jane minter's sketchbook: settembre 2012

domenica 30 settembre 2012

Valle del Guà

"Valle del Guà"

Veneto , Italia

view across the valley

small plein air watercolour sketch

A6 Format

Lagoon of Marano

"Laguna di Marano"

Lagoon of Marano

watercolour
.painted from memory

martedì 25 settembre 2012

orange rose hip

"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 .

domenica 23 settembre 2012

old wooden cotton reel

"old wooden cotton reel "
red thread ii

watercolour sketch
painted from life ....no pencil

venerdì 21 settembre 2012

watercolour wash

"watercolour wash"

32 x 41cm
inspired by wine press

mercoledì 19 settembre 2012

Treccia d'aglio

string of gralic

watercolour study

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

lunedì 17 settembre 2012

Treccia di Cipolla Rosso di Tropea

"Treccia di Cipolla Rosso di Tropea"

"string of onions"

watercolour study

32 x 41cm

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

venerdì 14 settembre 2012

SMALL WORKS CHALLENGE with Maggie Latham

"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.