Ronda. Spain, 15" x 11"
A walk down a side street in Ronda, Spain. Connections are an important thing in watercolour. I think it works well when you have connected shapes by the same tonal value - so here the smaller figure with the shadows from the buildings. Also part of the figures right-hand side has the same value as the street. So not much painting is done to create the figure, but what's left gives the impression of a person there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
A view down St John's Place in Bath. Lovely buildings I think in the Georgian Style, and quite a challenge to get the stonework the correct colour. It's a busy area, being near to the Theatre Royal, so needs a few people wandering about.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
A view up/down Grand Parade in Bath, from Pulteney Bridge (the Bridge is to the left of this scene). Most of the time, a busy street corner with mainly visitors to the city, so I had to put quite a few in. With a group of figures, I try to treat them as one shape - so draw the tops of heads and shoulders first, then the shape of multiple bodies and sizes intermingled.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number eight is a view of a shady cafe in the city of Cagliari.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Libourne, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A 'round' square if I can call it that, in central Libourne in South West France. So a few of the buildings here are curved, so introduces a few challenges when trying to get their shape looking correct. I went with a loose approach and introduced a shadow in the foreground and a few figures in the shade. Cars very loosely painted also, using quite a bit of wet in wet technique.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Libourne, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The Place des Martyrs de la Resistance, outside the main Railway station. Just an ordinary scene really, looking almost into the scene and a useful pedestrian crossing to help lead the eye into the composition. The buildings in the area have a lovely feel of minor decay which I try to portray with a bit of splattering and different colours in the walls. Quite a busy spot as there's a little cafe opposite, just before you get to the Station.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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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
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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.
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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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
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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
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