Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A demo painting on a workshop from earlier in the year. Loved this scene from a point of view of the white cottage on the far side of the little bay and all those boats with their repeating patterns. I struggled to get a figure in though. Might have been too much.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
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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.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
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St Emilion, France, 15" x 11"
Day 3 (Tuesday) and my painting friends and I visit St Emilion, the most famous wine-growing area in the world. Fortunately, the wine is too expensive to drink, so we had to paint! This is my demo painting of the Place du Marche.
See the view we had on Google Street View
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Castillon, France, 15" x 11"
Day 2 (Monday) and we're in the town of Castillon on the River Dordogne. A nice market here and chance to paint from the shade looking towards a lovely building in the sun and some figures/shoppers in the market.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Saint Seurin, France, 15" x 11"
The market at Saint Seurin on a Sunday morning and the first picture as 'tutor/leader' on a Painting Holiday I organised. So a contra jour to start with. The location I chose was about the only spot where I could paint. It was so busy! With plein air painting, when it's a hot day, there is an argument to say, find somewhere comfortable first and then paint what you see.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was "This Happy Breed of Men". It was English Night (we also have themed Irish, Scottish and Welsh nights too during our season). 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).
"This happy breed of men", is a line spoken by John of Gaunt in Shakespeare's Richard II. Well quite an easy option I chose was to have a village scene, two pubs, one of course called John of Gaunt (maybe the other Richard II), and some happy people between the two!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number eight is a view of a shady cafe in the city of Cagliari.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number seven is a view of Staithes in North Yorkshire, and a larger size 15" x 22" than I normally paint.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number six is this view across the River Tamar to Saltash, Devon.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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It's coming! The Annual Exhibition at the Bristol Savages. Loads of paintings from local artists around my local city of Bristol and who are members of the art group. The exhibition is on 26th April to 11th May, and entry is free. The exhibition is at the Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ and entry is free.
So my entry number five is a view across the River Dart to Kingswear.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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