wild hellebore - sketch

© JANE MINTER

"wild hellebore iv "

watercolour sketch

 FABRIANO COLD PRESS 

painted from life 

WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP IN FRANCE

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

BANDOUILLE  PAINTING AT THE MONASTERY  

Chiche , Duex Sevres, Poitou Charentes,France 

JANE MINTER'S WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP 

DATES: 14/09/2014 -  20/09/2014

I'm very happy to have been invited back to Bandouille as a guest tutor this September if you'd like to join me  please contact 

  : 

 BIX NASH via FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

http://francepaintingholiday.com/

wine bottles

© JANE MINTER
"empty bottles ii"

wine bottles
Fabriano Artistico 300g/m2
watercolour + wax resist
watercolour study painted from life

Plein air watercolour sketches

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains i
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps" 

mountains ii
PREALPI VENETE
plein air watercolour sketch
Fabriano Artistico  
FINE GRAIN   - COLD PRESS

©  JANE MINTER 2013
"pre-alps"
 PREALPI VENETE

section of  mountains iii
plein air watercolour sketch 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS

......posting a few of my first plein air watercolour sketches of the New Year .... there was very little snow at the beginning of the week in the mountains the cold grey overcast sky enhanced the colours of the trees .... it was a treat to sketch outside .... ongoing challenge.

fading sunflowers

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"fading sunflowers" 

WIP

section of watercolour study

FABRIANO  FINE GRAIN 

work in progress ....section of a larger painting I'm working on 

fading sunflower

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"fading sunflower"

watercolour study

FABRIANO  FINE GRAIN 

olive oil - olio di oliva

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"olive oil"

olio di oliva 
Fabriano Artistico  
GRANA FINA - COLD PRESS
23 x 30.5 cm 
watercolour sketch
 painted from life

old bottle

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"old bottle"

watercolour study  

 painted from life.... no pencil 
Cansons Fontenay
32 x 41cm 

empty bottles

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"empty bottles "
watercolour 
Fabriano Artistico 300g/m2
23x30.5cm 
watercolour study painted from life

salt cellars

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"salt cellars"

watercolour 

still life
Cansons Fontenay
32 x 41cm 

 ...watercolour study of small salt cellars painted from life ....once again the quality of the image uploaded is not very good  sorry .

dove cote

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"dove cote"

SAINT LOUP  LAMAIRE - CHICHE POITOU - CHARENTES - FRANCE

watercolour demo 

Cansons Fontenay

with special thanks to Bix Nash 

for the reference photo

 A view of an enchanting dove cote in Saint Loup Lamaire from one of our many visits to beautiful local villages and towns during my workshop last week at France Painting Holiday  ......a week was far too short !

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

JANE MINTER'S WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP 2014

 DATES : 14/09/2014 - 20/09/2014

I'm delighted to have been invited back to Bandouille for next year as guest tutor if you'd like to join me 

for further information please contact Bix Nash at

 http://francepaintingholiday.com/ 

old enamelled ladle

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"old enamelled ladle " 

still life 

watercolour demo painted from life 
an exercise in negative painting  

Cansons Fontenay

 ........one of the painting demos I painted last week gifted to Bix and Drew after my workshop at France Painting Holiday.... a small  enamelled ladle which is treasured item of  Bix 

FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY

JANE MINTER'S WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP 2014

 DATES : 14/09/2014 - 20/09/2014

If you would like to join me next year at Bandouille FRANCE PAINTING HOLIDAY I will be guest tutor week commencing 14th September 2014
for further information please contact Bix Nash at


 http://francepaintingholiday.com/ 

Classical Order

©  JANE MINTER 2013

"classical order" 

Greek Antiquity # 1

watercolour 

Cansons Fontenay

32 x 41cm

Exploration  of Greek Antiquity ...initial watercolour wash inspired by the rhythm of the doric columns in Olympia. 

car keys

© JANE MINTER 2013

"car keys"
 watercolour study 

painted from life
AQUARELLE CLAIREFONTAINE 
crop of 30 X 40cm 

pink

© JANE MINTER 2013

"pink"

japanese anemone

plein air watercolour study 

painted from life

SAA SAUNDERS WATERCOLOUR JUMBO PAD 

1/4 IMP NOT

WORKSHOP IN FRANCE  

If you'd like to join me for a painting Holiday in France there are still a few places left for full details please visit :

http://francepaintingholiday.com/#/jane-minter/4575303217

or

http://francepaintingholiday.com/#

Olympia

© JANE MINTER 2013
"PHILIPPEION"

OLYMPIA

PELOPONESSE

GREECE 

on-site freehand pencil sketch 

moleskine pocket notebook 

......a glipse of my "visual diary" of  plein air sketches from our recent travels in Greece .