Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "Season of Mists"

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

So Wednesday Night Sketch Night at my Art Group, the Bristol Savages, and Chairman for the evening gave the topic "Season of Mists" after the well know Keats poem, "To Autumn".  So we have 2 hours to come up with a painting without use of reference material.  So from memory/imagination.  Well going on the mists theme (I don't do mists - I like sun!) I went with a theme based on Lynmouth Harbour at low tide and put the hills in the background into a very light and soft value.  But had to bring some sun in the foreground.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Bristol Savages Artists outing to Sidmouth - Painting #1

Sidmouth, UK, 15" x 11"

One of my efforts from a recent outing with the Bristol Savages.  Our annual 2018 outing this time was to Sidmouth, Devon, UK.  The weather was brilliant - although changing light conditions in the morning were quite challenging.  So this painting was a study of a few boats at the mouth of the river Sid.  The Sid flows out to the sea next to some cliffs on the east side of the town.  An enjoyable contra jour painting.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "Play Time"

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages Wednesday night sketch night and the Chariman's topic was "Play Time".  I decided to go with a theme of some people cycling up a seaside promenade, an Ice Cream shop, and some warm sunshine coming through the scene.  My other fellow artists came up with a wide range of paintings - beaches, water, boats, fun figures....

Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "The joys of the open road"

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages sketch night and the topic for the evening was "the joys of the open road".  So we have 2 hours to produce a painting and no access to any reference material (e.g. do a google search on your mobile!!).  Always a challenge and always enjoyable.  Most of the artists came up with a similar theme - a windy country road, a vista and some figures...

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "A Magical Vista"

Bath, UK, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages Wednesday Sketch Night and the topic given by the Chairman for the evening was "A Magical Vista" - Well he is Magician!  With a topic like that, and a nice easy one for the start of 2018, an artist can do any sort of landscape to match the title.  I took my inspiration from a view in Bath looking up to the Theatre Royal.  A painting done in the 2 hour time limit.

Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 300 gms.

 

Latest demo video: How to paint cars in a loose style

Here's my latest watercolour demo video up on my YouTube Channel.  This time taking quite a small car park and going through the main watercolour techniques.

 

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "The Four Seasons"

The Four Seasons, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages Wednesday Sketch night and the Chairman's topic for the evening was "The Four Seasons".  So we have two hours now to complete a painting without the use of any reference material or looking up something on your smartphone.  At first I thought quite a tricky subject to combine 4 seasons onto one picture - but then a let off by the Chairman - "You could of course just focus on one season".  Great!  So I'll just do a snow scene as it's December.  All paintings were sold in aid of 3 worthy charities.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms.

 

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - "Communications"

Watercolour 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages Wednesday night topic selected by our Chairman was "Communications".  A great topic to work with and could be interpreted in so many different ways.  Well I decided to have a scene of some old buildings with some ugly satellite dishes on them (the communications theme do you get it?), the bell tower and on the right a traditional aerial.  

Painted in two hours on Saunders Waterford Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Frome Valley Arts Group demo #2

Winterbourne, UK, 22" x 15"

My second demo to the Frome Valley Arts group.  The challenge here - taking a scene of some 1970's architecture and trying to make a half decent painting out of it.  So taking just a very ordinary scene and turning it into something interesting.  This painting I have donated to charity and will be raffled off by the group on their next fund raising day.  Good luck to the owner of the winning ticket!

Painted on Saunders Waterford NOT paper, 300gms.

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Vernazza Cinque Terre Boats

Cinque Terre, Italy, 15" x 22".

I decided to go portrait orientation with this 2nd plein air in the fishing village of Vernazza, one of the Cinque Terre locations.  Quite a bit busier here being on the quayside and looking back across the bay to the square on the front.  The sun came out and you forget how quickly everything dries when you're outside compared to painting indoors.  Painted with my travel 3-colour palette.

Also, painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, 300 gms and Cold Press surface.