Polperro, Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Apart from the building and the shape of the background headland, a made up scene loosely based on Polperro in Cornwall UK. I try to keep it loose and let the watercolor do its own thing. While still damp, I do a bit of wet in wet with some darker values and get soft edges.
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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A bit of an experiment on this one. How bright can I go, plus handling the yellow reflections up against the blue sea. A bit of careful painting of the waves in the foreground. So the colours were wildly exaggerated and I added in the boat for good measure.
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St Ives, Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A bit of messing around and playing with warm against cool. So mainly a cool, dark sky against warm, lighter, roof tops and carry a bit of light red into the sky. Sorry to St Ives residents - I have changed the houses around a little!
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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Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was friends across the seas. So we have normally 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). Owning to the current social distancing restrictions, this of course was a virtual meeting.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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