Faro Railway Station, Portugal, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The late afternoon sun across the road leading to the station building in Faro. In front, a small cafe under the shade of some lime trees. Behind us is the railway station building, casting shadows across the approach.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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How to make a bright scene and the light almost coming from almost behind you have some values in it? Answer, imagine the sun has moved a little and introduce shadows from a different direction. So here, a little more to the right and I can have some shadows coming across the street. I kept some soft edges for the rooftops to the sky.
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Praça Ferreira de Almeida Faro Portugal
Went a bit loose on this one. A small square in central Faro, Portugal. Quite a simple composition - shadow, background building and one tree. Plus a few figures and cars to balance things out.
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Olhao, Portugal. Watercolour, 15" x 11"
At one end of Olhao is this lovely boatyard and slipway. The building at the back has the 'fisherman's' restaurant in it - not sure if it's still open... Nice and peaceful spot to paint.
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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Vilamoura, Portugal, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A sharp right-angle corner in the marina and a few canopies over cafes and restaurants along the waters edge. I thought it made an interesting pattern looking across the tops of the parasols. Palm trees simply painted with a small round brush and some dry brush marks, flicked to emulate palm fronds.
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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Quartiera, Portugal, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Fishing boats returning to port. A little bit of a made up scene and some imagination on the right hand side with all of the moored up fishing boats. Went with a bit of a dramatic sky with a sort of zig-zag use of a large mop brush rather than a tidy graded wash.
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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Albufeira, Portugal, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A walk down the hill into Albufeira and the Old Town. A bit of a strong contra jour this one. Always a key thing in watercolour to get those contrasting values and silhouettes. This was a bot of a wet in wet with the initial wash and the sky coming down over the buildings.
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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Albufeira, Portugal, painting, 15" x 11"
Probably keeping to my formula of bands of light and dark down a painting made fairly easy here in this scene from Albufeira, a tourist resort in Southern Portugal. Then I use objects to join up the bands - for example the figure under the shade of the tree and some posts on the left to connect with the middle ground and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Quarteira, Portugal, 15" x 11".
A working port near the coastal town of Quarteira on the Algarve, Portugal. A large red boat being serviced (if that's the right word) caught my eye in this one. Quite a challenge with this scene with lots of details in the foreground to be simplified, and then the complex skyline in the background.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms.
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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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