Exmouth, Devon, 15" x 11"
A little inlet off the Exe Estuary in Exmouth. A row of boats at low tide and private homes backing onto the water's edge behind. Sometimes accidental figures appear from just leaving bits unpainted. And so it was with the two figures behind the main yacht. The front of one figure was added to with head and shoulders and then a companion was added with some highlights and a face. A watercolour incident.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Calle de Mijas, Spain, 15" x 11"
The main street in this coastal town on the Costa del Sol, Spain. As usual with pedestrian crossings, I like to rough them up a bit by either doing some dirty dry brush strokes at the outset, or in this case, splattering in a few directions to let the wet wash of the road travel down the paper and stripes a bit. Just a little. Also, a touch of lost and found with the trunks of the palm trees in the distance.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
Sidmouth, Devon UK, 15" x 11"
A warm up for the up and coming Bristol Savages visit to Sidmouth Devon, and plenty of plein air opportunities. Hope the UK weather stays good for us and there's no rain and plenty of sunshine. This is a sketch based on a photo I took on a visit a few years ago in Autumn. Lovely sea front with large Victorian style buildings. Just had to get in a large Ice Cream sign for effect...
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press Paper 300 gms.
Watercolour 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages Wednesday sketch night and the topic for the evening was 'Safely Home'. Many of us chose a nautical theme - boats returning to harbour etc... So I too, a scene perhaps of some beached fishing boats and fishermen discussing the days catch?? Maybe. A fair number of watercolour techniques in this - especially on the boats with wet in wet abd dry brush strokes along the hull.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms.
Might be a bit short notice for people, but I am running a painting workshop in Italy 4-6 May in Volpedo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It's around the annual conference celebrating Italian Artist Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868 – 1907) who was an Italian neo-impressionist painter.
Please contact the organisation for more details.
Click below for the English prospectus...
Burano, Italy, 15" x 11"
From a recent YouTube demo of mine (video number 34) explaining simplification of a scene (all those buildings in the background), composition, perspective and reflections. And yes the bell tower does actually lean ! Not sure how dangerous it is. Anyway and enjoyable demo. If anyone has any recommendations for a future YouTube video subject, please let me know.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Bristol, UK, 15" x 11"
My fourth demo from my January 2018 workshop, this time an exercise in painting boats, reflections and of course perspective. A scene from Hotwells in Bristol. It was also an exercise in simplification: Those cottages on the right hand side had a lot of detail. Put too much in and that would have been the focal point perhaps fo rthe painting, and a bad place stuck over there on the right side. I will be running more workshops later in the year. Please keep coming back to this site for an announcement or join my mailing list.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper and 300 gms.
Watercolour - 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages sketch night on Wednesday and the topic decided by the Chairman for the evening was 'Together'. This was interpreted by my fellow artists in a number of ways - groups of animals, boats, figures and inanimate objects. I decided to go with a simple scene - some people together. So we have 2 hours to complete a painting without access to any reference material.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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