Castillon, France, 15" x 11"
A real quickie Plein air before lunch on the second day of my French trip. I decided that I was in quite a cool and shady spot, not causing any obstruction to market pedestrians, and so did this one looking down the street from the centre of town. Painted in about 30 minutes.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold press, 300 gms
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Castillon, France, 15" x 11"
Day 2 (Monday) and we're in the town of Castillon on the River Dordogne. A nice market here and chance to paint from the shade looking towards a lovely building in the sun and some figures/shoppers in the market.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Saint Seurin, France, 15" x 11"
The market at Saint Seurin on a Sunday morning and the first picture as 'tutor/leader' on a Painting Holiday I organised. So a contra jour to start with. The location I chose was about the only spot where I could paint. It was so busy! With plein air painting, when it's a hot day, there is an argument to say, find somewhere comfortable first and then paint what you see.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Here is my latest video posted recently up on my YouTube Channel. This time a scene based on the French Town/City of Perigeux. Some lovely bright buildings and shadows across the foreground. Again, I move things around to suit the composition.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper 300 gms
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Saint Junien, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The Place Deffuas in Saint Junien, France. The church entrance is on the left. A small square in front, shops on the right and a slight slope down the road. Nice opportunity for some high contrast with cars being light against a dark background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Riberac, France, 15" x 11"
I have painted this town in France a few times but was playing around trying to get the colour of the buildings here in France. In this one, I use mainly a combination of cerulean blue and burnt sienna to get the colour of the stone. I tried to keep everything soft, with just a few hard edges. Trying to paint in a loose style was a challenge with the windows and I think I fell into that trap with the windows on the right. Too detailed now I look at them.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Eymet, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The sky is normally the first thing I paint, but not with this one. I wanted to go for a deep blue sky, darker in value than the buildings. So I painted the buildings and foreground first, then went in with my dark blue sky, carefully painting around the outline of the tops of roofs. It sort of worked.
I did a video of this. Is it worth putting it up on YouTube?
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Montpon Menesterol, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Did this a little while back and made a video of it but have not edited and added commentary yet. Would it be worthwhile publishing on YouTube? So with this painting, I took just a very ordinary street scene. Very ordinary, but I liked the shade in the foreground, the light against the house on the right and the balance of the two no entry road signs. Simple things!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number three is a few boats in the old port area of Marseille, France.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Libourne, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A 'round' square if I can call it that, in central Libourne in South West France. So a few of the buildings here are curved, so introduces a few challenges when trying to get their shape looking correct. I went with a loose approach and introduced a shadow in the foreground and a few figures in the shade. Cars very loosely painted also, using quite a bit of wet in wet technique.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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