reds - initial wash

"reds"

geraniums in a copper pot

this is a crop of an initial watercolour wash on a full sheet i painted last week... it's unfinished ... working at this scale is new for me ..i'm experimenting ...i like the freedom it gives ...i need alot of practice .

ADRIANA BUGGINO - Mostra di Fiori in Acquarello - Padenghe del Garda

"......... L'aqua porta a galla la nostra creatività , emozioni ed intuizione ."

"....The water brings/carries to the surface our creativity emotions and intuition. " 

Andriana Buggino

 At the weekend we visited an exhibition of watercolour flowers by Adrianna Buggino at Lake Garda . Her  transparent watercolours are  so very beautiful so loose and free ......  here is a link to her site ,

http://www.adriana-buggino.it/

wild yellow daisy

"wild yellow daisy"

crop of watercolour sketch painted from life

initial sketch mountains - Piccole Dolomite

"initial sketch"

Piccole Dolomiti IL GRUPPO DELLA CAREGA - IL FUMATE
Italian Pre- Alps

this is an intial sketch made from thumbnail sketches i made yesterday in the mountains ....as part of my course work i have to paint a mountain scene ...  IL FUMATE means "smokey"... the mountain tops are always covered in clouds  ..this is a start .. it's really stretching me ..i loved the two small openings above the submits

old green door

"green door"

old green door before restoration work

Castello Duino - Trieste

"sketch of Castello Duino"

 by my daughter Gloria

"sketching together" ... pages to treasure from a small colourful sketchbook of mine that my youngest daughter loved sketching in when we explored the coastline last week......here are a couple of links  Castello Duino and Castello di Duino



a couple of my very quick pen plein air sketches

"roman ruins"  Castello Duino

"water tower" further along the coast

wild thistle

"thistle"

there are so many beautiful wild flowers in the fields at the moment ..... this is a study i painted today of a single thistle with no pencil .

onions sketch

"onions "

inspired by a wonderful article in " the artist" magazine march 2010 Geometric forms  by Hilary Page on introduction to massing with an onion demonstration.....................

i painted this quickly whilst waiting for the water to boil for pasta .... you can see where i had to stop painting and cook !