Norton St Philip, Bath, 15" x 11"
A quickie plein air before lunch in the George - out with the Exiles last year and a painting expedition to Norton St Philip. This was the painting after my YouTube recording earlier (when I filmed myself painting via a bodycam). This was a slightly safer place to paint from being well on the pavement. A nice view Contra Jour down the main street. Painting done with my 3 colour painting palette!
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press paper 300 gms
Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Bristol Savages Wednesday night sketch night and the topic from the Chairman was "Nothing new under the Sun". So we then have 2 hours to come up with a painting without recourse to reference material. I took a typical French countryside view - a chateau, a few pencil-thin Italian Cypress Trees and some deep shadows across the scene.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Corsham, UK, 15" x 11"
The impressive entrance to Corsham Court, a large mansion house in the town of Corsham. From a trip with the Exiles Plein Air painting group. We would have liked to have painted the interior, but there was a hefty entrance fee, so not sure what jewels lie behind those gates. I took the shadow from the lovely leafy parkland behind as a useful foreground interest and blended a couple of figures into those.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Chipping Sodbury, UK, 15" x 11"
Quite a loose painting of Chipping Sodbury High Street. Simple first wash starting with the sky and then the background - a weak yellow coming to a warm value in the foreground. I was careful to do a bit of painting around the cars at this stage. Then when that was dry, I went in with the darks - starting with the background definition of the buildings up the High Street and then creating the figures and foreground shadows to connect.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
Lynmouth, UK, 22" x 15"
A demo I did last year to the Chippenham Art Society. Normally when I do demos to art groups I start the session by showing 8 possible scenes (normally photos I have taken relating to the chosen subject type) - in this case a seascape or harbour scene was requested. Then with a show of hands and trying to get a bit audience participation the photo with the most votes is the painting subject for the night. So this was chosen from a number of different harbour scenes - mainly UK ones.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
Watercolour 15" x 11"
Sometimes I just don't know what to paint, then watching a travel program or similar on TV an image just flashes by and just 'clicks' as a possible watercolour subject. So it was with the above some months ago now. I don't even know where it was - a Mediterranean country I guess, but it looked like a charming subject with a bit of everything - contrasts in values, boats, houses, colourful shrubs...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press paper 300 gms.
Laycock, UK 15" x 11"
A plein air done shortly after my YouTube 'Bodycam' recording but looking in the opposite direction up towards the abbey and a pretty tea shop on the right hand side. Only distraction were some Japanese Tourists asking directions for Harry Potter - I assume there was some exhibition on locally. Anyway a fairly loose and quick painting of this pretty village. Many painting subjects there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
Norton St Philip, UK, 15" x 11"
A plein air I did last year on a trip out with the 'Exiles' painting group. This was also filmed with my cheap little bodycam, but the traffic noise was even worse than my previous YouTube posting so I decided to ditch it. Anyway, perhaps a hint of a quiet view here despite the busy road between me perched on the side of the road and the church opposite.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
Chania, Crete, 15" x 11"
Tricky part with this painting was getting the trees right - their edges against the background and the softness of their colour. I let watercolour do what it does best - with combining wet washes a nice combination of colours appear and interesting bleeding patterns - just were I want them in the tree canopy.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms
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