Devizes, UK, 15" x 11"
My 2nd plein air on a recent trip to Devizes, done in about 30 minutes, so I had to crack on or I would miss lunch and a pint with the 'Exiles' Painting Group. So a contra jour which I like doing and an amalgamation of cars on the street - just thinking about shapes. A banner across the street is a handing thing to join the two sides from a composition point of view.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Sidmouth, UK, 15" x 11"
The fourth and final plein air painting from my recent trip and a painting done in the Fore Street in the middle of town. Probably the busiest street in Sidmouth, all pedestrianised and plenty of shops and nice bunting across the street which adds another dimension to a street scene looking down the road. Of course I have included some different sized figures as well.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press Paper, 300 gms
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Laycock, UK 15" x 11"
A plein air done shortly after my YouTube 'Bodycam' recording but looking in the opposite direction up towards the abbey and a pretty tea shop on the right hand side. Only distraction were some Japanese Tourists asking directions for Harry Potter - I assume there was some exhibition on locally. Anyway a fairly loose and quick painting of this pretty village. Many painting subjects there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bodmin, Cornwall, 15" x 11"
A painting based on an old photo of mine taken on a very brief trip through Bodmin. This is Fore Street a main shopping street for the town. An exercise in connecting the various key objects in the painting, the figures, shadows, cars, one side of the street to the other. Also an exercise in values with those dark shadows and the light hitting the left side of the street. With the shadows I try to vary the tones also in that area.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.
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Venice, Italy, 22" x 15".
The last plein air demo I did on my recent Venice Workshop. The Campo San Polo is the largest campo in Venice, Italy, the second largest Venetian public square after the Piazza San Marco, but very quiet by comparison. I was attracted to the light coming from the right and hitting the dome of the kiosk. Quite a quick painting, done in about 45 minutes.
Painted on Saunders Waterford ColdPress paper, 300 gms.
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Corsham, England, 22" x 15".
A plein air - I was standing outside the town post office, looking down the high street. Bunting really helps add something to a view looking down the main street with its zigzag pattern leading the eye into the picture and being a frame for the top. A really overcast day, so I had to introduce a bit of light with a shady side to the street and some highlighted car windscreens.
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Funchal, Madeira, 15" x 11".
A Taxi rank in the city of Funchal, Madeira. Cars can be a bit tricky when they're in the shade. The two methods I adopt are 1) with the first wash, paint them in with the colour they are going to be, and let it bleed into the surroundings, or 2), paint around them in the first wash and then as a later stage, paint them in, lighter or darker than the shade around them and add in some darker shadows below them. Windscreens generally I keep them dark as above or light - catching the sunlight.
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Bath, England, 15" x 11"
A view down Westgate Street in Bath towards the shopping centre. Lovely colours of the building walls - Bath Steone, which I hoped to emulate. Distant people are suggested with some highlights and legs and bodies. There's not much traffic in this part of town, but I felt I had to add a car emerging from the shadows.
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Tavira, Portugal, 15" x 11"
A pine tree amongst some palms in this pretty little square in Tavira, Portugal. There's a lovely sweeping curve of the buildings on the left, up to the chapel/church at the end of the square. Very loose treatment (sorry) to the souvenir shop on the left - all their products on stands outside were just greatly simplified (I can't paint every postcard). Two figures, centre, almost blend into their background, helped by the limited palette in this one.
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Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"
A lovely bend in one of the quite narrow streets in the old part of Bergerac, South West France. Buildings are characterised with shutters and oak timber cladding. I like this composition because of the bend in the street leading you into the scene, and the framing of the high buildings left and right. I introduced a shard of light to add a bit of drama and some figures in the background, melting into the shadows.
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