Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Bristol Savages Wednesday Sketch Night - "There is no wealth but life"

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Wednesday night at my art club, the Bristol Savages, and topic for the night was a quote by John Ruskin - "There is no wealth but life".  So you have 2 hours to come up with a painting, without using any resource material - and sorry, no looking up google images!  So I equated wealth=life and came up with a tropical scene and some expensive boats....

John Ruskin was a leading English art critic of the Victorian era, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He also painted in watercolours!!

Full quote from him - “There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.”

Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press, 300 gms

 

Live, and Online, 2 hour Watercolor Workshop with Tim Wilmot, Sunday December 15th 2019

I am running another live, online watercolour demonstration on Sunday, December 15th at 6 pm UK time (GMT).  Wherever you are, join me for this unique paint along, where we will paint a pretty Italian Coastal Village Scene (see photo below of Riomaggiore).  This will not be a recording.  It is LIVE!

This online workshop is suitable for painters of any level.  It will be a demonstration in Watercolor.  I will go at a slow pace and describe with commentary what I am doing and the techniques I am using.  The commentary will only be in English, and I will try and speak slowly because I have many attendees where English is not their first language.

All you will need is a good/reliable internet connection, and a headphone or PC speakers to hear my audio commentary (Worldwide Conference call phone numbers will also be provided if you want to connect by phone).  If you want to, you'll be able to ask plenty of questions as I go along.  There is a $7 USD fee to attend this live session.  It will not be uploaded to YouTube or available to anyone apart from the attendees who have paid to watch.  I should be able to send you a link to the recording of the demo afterwards, which only you can see.  

The demo might be an hour to an hour and a half in duration (depends on how many questions/comments I get!).  We will paint at a slow speed and in stages.  So you can paint along with me if you want, or wait until you receive a link to the recording.

Here's a photo from a previous session, with 'attendee' Jack Cwiek showing his setup, following me as I paint!

And this is what it could look like on your screen..

You need to register to attend (please do this as soon as possible and not on the day) and I will then send you a payment request from me for your $7 USD fee.  You will then be sent an email with the simple connection instructions for attending the demo...

Registration will close a week before the event. 

We will be painting this scene - the pretty Italian coastal village of Riomaggiore.  Riomaggiore is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when travelling north from La Spezia.  Oh, and we will also include some figures!:

Here is what previous attendees had to say...

"This was a really excellent workshop and very good quality webinar" Phillip B

"Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Based on my experience watching your YouTube videos, your online workshop was everything I expected and more" Douglas B

"Good pace, good answers to students’ questions, efficient use of time, and such a nice relaxed personality, Tim" Suzanna B

"Thank you for the wonderful painting experience. I think the timing was perfect for me as I am new to watercolour and enjoyed having the time to attempt keeping up" Geri G

"It was very good to be able to hear your thought process as you were completing the painting. Loved being able to see your painting from start to finish" Pearl A

"It was amazing Tim! I feel so pleased that my painting has come out well. Thanks to your excellent online commentary and prompts" Sankar R

"So much fun to watch. I’m planning to join your group and start painting more often. Thank you!" Marilyn H

"I can't afford to go to painting workshop holidays, but this is a great way to learn live from you" Tony G

 Hopefully meet up with you online for this next demo!

If you are in any doubt as to whether your system can access the presentation, please click on the button below to do a system check from the PC or device you want to watch from.

 

 

Plaza la Puntilla, Las Palmas, Spain

Las Palmas, Spain. 15" x 11"

The end of the long beach in Las Palmas and raised open square beyond overlooking the bay.  A beach has many colours when I observe them.  The more I look, the more colours I see.  Painting done with my trusty 3 colour palette (with a neutral tint added for the darks), which I enjoy using more than my full palette to be honest.  It's interesting sometimes to see the output of some colour combinations without it getting to green/brown/muddy.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.

Demo painting to Chippneham Art Society - Summer 2017 - Lynmouth

Lynmouth, UK, 22" x 15"

A demo I did last year to the Chippenham Art Society.  Normally when I do demos to art groups I start the session by showing 8 possible scenes (normally photos I have taken relating to the chosen subject type) - in this case a seascape or harbour scene was requested.  Then with a show of hands and trying to get a bit audience participation the photo with the most votes is the painting subject for the night.  So this was chosen from a number of different harbour scenes - mainly UK ones.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Porthleven Harbour at low tide and a view across to the Ship Inn

Porthleven, Cornwall, 22" x 15".

One of my favourite places in Cornwall and a view across the harbour at low tide to the Ship Inn.  What attracted me to the scene were the horizontals and the verticals - the horizontal shards of light, intersected by the vertical masts and reflections.  50% of the picture is made up and sorry to the locals about the correctness of the background.  Quite a big use of dry brush strokes also with the boat markings and lines over the harbour.

 

South Wales Art Society - demo of a Harbour Scene

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A demo for South Wales Art Society back in January and a Harbour Scene.  A demo of different techniques - laying down a wash, drawing boats, getting in reflections and how to tackle soft waves.  Achieving good results in painting water with watercolour is best done with a mop brush with a good point to it (useless if it has lost the point)

 

Cretan Harbour

Crete, Greece, 15" x 11".

One of my submissions to the annual Bristol Savages Exhibition 2017.  This is a composition loosely based on a scene of Chania Harbour, with the low lying hills in the background and some soft reflections in the foreground.  Quite a 'light' painting compared to some I have done of this area, with much darker backgrounds.  The buildings here are not really white, but take on the hues of their surroundings and some fairly shabby in a nice kind of way.

 

Latest watercolour demo video - an imaginary Harbour scene

Here's my latest video up on my YouTube Channel.  A painting of an imaginary Harbour scene - maybe somewhere is the UK.

 

 

 

A study of boats at Puerto del Rosario, with a background of warehouse buildings

Fuerteventura, Spain, 22" x 15".

The main thing about creating realistic water with watercolour is timing and having soft reflections and hard reflections.  So a large part of this composition is the sea.  I start with a weak colour at the top of the where the sea starts and make it deeper, richer as I come down to the foreground.  While this is still damp, I drop in thicker pigment and a darker colour to make the softer waves - especially in the foreground.  Then when everything is 100% dry I do the boat reflections.  The mast reflections were done with a rigger - straight at first then becoming more haphazard as the come towards us.

 

Small boats moored up along a jetty, Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura, Spain, 15" x 11".

A few small boats moored up along a jetty in the Puerto del Rosario.  Quite a tricky one with painting in the sea all in one go and cutting around the boat shapes ad trying to get the boat shapes 'right' with them pointing in different directions.  Thankfully the boats in the background needed less detail and they're just really lines, but it's the shape of the sea surrounding them that makes them appear as boats (hopefully).