Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #7 - Day visit to Cinque Terre

Day 4 on last years painting holiday at the Watermill in Posara and a day trip to the nearby Cinque Terre.  These are 5 very pretty coastal villages, all very different in size and character.  This is Riomaggiore, quite a narrow, steep town which leads down to a small protected bay with a single slipway into the sea.  So this is looking up into the town.  I really travelled light on the trip - my 3-colour palette, two brushes (a mop and a small round) and a piece of corex plastic as my board.  No Easel.  So I held the board with my left hand and had the palette on some rocks to my right.  I used seawater of course instead of fresh.  Seemed to work okay.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #6 - Fivizzano - all quiet after the market had gone

Day 3 at the Watermill in Posara painting holiday 2018 and after the market had gone, left a very quiet town in Fivizzano, Tuscany, so we could wander around the streets and pick another painting scene. A little bit of drizzly rain stopped play around 4 pm. So I picked just an ordinary street corner and a small square at the bottom of Fivizzano.  #pleinairpainting #watercolor #tuscany #stcmill

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #3 - Fivizzano Market Day Plein Air

Day 3 last year on the WaterMill Posara painting holiday and a trip to nearby Fivizzano. It's market day on Tuesday, in the central square and around the Medici Fountain. When painting plein air with lots of people around you as in this market, it's probably best to position yourself somewhere out of the way (I was on the side of the market, up against a wall) and comfortable. #watercolorpainting #tuscany #watermill #pleinairpainting #stcmill

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #4 - Steps to Verrucola Castle

#pleinairpainting #watercolorpainting Plein air painting number 4 on last years trip to Tuscany as tutor on an October Painting week at the Watermill in Posara. This one is of the steps leading up to the castle of Verrucola up in the mountains. Lovely afternoon in some sun with fellow artists from all over the world. Painted on Saunders Waterford, #stcmill

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #3 - Verrucola

Verrucola, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Monday, and a visit slightly up in the mountains to the village of Verrucola.  Here, we all positioned ourselves on or around the bridge leading into the village with lots of different painting options - the front of the village as I did, up the valley or a view of the mountains in the background.  Lunchtime and a delicious hearty stew washed down with some local red wine.  Ready for some loose painting in the afternoon.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #2 - Plein Air & living dangerously on the main road

Posara, Italy, 15" x 11"

The Afternoon on the first day and for the second plein air I decided to take our group up to the main road from the Mill and do a bit of street painting and a view towards the lovely village church and tower.  The only minor hazard being on the road is to tuck yourself close into the side walls as much as possible to avoid the Sunday afternoon traffic.  I also broke out my 3-colour palette on this one.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

 

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #1

Fivizzano, Italy, 15" x 11"

The very first plein air picture from last years painting holiday where I was the tutor for a week in the lovely Tuscany countryside (Watermill at Posara).  So this was an easy composition to get everyone on my course into the swing of things with a few simple shapes and colours, and if you wanted to, insert a few figures.  Well, I had to put in an artist and easel, of course, this being a painting holiday.  More details of the workshops I run, please click on the menu item above.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

 

Some lucky splattering on the wheel - Fabriano

Fabriano, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

I'm in to splattering at the moment - in moderation though.  Trying not to overdo it.  But I thought the lucky strike on the nearby car wheel arch was just on target.  Normally with wheels of cars, I try to understate them.  To me they just don't look right with perfect wheels - tyres and so on.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Bristol Savages Sketch Night - Sunshine Remembered

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

 

Blue Cedar on the Lido - Venice

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