Watercolour 15" x 11"
Wednesday night sketch night at the Bristol Savages. 2 hours to paint a topic given by the chairman of the night without use of any reference material! Topic was "Sunshine Remembered"
So an Italianesque scene and deep shadows in the foreground and light hitting the distant buildings. A few figures for interest.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Lido, Venice, 15" x 11"
Cedars are one of my favourite trees (wish I had a Cedar of Lebanon) so I could not resist this attempt at the top of a blue cedar just popping over the roof tops at the Lido, Venice. I suppose an ordinary street scene, but jazz it up with some light and shade and a couple of street signs, row of park cars. Probably I prefer doing this sort of scene than the run of the mill gondolas and canals.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Cagliari, Sardinia, 15" x 11"
Another fun exercise in some splattering and connecting (joining up major objects in the composition). A scene of people under the shade of a canopy in the Piazza Yenne area of Cagliari. Some made up figures going in different directions and the background deliberately kept simple. Also quite a limited palette used for this and concentrating on tonal values.
Painted on Saunders Waterford. Cold Press, NOT, 300 gms
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Fabriano, Italy, 15" x 11"
Not sure exactly where this is in Fabriano, but it struck me as a half decent subject for a watercolour despite me not often choosing to go with the light behind me (I prefer contra jour or the light coming from the side, to help with values and contrasts). I had a little help with a bold shadow on the right and me sticking a lightly coloured figure against a dark background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
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Vernazza, Italy, 15" x 11"
A painting I have done a good few months ago and videoed but no commentary added to it as yet. I am 50/50 whether I upload as I am not sure what the subject of the painting might be. Maybe use of White paint in watercolour? I thought it made a good subject from a composition point of view with the sweep of the promenade leading into the central square at the back of the harbour.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press 300 gms
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Here's my latest Watercolour Demo up on my YouTube Channel, this time a scene in Venice (yes, another one!) and focusing on tips for simplifying the scene.
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Vernazza, Italy, 15" x 11"
A simple sketch using the format of a shady foreground, a brightly lit background and some silhouetted figures on the harbour wall. A suggestion of a row of boats moored up on the right with some simple reflections. As I regularly do, I like to connect the different elements up in the picture - the shadows to people, the right hand figure to the boats and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Fabriano, Italy, 15" x 11"
Yes, Fabriano where the other paper comes from. Based on a photo of mine from a visit a few years ago. It's sometimes a good idea to keep going back over older reference photos and those you dismissed before, maybe suitable now, especially if your style of painting has changed over time. Which was the case with this one. I jazzed it up a bit with some people (my photo had none or they were way in the background).
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Cagliari, Sardinia, 15" x 11"
I love trying to get the form of trees. They all have their own character and shape. Here are some Umbrella Pines (or Pinus pinea for the arborists out there) or parasol pines as they are called in France. Very characteristic tree with a spherical crown flattened at the top and a strong, straight or leaning trunk, creating a lovely parasol shape. So a scene of bright sunlight, the intense green of some healthy pines (they can get a bit grey and thin if drought stressed), terracotta buildings and blue sky. Oh, and a couple of figures thrown in.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Here is my latest watercolour tutorial up on my YouTube Channel, this time I share my 5 tips for painting loose - e.g. I stand rather than sit. Let me know what you think.
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