Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Demo Painting to the Bristol Art Group - Porlock Weir

Porlock Weir, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

My first demo painting to the Bristol Art Group and a simple composition - easy background, cottages on the left, a boat, a figure and a light sign against a dark background.  And using a few different watercolor techniques - wash (of course), wet in wet, dry brush, and splattering.  Normally with the workshops I do, if it's a full day, we one painting in the morning and one in the afternoon.  So we all do our painting together and in stages - first I do my outline sketch, then the attendees do their outline sketch.  I then do my first or only wash, then everyone else does their wash, and so on.  It seems to work well as a format.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Bristol Savages Annual Art Exhibition - Chania Port

One of my entries to the 110th Annual Exhibition of Paintings by the Bristol Savages, runs from 2nd May to 16th May 2020. Location is Red Lodge, on Park Row, Bristol, UK. All will be well signposted.

Watercolour on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Fivizzano Shadows - Poss Plein Air for October?

Fivizzano, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

I will be tutor again at the Watermill in Posara in October and during my week we visit the local town of Fivizzano, just up the road from the Mill.  Great place for plein air painting, weather permitting.  Loads of little back streets to explore like this one.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Plaza del Obispo Malaga - Warm and Cool

Malaga, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The plaza del Obispo in Malaga, right next to Malaga Cathedral.  A striking yellowish building which as a colour always looks great against blue.  Kept things fairly loose in the shadows on the left, where there's a row of shops with things for sale on displays on the street.  Also a bit of simplification of the architectural details of the cathedral facade on the right.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Up the hill to...St Emilion (France)

St Emilion, France, 15" x 11"

A simple composition of one of the roads leading into the small town of St Emilion in SW France.  And two ways of painting trees in watercolour:  A small fully loaded brush and some dry brush strokes.  

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Up the hill to...St Emilion (France)

St Emilion, France, 15" x 11"

A simple composition of one of the roads leading into the small town of St Emilion in SW France.  And two ways of painting trees in watercolour:  A small fully loaded brush and some dry brush strokes.  

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Rue du Colonel de Chadois Bergerac - Shady Shopping Street

Bergerac, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

I think every good watercolour painting needs at least one 'clean' line.  Something dominant to lead the eye to or towards a key object.  So here I tried this with the angled support to the shop blind.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Charco de San Gines - Arrecife

Arrecife, Lanzarote, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The Charco de San Gines, The 'puddle' is an internal tidal harbour in the main town/city of Arrecife.  Quite tricky to get in the background - many detailed buildings and all mainly white or off white.  When all the buildings are white it can be sometimes a challenge to get right.  I kept it loose.  I have created a video of a similar scene here which I may publish soon up on YouTube.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Iron Acton - Bright windscreens

Iron Acton, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The pretty village of Iron Acton, close to where I live.  Quite a simple scene and I made a focus of the windscreen.  Nice and bright against a dark background and a slight curve of reflection of the building to make it a little more interesting.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Place Jean Jaures, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande France

St Foy la Grande, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Place Jean Jaures, painted here just after the Saturday market has ended.  So fewer people and an easier scene to paint.  Here and not so often for me, I paint with the sun behind me, so casting some tricky shadows across the scene and a little more difficult to get figures looking right.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.