Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Hay Bales Dordogne

Dordogne, France,  Watercolour, 15" x 11"

An imaginary scene taking inspiration from the Dordogne countryside and a late summer field.  So straw bales, you can put them where you want to suit the composition.  As long as you observe their format - the texture, a flat bottom because they weigh so heavy and the stubble of the field and where they cut the hay, the bales are lying at right angles to the rows, if you see what I mean.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Contre Jour Yate Rocks, UK

My favourite aspect, contre jour and painting against the light.  Yate Rocks again, near me, and a view up the road back into Yate from the river.  This semi lockdown has a nice effect of making me think more about local subjects.  How many great paining opportunities are there within a mile or two of your home, or even your garden (if you are lucky to have one)?

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Old Vineyard Monte dei Bianchi

Tuscany, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Old Vineyard at Monte dei Bianchi.  A hot autumn day and the afternoon sun casting its rays across the vine - maybe the grapes have just been harvested.   An old vineyard with some old posts at quirky angles can make for an interesting composition.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Up the hill to...St Emilion (France)

St Emilion, France, 15" x 11"

A simple composition of one of the roads leading into the small town of St Emilion in SW France.  And two ways of painting trees in watercolour:  A small fully loaded brush and some dry brush strokes.  

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Up the hill to...St Emilion (France)

St Emilion, France, 15" x 11"

A simple composition of one of the roads leading into the small town of St Emilion in SW France.  And two ways of painting trees in watercolour:  A small fully loaded brush and some dry brush strokes.  

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Compton Dando demo 2019 - demo to local art group

Demo #1

Demo 2

A recent visit back to Compton Dando Art Society and two local scenes to them.  It was a two-hour session, so I did one before the coffee break and one after.  I took it as a demo of course of watercolour, but also values.

Both painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

End of the road St Gerauds SW France

Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"

Just an ordinary country lane with a bit of negative painting - painting around objects to keep their lighter value - as in the tree trunks on the right and the round road sign.  However when it comes to highlights on figures, sometimes you've just got to reach for a little white gouache.  As you can see, I don't mind cauliflowers in watercolour.  I sometimes encourage them and they really work I think in foliage.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Dashcam painting - somewhere in Dordogne France

Dordogne, France, 15" x 11"

Another painting based on a dashcam image of mine.  Do you have a dashcam?  Many people use them now and it's surprising how many images you may have lurking on your device which might make decent subjects for a painting.  So here's mine, a quiet country road in SW France, could be anywhere.  But a play on light and shade and an accidental figure coming towards us.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Across the field to the forest

Watercolour 15" x 11"

Another rural scene leading on from my last posting.  I am trying to perfect the look of tall pine trees.  They seem to loose their lower branches, save for a few stubs, and then gain more of a lollipop look about them.  Here the forest is mixed in with some deciduous species and the foreground is winter grass.  Good to do a bit of scraping to get the grassy look, which I don't normally do.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms.

 

2 Demos to Exmouth Art Group

Here are the two demos I did last year to Exmouth Art Group as a one day workshop.  So what I normally do on the workshops is that we do things in stages - first I do the outline sketch, then the attendees do their sketch, then I do the first wash, then they do their wash...and so on....

Each painting here is 22" x 15" 

A rural lane and an exercise in simplifying the scene and composition

Newquay harbour and an exercise in painting boats and simple reflections

All painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper