Watercolour 15" x 11"
Wednesday night sketch night at the Bristol Savages. 2 hours to paint a topic given by the chairman of the night without use of any reference material! Topic was "Sunshine Remembered"
So an Italianesque scene and deep shadows in the foreground and light hitting the distant buildings. A few figures for interest.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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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.
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Saltash, Cornwall, 15" x 11"
An early morning view of Saltash on the Cornish side of the River Tamar with some bright early morning sunshine. Without shadows now, in this one I have tried to get some good range of values of the darker sea and the light tone of the boats and house reflections. Quite a bit of negative painting on this one, painting around the buildings and so on.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Here's my latest YouTube video - The River Tamar in Plymouth, Devon and a number of small boats. Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"
Just an ordinary country lane with a bit of negative painting - painting around objects to keep their lighter value - as in the tree trunks on the right and the round road sign. However when it comes to highlights on figures, sometimes you've just got to reach for a little white gouache. As you can see, I don't mind cauliflowers in watercolour. I sometimes encourage them and they really work I think in foliage.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"
Just a slightly different view up to Rue des Recollets in the old part of Bergerac. I went for a bit of warm and cool in this one with the warm walls and the blue shadows on the street. I think it worked okay. I think in the distance was a fast food trader. Maybe not in keeping with the area. I don't know.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms paper.
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As I have been asked a few times - what paints/brushes/paper do you use - this is my Nov 2018 version...
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Bath, UK, 15" x 11"
Green Street Bath and a narrow street, very typical in this area and a view up to the spire of St Michael's Church. Quite a loose approach to the buildings on each side of the street. Had to be careful to leave out the whites of the windows on the right, and adding that little triangle of dark just makes it into a window with some bright light hitting it.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Bergerac, France, 15" x 11"
I love these timber framed or half-timbered buildings, in the old part of Bergerac SW France. I find the most effective way to paint the timbers is by single dry brush strokes. On rough paper you get an effect of old timbers. Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Chania, Crete, 15" x 11"
There were 2 main challenges with this scene - 1) getting the soft edges around the trees and soft shadows, and 2) the handling of the row of boats on the left, moored up against the harbour - all sorts of craft. So 1) was all about timing and sequence - tree first, then background buildings, then the dark areas of the tree. 2) was handled almost as an abstract, just observing the shapes, and not thinking 'boats'.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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