Painting from yesterday's watercolour demo to Cookham Art Club. I love painting a local scene for art club demos, so this was the centre of their village, and based on a photo from oe of the club members. Painted in an hour and a half with some questions and answers along the way..... It was an exercise in perspective, composition and the importance of values in watercolour. If you are a member of an art club and would like to book me for a demo or paint along experience, please contact me.
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Watercolour, 22" x 15"
Once a year at my painting group, the Bristol Savages, we organise a "Palette and Piano" event. So the format is 3 artists paired with 3 pianists and over 20 minutes the artist paints with some matching music. I was very lucky to be playing along with the great Allan Schiller. I chose the subject and went for a snow scene - a figure with dog walking in the snow and leaving some footprints. So 20 minutes to do a painting and watched by 90 guests! - No pressure then!
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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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.
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Ilfracombe, England, 15" x 11".
After a recent visit to this north Devon seaside resort in the UK, I though I would have a go at painting the sheltered harbour here with a bit of a Winter glow. So I have used very cool and weak colours and no strong shadows. A little bit of a yellowy/green for the water and some solid reflections. To get some contrast in, I have the light coloured boats showing up against a darker background. The background boats are just rough shapes - what perhaps makes them appear as a boat is a reflection, a mast and a waterline.
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Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A painting done with the 'Bristol Savages' a local painting society where I live. Each session the artists have two hours to paint a given subject. The rules are you're not allowed any reference material and you attempt a painting based on that subject. So this session's topic was 'Winter's Light'. I decided to go for a snowy scene, a lane which I have done a few times, and have some long shadows coming across the composition - fun to do with a fully loaded mop brush with a good point.
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Old Sodbury, Cotswolds, 15" x 11".
A variation on a previous painting I had done a couple of years ago. With not having had much snow in the UK over the last few winters it's difficult to muster enough reference photos, so this scene here was totally fictitious but hopefully captures a quiet country lane in the Cotswolds in the middle of winter. My usual 'fat man and dog' are making themselves the focal point.
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Watercolour of Yate, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough 300gms
Another painting of St Mary's Church in Yate, this time more of an Autumn/stormy scene and grey sky. I seemed to have a few leaning figures so perhaps they're struggling against the wind. Sky was mainly ultramarine blue and burnt umber. Church tower was weak light red. Trees and foreground shadows were done with an old brush and thickish pigment.
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Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 22" x 15" on Saunders Waterford Rough 300gms.
Another version of Market Day in Chipping Sodbury in larger format. It's a bright winter's morning and the sun low in the sky, so longer shadows. The sky was roughly painted - I left a bare patch in the middle, then soft clouds around that, and drop in a bit of cerulean blue here and there. The road had a couple of washes, coming darker and warmer in the foreground.
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Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 22" x 15".
A Winter scene of the path leading to Brook Street in Chipping Sodbury, with the town Church tower in the background (the tower was moved to a more central position than it really is, to help the composition). There's a row of cottages here who have a nice view over the park to the right. On the path I introduced some lighter areas depicting puddles and an easy way of getting some reflections in. Trees top left were done in a 'random' fashion with a mop brush and fairly thick paint.
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Landscape Watercolour of Polperro, 15" x 11".
A quickish sketch of the southern Cornish town of Polperro, at low tide looking inland towards the town. I have tried to depict a typical Cornish day with mist and low cloud, so a bit of wet in wet for the background and a limited palette of colours to help the grey theme. One thing I might improve if I did this one again is not make the roof lines too severe and let them blend a bit more into the background hills.
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