St Foy la Grande, France, 15" x 11"
A quick plein air at the Cafe du Casino. No, not a casino. Just a very friendly cafe in St Foy, SW France. Here I am framing the scene top and bottom with some dark values, andin the foreground a couple of figures blend in with that. Then just a quick rendition of the street beyond and a few cars.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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St Foy la Grande, France, 15" x 11"
A quick plein air at the Cafe du Casino. No, not a casino. Just a very friendly cafe in St Foy, SW France. Here I am framing the scene top and bottom with some dark values, andin the foreground a couple of figures blend in with that. Then just a quick rendition of the street beyond and a few cars.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Biddestone, UK, 15" x 11"
Trying to prove to myself that you can do a number of paintings from the same spot, but just look in a different direction. Useful exercise and here what captured me was really just the table with its slats all leading into the composition. Also with the sun having moved around after lunch, a great chance to do some contra jour ans and have a figure coming towards me.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Biddestone, Wiltshire, 15" x 11"
Just a slightly different angle from #1 plein air, and a view right down the front of the White Horse pub and the row of pretty cottages on this side of the village centre. I raised the pub sign just a little to suit the composition. Can't remember if there really was a 'Real Ale' sign there, but they served real ales in the pub anyway! Last painting before lunch on the day with the 'Exiles' Plein Air painting group.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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Biddestone, UK, 15" x 11"
A plein air at Biddestone Village, a very pretty village in Wiltshire - country pub, duck pond, green etc. This was the first plein air of the day, and I had a nice bit of shelter from the sun on the right hand side. When it's a hot day, doing plein air you sometimes need to choose a comfortable place to paint from first, then decide exactly what to paint from there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A third plein air after a hearty lunch and a pint of Wadworths of course (The Wadworths brewery is in the town). This is the Corn Exchange. It was getting rather cold and windy by now, so this was done in about 40 minutes. The market had packed up and so was I. Just a really simple scene and those can be the most enjoyable to paint. Had a bit of fun with the splattering for the foliage effect top right. Thanks to Frank and Mel, fellow Exiles for staying on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A recent trip out with my friends of the 'Exiles'. Location was Devizes in Wiltshire - a market town in central Wiltshire, and we were there on Market Day! What luck. As soon as I arrived in the centre, here was the scene in front of me from the other side of the street. I looked at it and thought triangles and 45 degree angles. So a lot of repetition - the market stalls, the shadow on the van, shadows coming from the monument on the right, and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
A recent trip out with my friends of the 'Exiles'. Location was Devizes in Wiltshire - a market town in central Wiltshire, and we were there on Market Day! What luck. As soon as I arrived in the centre, here was the scene in front of me from the other side of the street. I looked at it and thought triangles and 45 degree angles. So a lot of repetition - the market stalls, the shadow on the van, shadows coming from the monument on the right, and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Malmesbury, Wiltshire, 11" x 15"
Another plein air from a recent Malmesbury trip with my painting group - the Exiles. This one was filmed by Mel - Thanks Mel for being so patient. It was quickly put up on my YouTube Channel. I will try and do more outside videos and live if I can, once I can work out the best technology to use and camera angle. So difficult to decide camera on the left of me (and then not see the palette) or camera on the right of me (and possibly my hand will hide what I am painting)
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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Just to show what it's like painting outdoors in the UK in summer, here's my second effort in a town local to me, Malmesbury. So a quieter spot this one and meant to be a study of the end of the church, some tomb stones and a tree casting shadow. But as the painting progressed, a fine misty rain came down and spoiled the show...
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press 300 gms paper - not waterproof paper but damned good!
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