Watercolour 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages Sketch Night and the topic for the evening - "The promise of things to come". So you then have two hours to do a painting based on that topic, without the use of any reference material! I decided to go with a French Cafe scene and a waiter emerging from the shadows with a bottle of Bordeaux for a couple of customers. Quite a simple composition and the shadows repeating the edge of the roof.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300gms
Canada, 15" x 11"
A painting from a recent one to one workshop I did online. Something new for me as I don't normally do lakes, fir trees, but this was a nice challenge and I might end up doing more of these when I tire of boats/street scenes - you never know where art takes you in a virtual way. What attracted me to the source photo was the fact it had a bit of everything - foreground, middle and background interest and lovely stillish reflections in the lake. I popped in the small boat as an afterthought - I think it needed something out there on the left as a focal point and the floating log almost pointing to it.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
St Foy la Grande, France, 15" x 11"
The focus for this one were the lovely colourful umbrellas and bunting strung across the street here on market day. So less focus on the foreground and market stalls and trying to capture the bright sunlight reaching the narrow streets below. A few tricky bits to paint around, but kept it fairly loose.
I have recorded a video of this one. Worth publishing?
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press paper, 300 gms.
Watercolour, 15" x 11"
New season started at my Art Society - The Bristol Savages. On a Wednesday night we are given a topic to paint in two hours. No reference material is allowed so it has to be done from memory! Subject for our last session was 'High and Mighty'. Well I came up with a tall church tower. Other artists came up with majestic tall trees, mountain ranges, tall sailing ships and even a vicar!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
Funchal, Madeira, 15" x 11"
A bustling area featuring historic homes, some with painted doors, plus lots of restaurants & bars where you can sit outside and do people watching or painting of course. Here I have gone fro strong sunlight and lots of angular shadows - almost quite abstract for me. Had to include a couple of figures for scale, emerging from the foreground, and added the one way sign helping with the composition pointing into the middle.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press paper, 300 gms.
Fabriano, Italy, 15" x 11"
Not sure exactly where this is in Fabriano, but it struck me as a half decent subject for a watercolour despite me not often choosing to go with the light behind me (I prefer contra jour or the light coming from the side, to help with values and contrasts). I had a little help with a bold shadow on the right and me sticking a lightly coloured figure against a dark background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
Vernazza, Italy, 15" x 11"
A painting I have done a good few months ago and videoed but no commentary added to it as yet. I am 50/50 whether I upload as I am not sure what the subject of the painting might be. Maybe use of White paint in watercolour? I thought it made a good subject from a composition point of view with the sweep of the promenade leading into the central square at the back of the harbour.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press 300 gms
Villefranche-de-Lonchat, France, 15" x 11"
I think I have used quite a few watercolour techniques for this one! Wet in wet, negative painting, dry brush strokes, splattering and washes of course. Also plenty of different edges - soft and hard. A little courtyard in a cafe in the charming village of Villefranche-de-Lonchat in SW France.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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