Alexandria, Egypt, 15" x 11"
A dusty street near the port of Alexandria. Here I am trying to convey a feeling of a hot day, a busy road, a bit of dust (which is probably unavoidable in this part of the world) and smoke. There's a lovely mosque here with it's minarets towering above the street and the side of the dome catching the light. A liberal amount of splattering has been used here and some lifting out of colour on the road surface.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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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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Malmesbury, Wiltshire, 11" x 15"
Another plein air from a recent Malmesbury trip with my painting group - the Exiles. This one was filmed by Mel - Thanks Mel for being so patient. It was quickly put up on my YouTube Channel. I will try and do more outside videos and live if I can, once I can work out the best technology to use and camera angle. So difficult to decide camera on the left of me (and then not see the palette) or camera on the right of me (and possibly my hand will hide what I am painting)
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms
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A recent plein air painting in central Malmesbury (a very busy road junction and apologies for the background noise) and a big thanks to my ca merman Mel!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press and 300 gms. Size is 15" x 11".
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Camelford, Cornwall, 15" x 11".
A second attempt at Market Place in Camelford Cornwall. The last one I did was 5 years ago and I think this one is a bit looser in style. Plus I made the bunting bigger as well (thick paint right out the tube) and more of a feature going down the street. Cars and figures are a bit more prominent also and have some contrasting values with their surroundings.
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 300 gms.
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St Foy La Grande, France, 15" x 11".
My fascination with rows of parked cars continues. One of the backstreets near where the popular Saturday market happens in the South West town of St Foy la Grande. Maybe the cars belong to shoppers - don't know. Painted with my 3-colour palette of selected Sennelier paints.
Painted on Saunders Waterford paper, NOT surface and 300 gms weight.
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Madrid, Spain, 15" x 11"
Rows of parked cars feature a lot in my paintings and here's 2 or 3. A view looking down Calle Amaniel in central Madrid. Both cars and buildings are simplified here - made easier when it's contre jour. Not sure if there was a pedestrian crossing in the foreground, but I think it needed something in that area to lead the eye round to the right down another side street.
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St Foy la Grande, France, 15" x 11"
A busy road junction in the South West town of St Foy la Grande. What I think worked well was the yellow car and putting in that base yellow colour on the first wash which spread over the surrounding area. I then repeated with a splash of yellow over on the left in the building shadows (I think there was some yellow over there!). It's always a bit tricky to know what to do on the left - on a very bright side of the street - so leave very understated and get in some detail....
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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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Ross on Wye, England, 15" x 11".
The shortish High Street in the beautiful town of Ross-on-Wye. My reference photo from a visit was taken on an overcast day, so I had to improvise with the shadow work. It's quite a nice scene for getting in that really dark background in the middle and the introducing a figure and car to have some light and contrast against it. The only delicate part of the painting was doing the Union flag in the centre (you can almost miss it).
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