Biddestone, UK, 15" x 11"
Trying to prove to myself that you can do a number of paintings from the same spot, but just look in a different direction. Useful exercise and here what captured me was really just the table with its slats all leading into the composition. Also with the sun having moved around after lunch, a great chance to do some contra jour ans and have a figure coming towards me.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
Biddestone, Wiltshire, 15" x 11"
Just a slightly different angle from #1 plein air, and a view right down the front of the White Horse pub and the row of pretty cottages on this side of the village centre. I raised the pub sign just a little to suit the composition. Can't remember if there really was a 'Real Ale' sign there, but they served real ales in the pub anyway! Last painting before lunch on the day with the 'Exiles' Plein Air painting group.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A third plein air after a hearty lunch and a pint of Wadworths of course (The Wadworths brewery is in the town). This is the Corn Exchange. It was getting rather cold and windy by now, so this was done in about 40 minutes. The market had packed up and so was I. Just a really simple scene and those can be the most enjoyable to paint. Had a bit of fun with the splattering for the foliage effect top right. Thanks to Frank and Mel, fellow Exiles for staying on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
My 2nd plein air on a recent trip to Devizes, done in about 30 minutes, so I had to crack on or I would miss lunch and a pint with the 'Exiles' Painting Group. So a contra jour which I like doing and an amalgamation of cars on the street - just thinking about shapes. A banner across the street is a handing thing to join the two sides from a composition point of view.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A recent trip out with my friends of the 'Exiles'. Location was Devizes in Wiltshire - a market town in central Wiltshire, and we were there on Market Day! What luck. As soon as I arrived in the centre, here was the scene in front of me from the other side of the street. I looked at it and thought triangles and 45 degree angles. So a lot of repetition - the market stalls, the shadow on the van, shadows coming from the monument on the right, and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A recent trip out with my friends of the 'Exiles'. Location was Devizes in Wiltshire - a market town in central Wiltshire, and we were there on Market Day! What luck. As soon as I arrived in the centre, here was the scene in front of me from the other side of the street. I looked at it and thought triangles and 45 degree angles. So a lot of repetition - the market stalls, the shadow on the van, shadows coming from the monument on the right, and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Malmesbury, Wiltshire, 11" x 15"
Another plein air from a recent Malmesbury trip with my painting group - the Exiles. This one was filmed by Mel - Thanks Mel for being so patient. It was quickly put up on my YouTube Channel. I will try and do more outside videos and live if I can, once I can work out the best technology to use and camera angle. So difficult to decide camera on the left of me (and then not see the palette) or camera on the right of me (and possibly my hand will hide what I am painting)
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
Malmesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
A plein air sketch done in the centre of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. A pretty market town, I found myself a shady spot right on the pavement and just painted what I saw. So quite a loose one, a fellow artist commented - "people won't understand the marks you made there" and what watercolour was doing with these blooms. I quite like it myself. It's the wonder of waterolour. Some may try and avoid them or hide them - I like them.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Norton St Philip, Bath, 15" x 11"
A quickie plein air before lunch in the George - out with the Exiles last year and a painting expedition to Norton St Philip. This was the painting after my YouTube recording earlier (when I filmed myself painting via a bodycam). This was a slightly safer place to paint from being well on the pavement. A nice view Contra Jour down the main street. Painting done with my 3 colour painting palette!
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press paper 300 gms
Corsham, UK, 15" x 11"
The impressive entrance to Corsham Court, a large mansion house in the town of Corsham. From a trip with the Exiles Plein Air painting group. We would have liked to have painted the interior, but there was a hefty entrance fee, so not sure what jewels lie behind those gates. I took the shadow from the lovely leafy parkland behind as a useful foreground interest and blended a couple of figures into those.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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