Probably one that is impossible to do as a plein air - continual looking up at the subject then looking down to paint. Not sure. A bit of an experiment just painting the facade of this old building in Libourne South West France.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was "Grand designs on land sea and air". So we have 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web).
I based mine on a scene from St Tropez...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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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
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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
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Bergerac, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
I think every good watercolour painting needs at least one 'clean' line. Something dominant to lead the eye to or towards a key object. So here I tried this with the angled support to the shop blind.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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St Emilion, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
One of the main 'squares' in St Emilion, a famous centre of the wine industry, certainly in France. Just playing on light and shade here in this square, with light catching the foreground and umbrellas, and the some darks with the shadows and the main tree in the centre of the square.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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St Foy la Grande, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Something summery for a late autumn posting and a bit of warm and cool here on the Rue Louis Pasteur in the market town of St Foy la Grande.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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St Foy la Grande, France, 15" x 11"
For some reason, a street scene without people! Not usual for me. I suspect my reference photo was taken after the Saturday Market, mid afternnon in summer and devoid of anyone. Makes a change. If I had to include a figure, I probably would have sneaked one in one the right hand side, joining the middle ground to the background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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St Foy la Grande, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Place Jean Jaures, painted here just after the Saturday market has ended. So fewer people and an easier scene to paint. Here and not so often for me, I paint with the sun behind me, so casting some tricky shadows across the scene and a little more difficult to get figures looking right.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Bergerac, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
One of the old streets in Bergerac, SW France. A favourite spot for me to paint. So many painting opportunities, especially on a sunny day where you can get some interesting shadows being cast over the scene. I went quite dark and cool on this one for the shadows to give maximum contrast with the warmth above.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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