Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
This is the wide canal which encircles the older part of Livorno. There are many boats moored to the waterfront, which I presume belong in the most part to residents right there. So I thought this made for a nice composition. Some key reflections and then the row of boats in sort of a fan shape.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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San Sebastian, Spain, 15" x 11"
I quite doing little compositions like this with boats. So imagine you're standing on the quayside. You are looking into the sun, so there's light reflecting off the water. Then a fan shape of boats, but pointing into the middle. And last some rigging to help. The buoy was an afterthought. I had that dominant boat on the right and I needed to balance it with something extra on the left. Could have been a figure in the left-hand boat....
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Ronda. Spain, 15" x 11"
A walk down a side street in Ronda, Spain. Connections are an important thing in watercolour. I think it works well when you have connected shapes by the same tonal value - so here the smaller figure with the shadows from the buildings. Also part of the figures right-hand side has the same value as the street. So not much painting is done to create the figure, but what's left gives the impression of a person there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Here is my latest video posted recently up on my YouTube Channel. This time a scene based on the French Town/City of Perigeux. Some lovely bright buildings and shadows across the foreground. Again, I move things around to suit the composition.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper 300 gms
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Saint Junien, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The Place Deffuas in Saint Junien, France. The church entrance is on the left. A small square in front, shops on the right and a slight slope down the road. Nice opportunity for some high contrast with cars being light against a dark background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Chania, Crete, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A dull day harbour scene, Chania in Crete. I think the composition works with the balance of the background buildings, the curve of the quayside and the position of the boats. Maybe I could have had the horizon higher to make more of a feature of the reflections....
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Fabriano, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A painting based on a reference photo from an IWS visit to Fabriano, I think back in 2014. It's great when the paint takes a long time to dry (I guess when the atmosphere is more humid, it's colder and the paper is already damp) and you get more time to work in some softer brush marks.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
A view down St John's Place in Bath. Lovely buildings I think in the Georgian Style, and quite a challenge to get the stonework the correct colour. It's a busy area, being near to the Theatre Royal, so needs a few people wandering about.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Porthleven, Cornwall, 15" x 11"
Another boaty scene and an almost made up composition of Porthleven Harbour, at low tide looking towards sea and the pub on the headland. Two things that make small boats like this more convincing in a painting are - some fenders along the side and paint lines down the top of the hull.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Looking down on 4 small boats, moored along the canal by Scali Monzani, in Livorno, Italy. I liked the symmetry of the scene, the equal-sized middle boats, 2 larger boats on the sides, some abstract shapes of shadows and reflections and then the repetition of the ropes.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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