Iron Acton, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The pretty village of Iron Acton, close to where I live. Quite a simple scene and I made a focus of the windscreen. Nice and bright against a dark background and a slight curve of reflection of the building to make it a little more interesting.
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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Chania, Crete,Watercolour, 15" x 11"
So a limited palette painting on Chania Harbour and I generally in a scene like this, try to have a dark background to some lighter boats in the foreground and so the row of heritage buildings on the quayside were a perfect backdrop for me. A frame on the left with a fairly loose rendition of the side of an apartment block or it might have been a hotel right on the waterfront.
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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Staithes, N Yorkshire, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Painted during a recent evening at my art society, The Bristol Savages, this is a made-up scene of the footbridge over the Beck in the pretty village of Staithes, well like by artists as a location to paint plein air. I have painted this scene some 4 or 5 years ago and the main house of the other side of the river was a bright turquoise colour. I decided to change that and make the focus the shape of the boat pointing downstream.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Chania, Crete, 15" x 11"
Not sure if the composition worked 100% on this one. I put the two figures in on the right, but every time I look at it, I just think there needs to be a small boat may be over on the left to balance. Or at least just left of centre.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Livorno, Italy, 15" x 11"
This is the wide canal which encircles the older part of Livorno. There are many boats moored to the waterfront, which I presume belong in the most part to residents right there. So I thought this made for a nice composition. Some key reflections and then the row of boats in sort of a fan shape.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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San Sebastian, Spain, 15" x 11"
I quite doing little compositions like this with boats. So imagine you're standing on the quayside. You are looking into the sun, so there's light reflecting off the water. Then a fan shape of boats, but pointing into the middle. And last some rigging to help. The buoy was an afterthought. I had that dominant boat on the right and I needed to balance it with something extra on the left. Could have been a figure in the left-hand boat....
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Chania, Crete, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A dull day harbour scene, Chania in Crete. I think the composition works with the balance of the background buildings, the curve of the quayside and the position of the boats. Maybe I could have had the horizon higher to make more of a feature of the reflections....
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"
Looking down on 4 small boats, moored along the canal by Scali Monzani, in Livorno, Italy. I liked the symmetry of the scene, the equal-sized middle boats, 2 larger boats on the sides, some abstract shapes of shadows and reflections and then the repetition of the ropes.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Tewkesbury, UK, 15" x 11"
My first plein air of Tewkesbury on a recent trip there with my art group, the Bristol Savages. Absolutely lovely day, no wind and bright sunshine. First plein air was an iconic view of the Abbey across the river. Very beautiful spot and very peaceful earlier on in the morning.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Ancona, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
The bridge over to the cultural centre in Ancona. A big fortress-style building as an island in the harbour. Just a simple scene with a couple of boats and some reflections. White gouache used for some highlights.
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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