Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The Piazza Garibaldi (I think I have painted many Garibaldi named streets and squares) in Livorno, and I love painting these scenes where we have a dark foreground and a light background. For me, it creates a nice atmosphere of you are in a cool place and you are looking towards light and warmth.
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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Riomaggiore, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
I could have painted in this place all day. Just down by these boats, and with the changing sunlight directions, many painting subjects become possible. And the view down to the sea has a great help for composition with the opposite sides of the buildings.
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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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
This is the wide canal which encircles the older part of Livorno. There are many boats moored to the waterfront, which I presume belong in the most part to residents right there. So I thought this made for a nice composition. Some key reflections and then the row of boats in sort of a fan shape.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Fabriano, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A painting based on a reference photo from an IWS visit to Fabriano, I think back in 2014. It's great when the paint takes a long time to dry (I guess when the atmosphere is more humid, it's colder and the paper is already damp) and you get more time to work in some softer brush marks.
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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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Looking down on 4 small boats, moored along the canal by Scali Monzani, in Livorno, Italy. I liked the symmetry of the scene, the equal-sized middle boats, 2 larger boats on the sides, some abstract shapes of shadows and reflections and then the repetition of the ropes.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Ancona, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The bridge over to the cultural centre in Ancona. A big fortress-style building as an island in the harbour. Just a simple scene with a couple of boats and some reflections. White gouache used for some highlights.
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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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
Via Arsenale, from the port to the town. A busy road with lots of port traffic. I ended up with bands of cool and warm - cool sky, warm buildings then cool foreground and shadows. Not sure what was happening in the bottom right corner - I dabbed my fingertip in the still wet paint, ended up with a circle, so I started making abstract shapes in there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
When I don't know exactly where I painted this, I call the painting 'street corner...'. I try to avoid have a large object, as part of a car on the immediate edge of a painting, so the bottom left, it's still in there but made into an abstract shape, to make it 'anything'. Another of my 3-colour palette paintings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Livorno. Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The New Venice Area of Livorno. The canal here, if that's the correct word, takes a sharp right-angled bend to the left after the bridge. A lovely scene, with small craft lined up along the canal sides and the sun coming in from a perfect angle across the buildings.
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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Riomaggiore, Italy, 15" x 11"
Another painting of this village on the Cinque Terre, and those iconic striped tarps covering the boats. So I went for the value change here between the light of the parasols and the dark shadows left. There's a little platform under the parasols with some outdoor seating for the cafe. So just an impression of some people sitting in the shade.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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