Puerto del Carmen, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
My current painting project for my Patreon club members this month is how to paint buildings that are white. So I shared this one of Puerto del Carmen, where nearly all the buildings are white. But you get a sunny day, and suddenly the values appear. Dull day? Give up painting in watercolour in my opinion.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Fuengirola, Spain, Watercolour 15" x 11"
Here's an example of me creating hard and soft edges - so the background buildings and sky, the soft edge between the two, and then a hard edge on the middle ground shadows. I am often asked about the showing of pencil marks in the finished painting. I personally don't mind and where the paper is unpainted, I may not erase them. The boat, for example, looks better with those marks - it might have been too bright without them over on the edge there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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The iron arched bridge over the river Ebra. Quote tricky to do these multi-span bridges with the complexity of all the metalwork. It ended up being one of the simplest elements of the whole painting and a small bit of white paint on the arches hopefully gives the impression of the structure's curve.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Ronda, Spain, 15" x 11"
From Plaza Espana in Ronda, looking over toward the other side of town over the El Tajo Gorge. Another painting I videoed but no commentary added as yet. So I may post one day. I think this one works with all the connection of the two foreground figures to the middle ground and the background, plus some loose watercolor techniques.
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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Ronda. Spain, 15" x 11"
A walk down a side street in Ronda, Spain. Connections are an important thing in watercolour. I think it works well when you have connected shapes by the same tonal value - so here the smaller figure with the shadows from the buildings. Also part of the figures right-hand side has the same value as the street. So not much painting is done to create the figure, but what's left gives the impression of a person there.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Tortosa Cathedral - Spain, Watercolour 15" x 11"
I was going for a range of values in this one - the dark foreground shadows and then lighter background, plus some warms and cools with the burnt sienna and blues of the sky (mainly cobalt blue) and figures. Using a wet in wet technique, I got the soft edge between the sky and the buildings - so the sky wash was painted first and then a thicker wash for the buildings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford Paper, Cold Press, 300 gms
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La Gomera, Spain, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A row of hilltop houses in San Sebastien, La Gomera. So the scene attracted me for - the brightly coloured houses on the ridge of the hill overlooking the town, and the barren scrubland below, with a lovely mix of greens and reds. Then, every now and then, some dark shadows giving some deeper values.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
#watercolour #StcMill #watercolorpainting
This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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My painting from my live, online demo yesterday, with attendees from all over the world. Those that participated, I hope you enjoyed it. I have not been doing these live sessions for a few years now, but hope to do more in the future.
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Benalmadena, Spain, 15" x 11"
A bit of dappled shade via some wet in wet. A recent picture which where I tried to introduce lots of values and lots of connections - so values with the background buildings and the palm trees in front and then some connections with the cars linked in so to speak with the surrounding buildings and shadows.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
This painting is for sale.
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