Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Watermill Tuscany 2018 watercolour course painting #3 - Fivizzano Market Day Plein Air

Day 3 last year on the WaterMill Posara painting holiday and a trip to nearby Fivizzano. It's market day on Tuesday, in the central square and around the Medici Fountain. When painting plein air with lots of people around you as in this market, it's probably best to position yourself somewhere out of the way (I was on the side of the market, up against a wall) and comfortable. #watercolorpainting #tuscany #watermill #pleinairpainting #stcmill

Rua Brigadeiro Oudinot Funchal 2

Funchal, Madiera, 15" x 11"

One of the main, wide streets leading down to the sea.  A bit of a contra jour, painting into the light.  I like to rough up pedestrian crossings - they wouldn't look right being too perfect with nice edges and clean white stripes.  So I deliberately paint them in quite quickly - of course following the lines of my initial pencil drawing.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Fishing Boats, Vieux Port Marseille, France

Marseille, France, 15" x 11"

A view along the harbourside in Marseille with a fish market on the left and some small fishing craft moored up on the right.  Another exercise in simplifying what you see.  Reduce the background buildings to shapes, and just put in a few windows.  The market on the left has to be just suggested, or I think it would take the eye of the viewer away from the centre and the boats.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300gms

 

Builders and Barge, Venice

Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"

A study of a couple of builders filling a barge with building rubble, and a little bit of dust as a consequence.  So a an exercise in creating a figure with the wheelbarrow, just at the point of tipping his load over the edge and maybe his colleague offering some instructions.  A tricky scene to get the composition right and keeping everything else in the picture really simple.  The dust was the last thing to go in - a mixture of white paint and a little cobalt blue, painted in with little water - almost dry brush strokes.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Latest YouTube Video - Painting some figures in a Venice scene

Here then is my latest video up on my YouTube Channel, and mostly about getting figures into the landscape.  So for beginners - if you are painting a street scene, try and get at least one figure into the scene.  In this video I talk about my practice technique for figures.

 

 

People in Venice - Make a good YouTube video??

Venice, Italy, 15" x 11"

A fairly recent painting of people in Venice which I videoed but have not published yet on YouTube.  What do you think?  If I posted it, would it be interesting maybe as a subject for getting people into your landscapes?  Let me know and I can post the video.  I think this is up the Arsenale end of Venice and the far bridge just melting into the background.  So it's open to a public vote with your comments below or email me.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Bristol Savages - Artists Outing - May 2019 - Sidmouth Painting #4

Sidmouth, UK, 15" x 11"

The fourth and final plein air painting from my recent trip and a painting done in the Fore Street in the middle of town.  Probably the busiest street in Sidmouth, all pedestrianised and plenty of shops and nice bunting across the street which adds another dimension to a street scene looking down the road.  Of course I have included some different sized figures as well.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms

 

Bristol Savages - Artists Outing - May 2019 - Sidmouth Painting #3

Sidmouth, UK, 15" x 11"

My third painting of the day and plein air painting right in the middle of Sidmouth on the High Street or Fore Street, not sure which.  Quite a busy spot, but I was lucky to take a position located by a street busker so I sort of lead on where he led off so to speak.  A fairly simple composition this one looking down the street, with strong values (the sun was lovely) and some diagonal shadows.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

St James's Parade, Bath

Bath, UK, 15" x 11"

A fairly loose rendition of a typical Bath street, and trying to capture the warm ochre of the stonework.  I'm also mixing different silhouetted shapes with the figures coming out of shadows, as I quite often do now, shadows on the far buildings, and some street furniture catching the light and contrasting with the background.  I have achieved the soft edge of where the rooftops meet the sky by doing a little wet in wet, with the building was being slightly thicker than the sky wash.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 Gms

 

Latest YouTube Video - How to Paint Shadows

Here's my latest YouTube Video up on my YouTube Channel.  This time an exercise in painting shadows and with the light behind me!