Valle del Guà

© JANE MINTER

"Valle del Guà"

Veneto , Italia

view across the valley 

small plein air watercolour sketch 

A6 Format 

Lagoon of Marano

© JANE MINTER

"Laguna di Marano"

Lagoon of Marano

watercolour
.painted from memory 

orange rose hip

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"orange rose hip" 

watercolour study WIP 

32 x 41cm

painted from life with no pencil sketch

.....posting  a  quick initial wet in wet study WIP painted with a large  flat brush 2" /50 mm .

old wooden cotton reel

© JANE MINTER

"old wooden cotton reel "
red thread ii 

watercolour sketch
painted from life ....no pencil

red thread

© JANE MINTER

"red thread" 

watercolour sketch 

watercolour wash

© JANE MINTER

"watercolour wash"

32 x 41cm
inspired by wine press

Treccia d'aglio

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"treccia d'aglio"

string of gralic

watercolour study 

32 x 41cm
 ....painted from life with preliminary pencil sketch

Treccia di Cipolla Rosso di Tropea

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"Treccia di Cipolla Rosso di Tropea"

"string of onions"

watercolour study 

32 x 41cm

 ....painted from life with no preliminary pencil sketch

SMALL WORKS CHALLENGE with Maggie Latham

 © JANE MINTER

  © JANE MINTER 

 © JANE MINTER  

 © JANE MINTER  

"Garganega"

white grapes

A6 Format

Plein air  sketches 
September Small Works challenge 
SMALL WORKS CHALLENGE  by Maggie Latham  

Start of a new challenge 

SMALL WORKS CHALLENGE  by Maggie Latham 

if you wish to join in with the challenge below are the links to Maggie's blog and facebook group

 http://maggielathamfineart.blogspot.fr/2012/08/small-works-challenges-open-to-all.html

http://maggielathamsmallworks.blogspot.it/

 http://www.facebook.com/groups/smallworkschallengegroup/

....posting a few of my first plein air sketches and washes from Maggie's  SMALL WORKS  September challenge .
The white grapes "Garganega" turn a beautiful golden shade when ripe ...with the sketches i tried to capture the colours  . I made an inital flat wash of raw sienna on a large sheet of paper before sub-dividing the sheet into A6 format to make 16 small plein air sketches in the vineyard. It was extremely hot so I had to work quickly with mixed results.

13" inches

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"13" inches" 

tape measure ii 

watercolour study  

32cm x 41cm fontenay canson 

inches

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"inches"

tape measure 

watercolour 

24 x 32 cm 

 painted from life 

toothbrush

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 "toothbrush"

 "spazzolino da denti"

watercolour

24cm x 32cm
....painted from life with no preliminary pencil sketch