Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

3 Boats, San Sebastian

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.

 

Calle Santo Domingo Ronda Spain

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.

 

Tortosa Cathedral Spain

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

 

 

Hilltop houses, La Gomera, Spain

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.

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Online Workshop - April 28th

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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Calle San Silvestre dappled shade

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

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Sitges Palm Trees - How I paint palm trees

Sitges, Spain, 15" x 11"

My take on painting palm trees - keep it simple.  In fact they can be easier to paint in my opinion compared to broad leaf trees and conifers/pine.  Just a simple stroke to do the fronds with a very soft medium brush, one with a good point and water retention.  Also, try not to make them look too symmetrical!

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Bend in the road, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Tenerife, Spain, 15" x 11"

Although a narrow street with tall buildings either side, I gave prominence to the foreground shadows.  So I made a feature of the brush strokes making up those shadows, leaving a few gaps here and there, but all leading the eye into the middle of the scene.  When you're trying to get in some continuous marks like this, to put some white road markings in later is best done with a small bit of white gouache.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

 

Baixada de la Misericòrdia Tarragona Spain

Tarragona, Spain, 15" x 11"

I wish I could get back to Tarragona sometime.  So many nice views in the old part of town and this one, a gentle sweeping curve up to a high part of town and the light just right, casting shadows across the street.  Quite a loose one apart from some careful negative painting around the 3 lights against the wall.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

 

Plaza Las Palmas - Arrecife - Lanzarote, and the light from behind being a little tricky

Arrecife, Lanzarote, 15" x 11"

It's always a bit tricky tackling a scene when there is bright light behind you.  Often you can have in front of you a scene where many things are the same values or tones, making it a challenge with watercolour.  So I needed in this scene to add in some lights against the darks as in the figure against the dark trees or the white car with partial shadow.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 140lbs