Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Demo Painting to the Bristol Art Group - Porlock Weir

Porlock Weir, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

My first demo painting to the Bristol Art Group and a simple composition - easy background, cottages on the left, a boat, a figure and a light sign against a dark background.  And using a few different watercolor techniques - wash (of course), wet in wet, dry brush, and splattering.  Normally with the workshops I do, if it's a full day, we one painting in the morning and one in the afternoon.  So we all do our painting together and in stages - first I do my outline sketch, then the attendees do their outline sketch.  I then do my first or only wash, then everyone else does their wash, and so on.  It seems to work well as a format.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Boats Moored below Via Scali delle Cantine, Livorno, Italy

Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Another view of the boats moored along one of the many canals/waterways in Livorno, Italy.  As an artist who likes painting these sorts of small boats, it's a fantastic area to do plein air painting.  I made up the figures and the guy pulling on the rope.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Fortezza Nuova Livorno

Fortezza Nuova Livorno, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The red-brown fortress walls as a backdrop to a marina within the city of Livorno.  I went fairly loose with the background, and just a few slices left light to indicate roof tops and so on.  On the right is actually a block of flats, but inappropriate to paint in every window/balcony etc.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - Plain Sailing

Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was Plain Sailing. So we have 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web).  

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Eveneing demo at Cowbridge Art Society

My two-hour demos normally include me painting 2 watercolours.  As a rule, I like to paint a scene very local to the venue.  So a shortlist of photos are presented to the attendees, and a vote is taken on which 2 to paint.  So my visit to Cowbridge Art Society had these 4 photos as the choice:

The most popular 2 were the Physic Garden top right and Ogmore Castle bottom left.  So each of the following paintings were done in under an hour, with a bit of commentary from me along the way:

Above - Ogmore Castle

Above - The Physic Garden (bit of a rush to complete this one!)

Both painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Demo #2 to Frome Art Club - Chania Harbour

Chania, Greece, 15" x 11"

The second demo painting to Frome Art Club and a demo of reflections and boats and values.  I normally do 2 demo paintings over a two-hour slot with a painting club (use my hairdryer to speed things up).   This is Chania Harbour in Crete.  Painted almost vertically because with a large audience behind you, you need people to see what you're doing.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Shadow on Reflections - How to

Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

I'm often asked how to paint shadow on top of reflections in water.  Well here is an obvious example - the shadow under a bridge in this Livorno scene.  I paint the reflections first - best as a solid colour and not many ripples.  Then when still damp, go in with a darker, thicker colour for the shadows so you get a bit of a soft edge between the shadow and reflection.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - Grand Designs on Land Sea and Air

Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was "Grand designs on land sea and air". So we have 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web).

I based mine on a scene from St Tropez...

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

 

Stripy Blinds and Boats, Chania Harbour

Chania, Crete, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A little bit of a made-up composition based on the Old Harbour in Chania, Crete.  It's a location I have painted a few times, and it's a composition I am happy with - background apartments, row of boats and reflections.  This time I made a feature of the blinds.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Cabo Roig Marina, Spain

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Cabo Roig, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A marina scene with the backdrop of some low cliffs, near Murcia, Spain.  Composition wise, I went with a wedge shape - the ridge of the cliff mirroring the reflections and narrower to the right.  You have to be careful with reflections.  Here they're darker than the objects above.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.