winter solstice - HAPPY CHRISTMAS ! BUON NATALE !

wishing you all .....

HAPPY CHRISTMAS !  BUON NATALE !  tanti auguri  



"winter"



"autumn"





"winter solstice" - "solstizio d'inverno".......collages by my youngest daughter Gloria aged 5



watercolour and gouache certificate

sweetcorn
lifting -out
watercolour study

At the beginning of this week I was delighted to finish after two years home study with London Art College  my Watercolour & Gouache Cerficate course with distinction. A huge thankyou to Maggy Roberts my tutor for all your encouragement and continuous support .
I also wanted to thankyou all for your comments on my coursework which i have posted on my blog ..here are a couple of studies I did earlier on in the course exploring various techniques.

http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/

chesnuts
scratching with knife
watercolour study from life

teazles

© JANE MINTER

"teazles"

a page of watercolour washes

1/4 sheet cansons fontenay 

ARTISTI DEL CUORE - Mostra pro - alluvionati Caldogno

"ARTISTI DEL CUORE" - Mostra pro - alluvionati Caldogno

degli annessi Villa Caldogno a Caldogno (Vicenza)

inzierà venerdì 10 Dicembre 2010 alle ore 18:00

finirà domenica 12 Dicembre 2010 alle ore 18:00

"VILLA CALDOGNO"
Villa Veneto - Andrea Palladio

.... I wanted to mention this exhibition here...i hope anyone who lives nearby will visit the exhibition this week-end  ... I was happy to donate with many other artists a painting today for this exhibition after my  local watercolour association  Associazione Veneta Acquarello  asked members on behalve of Michela Gruppach if they could help  .....funds raised from the exhibition will be for the benefit of citizens who lost their homes when the Bacchiglione river flooded in the region of Veneto last month.

Christmas Lights - La Torre Bissara - Piazza Signoria - Vicenza

© JANE MINTER

La Torre Bissara

"christmas lights"

inital wash

1/2 sheet Arches 300g

The Tower Bissara "Tower Square"  is situated alongside the Palliadian Basilica in Piazza dei Signori in the historical centre of Vicenza....it looks incredible at this time of year with all the christmas lights  ......this is an intial wash experimenting with "Christmas lights" and night-time view .   

night-time scene - view from Isola di Giorgio Maggiore across to San Marco

 view from Isola di San Giorgo Maggiore  "Baccino" across to San Marco - Venice

A4 initial watercolour study "night-time" scene