My effort from my last online workshop I ran in July. Featuring a volcano, a low cloud, some fields and a couple of groups of houses. An exercise in composition, and different edges in watercolour - with a hard edge for example at the top of the cloud and a soft edge at the bottom of the cloud and the transition to the shadow of the cloud on the hill.
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Borgo dei Cappuccini Livorno Italy
A street behind the port area. That shadow up the wall of the building and trying to get the feeling of bright light beyond and darker shadows in the foreground. That cyclist had better watch out - going up a no-entry street!
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Staithes, North Yorkshire, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A composition I have done before...but I just changed the direction of the boat. For me, this sort of scene has everything. A light value background kept really simple. Then some middle ground interest with shadows to give form and depth. And top it off with some reflections.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Working on contrasts - so I played on the white vehicles in the centre up against a darker background. It can't be just about that going on in the middle. I needed some vertical interest, so on the right I included the pavement, building and some figures melting into the shadows.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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St Emilion, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
This is the bottom of the town as I call it. On the right is a pizza restaurant bedecked in yellow and yellow parasols. A contra jour shot looking down to the end of the town.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A study of some shadows in the late afternoon in the New Venice area of Livorno. Just had to sneak in a cyclist. Plenty of dry brush marks in this one to get different edges.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Sorry, there's loads more to come from Livorno. This one was quite difficult to get the balance of composition looking right. I had to include the boat on the right and a couple of bouys on the right to balance up with the left-hand side. i think it worked.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Laycock, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
One of the last workshops I ran before lockdown in the UK. So over 2 hours we painted a local Lacock scene - this is the top of the village, with about 50 attendees. An exercise in using imagination to help composition with figures and cars into a blank street scene. Plus a good exercise in perspective and values in watercolour.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Perhaps a slightly unusual view of the Baroque Church from across the other side of the harbour. It's quite difficult to paint a whole group of white boats. Really I just think of the shape as a whole, and looking for geometric patterns for shadows. Seems to work and keeps it loose.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.
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