Landscape Watercolour of Lynmouth, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
A view looking at the North Devon seaside town of Lynmouth looking towards the high coastal cliffs which form the edge of Exmoor. The Rhenish tower on the quayside was destroyed by the terrible floods of 1952 which swept down through the town. The tower has the resemblance of something medieval and the design originates from buildings on the Rhine.
Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
In the middle of Chipping Sodbury High Street stands the clock tower, now a posh place for a public toilet and on the other side the local tourist office. Chipping Sodbury presents a challenge I think for painters mainly from a point of view of choosing a good subject and composition. You see it has a very wide street and really the best choice is painting against the light and almost head on with the buildings.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Even on a dull overcast day, it's still bright on Lanzarote, emphasised I guess by the white-washed buildings. San Bartolome is almost in the centre of the island and has a nice square and church. Very very quiet when I visited there. I took the liberty of introducing a few more palm trees for my sketch than existed in reality, just to try and improve composition and interest.
Landscape Watercolour of Staithes, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
This was my second attempt at this scene from a referrence photo of mine and I was looking to improve on the original sketch. I though with my first attempt the background was too strong and maybe did not push it back far enough. Well on this one I tried to make the background a little more muted and I think it's a minor improvement.
Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
A painting completed in my local Art Society evening and a scene local to me. Sharing the picture with my fellow artists and locals, they would quickly point out what the buildings in the scene were thirty, forty years ago. Sadly yesterday's high street of local shops, butchers etc. are now replaced by charity shops and coffee houses.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
Playa Honda is situated right next to Lanzarote's Airport, but it's actually quite a quiet place. Along the sea front runs a winding promenade and an unspoilt mainly sandy beach. Half way along is a small group of what I guess are fairly old local buildings right on the beach and some weathered boats tethered to the railings.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
A 'sleepy' little town in Northern Lanzarote, slightly off the beaten track. The building on the right I think was a children's nursery with lots of paraphernalia out front in the playground, but I decided to simplify the scene and remove all that detail. I had to include the obligatory Canary Island Date Palm and Dragon Tree for authenticity of the location.
Landscape Watercolour of Faro, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
The high perimeter of walls of the Old Citidel casting their late afternoon shadows over the rest of the Old Town part of Faro. The whole sketch was done quite quickly and the shadows going in at the same time. I was pleased with the guy on the right side left understated and sort of merging into the darkness.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
A slight change on this one as regards the direction of the light - the scene of some tourist shops in the Old Town part of Puerto del Carmen with the light behind me rather than coming towards me. So it's a bit more difficult to get areas of contrast unless you introduce a bit of dark shadow and in my case some brightly coloured swimming rings outside the shop.
Landscape Watercolour of Lanzarote, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs
The reflections in the first floor windows of this modernish shopping centre along the coastal road in Puerto del Carmen I think made for an interesting subject and just a hint of a palm tree reflection on the left side. Just a few brush strokes for the line of trees on the right and dry brush strokes for the palm tree leaves are an easy effect to achieve.
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