Landscape Watercolour of Bristol, 15" x 11"
Part of the historic heart of Bristol, Corn Street with it's old bank and municipal buildings are now home to a busy street market and farmer's market. I went very dark with the deep shadows with the aid of neutral tint, but I think it turned out okay with the contrast of the light hitting the parasols.
Landscape Watercolour of Borough Market, 15" x 11"
My depiction of Borough Market based on a photo of mine and trying to capture a dark & wet January day. This is one of the entrances to the market with the impressive classical frontage. Apart from the obvious wet in wet on the reflections in the road, I added a little chinese white to the grey tones of the building as an experiment.
Landscape Watercolour of Jerusalem, 15" x 11"
A busy market scene in Jerusalem, with oriental rugs hung high and the surrounding of the ancient buildings of the old part of town. Stages in this painting were 1) Sky, 2) Wash over most of the painting of yellow ochre and then left to dry. 3) In with the darks going around the figures with a bit of negative painting (actually done with quite a large mop brush) and then 5) figures & details.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11"
The church tower of San Miguel serves as a useful landmark if you're ever lost at the busy Sunday market in the old capital town of Teguise. I can remember doing the foreground in one go with bold dry brush strokes, and leaving a bit of the paper below to enhance a bit of sunlight sparkle on the surface.
Saunders Waterford Rough Paper, 140 lbs.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Sunday's Market Day in the old capital town of Teguise on Lanzarote Island. There's all sorts of vendors there from arts & crafts, clothing, local foods and British burgers and bangers. The stalls line all the narrow central streets. I think with this painting what worked well for me was the framing of the two side walls and merging in the characters into the shadows.
Landscape Watercolour of Lagos, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Located facing the fishing port, this building was built in 1924 to originally house just the towns fruit and veg market but was also devoted to selling fish in the last 1950's. The wonderful selection of freshly caught seafood is housed on the ground floor while fruit, vegetables, freshly baked bread, and an open-air terrace with restaurant can be found upstairs.
Landscape Watercolour of Alexandria, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Another painting of Alexandria, a popular painting subject for me, and a market scene near the port area. I think the stripes of the shop blinds and other opposing horizontal lines make this for me. If I attempted the scene again, I might loose the car on the left. I think it probably draws the eye too much over that side, or at least I could have made it less overworked.
Landscape Watercolour of Alexandria, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Alexandria has to be one of my favourite subjects for watercolour - it's perfect for the medium with the light, the contrasts between light and dark, and perfect compositions with the typical street scenes. I'll have to go back some time and take hundreds more reference photos cuz I'm running out.
Landscape Watercolour of Agadir, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
The Eastern entrance to the main municipal market in Agadir, the Souk El or Al Had - a very large covered market selling everything from spices , veg, clothing to electrical goods. If you're an animal lover, don't go near the livestock area of the market - you'll come across loads of live chickens ready for sale. If you go to the Souk by Taxi, don't ask for the Market as they'll most likely take you to the local carpet and craft store for a hard sell. But the Souk's a great place to wander and do some haggling.
Landscape Watercolour of Alexandria, Egypt, on Bockingford NOT Paper 140 lbs
An anonymous back street in Alexandria near the bay area, with street vendors selling various fruit and veg. For the smoke I used the JZ technique of first ensuring where you want the smoke the paper is very dry. Then wet in the area the smoke will cover, and drop in some watered down white gouache or watercolour in the top portion and make the mix as you go down stronger to the source ending up with almost pure pigment.
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