Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Venice Practice #4 - Using my 3-colour palette

Venice Italy, 15" x 11".

My 4th practice painting for my up and coming trip.  This time I am using my 3-colour lightweight plastic palette which I may well be using over there.  I have to think about mixing those light greens for the water - takes a bit of thinking about the combination and is a more bluey green I think.   I sometimes miss some opportunities to make figures out of patches of paper left unpainted e.g. Middle boat looks like 2 figures in the distance, perhaps on the quayside or another boat.

 

 

Watercolour demo - Rome

Rome, Italy, 15" x 11"

A watercolour from a recent demo and based on a photo.  So a typical Italian scene with an iconic Pinus pinea umbrella like pine tree casting it's shadow over the ochre walls of the building behind.  I changed a few things from the reference photo - people and cars to help the composition and some foreground shadow.

 

Venice Practice #3

Venice, Italy, 15" x 11".

A third practice for my up and coming Venice Workshop.  This time a row of moored boats and some sun coming over the tops of some buildings.  I'm hoping for some sun when I go.  Rather depressing looking back at all my cloudy and over cast photos from 2012.  Reflections in water are a lot easier with as big a mop brush as you can get away with and which has a nice point or flat edge to it.

 

Venice Practice #2

Venice, Italy, 15" x 11".

A second practice for my up and coming Venice Workshop/Holiday.  This time one of the smaller canals that lead into the Grand Canal.  Another iconic bridge, this time with some lovely stone balustrades.  Not sure yet if this is very common in Venice, but I will soon see.  Based on an overcast day and the light coming from the top right.

 

Saint Mark's Basilica - Too many pigeons

Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"

Based on an old black and white photo taken by a friend, this was a very quick sketch of Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice.  Probably a challenge to paint with all those architectural details, domes and spires.  And then those pigeons - too many to paint them all, so I summarise by just doing a few - almost dabs of paint with a little twist and then a shadow below.  Hopefully gives the impression.  Also, for all those people, I drew them in first then the background.

 

Painting Holiday with Tim Wilmot in beautiful Venice, 26th September to 3rd October 2017

Painting Holiday with Tim Wilmot in beautiful Venice

September 26th to October 3rd 2017

Paint with me around different locations in Venice for 6 days! There will be lots of demonstrations by me and one-to-one tuition. It is entirely up to you if you want to jump in and out of painting, or you can take advantage of ‘sightseeing’ at your leisure. We paint away from the busy tourist locations, but everywhere is a painting location in Venice. You are of course welcome to site see as much as you want.

This week is perfect if you want to come with a non-painting partner as there is so much for them to see and do in Venice whilst you are out and about painting and they can join you with a big discount. You are spoilt for choice in this romantic, historic city. All the pleasure, quality tutoring and congenial company you’ve come to expect from Arte Umbria who are organising this holiday, but this time it will be in this beauteous location. Places are limited so early booking is advised.

Corso della Republica, Fabriano, Italy 2

Fabriano, Italy, 15" x 11".

A view down to the central square in Fabriano.  I was going for two focal points here - the first one with the guy on the left in light clothing with the dark arch behind and then the angular shadow on the right hand red building.  For the shadows in the bottom right hand corner I dropped in clear water while the wash was still damp, and added in thicker, darker paint for the deeper shadows by the car and the figure.

 

Piazza della Republica, Ancona, Italy

Ancona, Italy, 15" x 11".

Steps to this painting - 1) the sky, not to wet, mainly cerulean blue and paint down to the roof tops.  Then 2) background buildings a warmer wash of yellows and oranges, and a nice contrast to the cooler sky.  This wash is brought down into the foreground and made a little cooler with ultramarine blue and burnt sienna in a weak consistency.  3) After the wash is 100% dry, then details of the background buildings, roof tops and windows.  4) The right hand building and the dark angular shadow and the foreground shadow.  5) Cars and figures.  Some of the figures connect the background and the foreground shadows and allowed to bleed a little. Finally 6) a few highlights with white gouache.

 

 

Corso della Republica, Fabriano, Italy, 2

Fabriano, Italy, 15" x 11".

Corso della Republica running through the middle of Fabriano in Italy.  A scene crying our for warm against cool with the warn terracotta buildings and some cooler shadows.  I introduced a bit of a horizontal light band across the middle of the composition and then connect above and below with figures and some shadow extensions on the left.  I have the white car positioned against the darkest area of the painting for high contrast.

 

Shop window reflections, Fabriano, Italy

Fabriano, Italy, 22" x 15".

Via Enrico Cialdini, Fabriano.  With some big shop windows, a chance to experiment with some reflections.  This is the main street going through the middle of this beautiful Italian town and there's plenty of traffic.  If I did this scene again, I might try and have the light coloured person swapped with the dark person to its right.  Having the dark figure in front of a white car and a lighter person in front of a dark background might make the picture totally different.  The smoke effects are done with some white gouache dropped into moist clear water.  It's normally the last stage of the painting.