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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Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"
A smallish canal in Venice and a fairly typical scene with figures and small boats. Quite a loose picture done with my three colour palette and a bit of fun trying to connect all the different shapes - the background - the boats up the canal side and the figures almost as one. Just a minor bit of the use of white gouache on the railings on the bridge.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"
Didn't know what to call this one, but then it was obvious - a guy on a barge in Venice. Much of the scene with the boat and figure is made up, but a proper square and bell tower behind. This is just up the canal from a recent YouTube video I published recently. Well that one was in the shadows but this one is more in the light. With many narrow streets and canals in Venice, there's plenty of opportunities to have light and shade.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300gms.
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Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"
The Arsenale area of Venice and a fairly quiet canal. Based on a photo of mine taken last year. Good exercise in simplification and leaving out all the architectural details and just going for an impression of the old buildings and all the different colours you find in their old facades. Again a contra jour, into the light study which works well for figures and light things against the shadows.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Here's my latest YouTube Video up on my YouTube Channel. This time an exercise in painting shadows and with the light behind me!
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Pisa, Italy, 15" x 11"
I'm probably the only artist to visit Pisa and not paint the leaning tower. The side streets and little squares around the area however are a lot more interesting. This is the Via Santa Maria leading up to the tower from the centre of the city to the south. A small ice cream cafe here on the corner of the square and looking into the light with almost abstract shapes of figures and cars.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
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Here is my latest watercolor video, based on a photo sent by a subscriber to my YouTube Channel. This is a coastal scene in Southern Italy - Pizzo Calabria. Thanks Luciano for sending me your photos.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press paper 300 gms.
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Pisa, Italy, 15" x 11"
Just down from the Tower of Pisa, a wide street and a lovely shadow across a building at the back of a square. I have videoed this but undecided whether to publish or not. I think the theme would have been something like how to make dominant shadows a bit more interesting rather than a big dark area. Well please let me know if you think it would make a worthy YouTube video!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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