliffs which form the edge of Exmoor.  The Rhenish tower on the quayside was destroyed by the terrible floods of 1952 which swept down through the town.  The tower has the resemblance of something medieval and the design originates from buildings on the Rhine.