yellow boat - week 12 watercolour course

"yellow boat"

inspired  by "step by step" of Marina Marcolin

old man's beard + rosehips + catkins - photos

"old man's beard + catkins "

"old man's beard "

"catkins"

"rosehips + snow "

....after reading a couple of the comments on my last post thought i'd post a few of my photos  .....for those who aren't familiar with old man's beard "clematis vitalba".... it is also known  as traveller's joy .

old man's beard and rosehips

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"old man's beard and rosehips"

 initial wash

20x50cm vangrow torchon

.......wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR with the first post of the new year

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

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"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

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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

  

chinese lattern

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"chinese lattern" 

work in progress 

"an initial wash"      +     " chinese lattern"

1/4 sheet Arches cold press 300g

......as part of my course work i've been experimenting with bright washes and night time scenes
here's an intial study i've made of a chinese lattern .  

wash # 6 - one hundred washes challenge

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wash # 6

http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/

Radicchio Rosso di Chioggia - Chicory

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"Radicchio Rosso di Chioggia"

watercolour study i

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"Radicco Rosso di Chiogga "

watercolourstudy ii

work in progress

The "Radicco Rosso di Chiogga"  have a wonderful bitter spicy taste to eat simply as salad or grill ...delicious with  pasta and  rissotto ....here are two studies i painted last night whilst cooking ..the red leaves with the white veins are really striking .  

autumn colours - leaf study ii

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"maple leaf"

leaf study ii

moleskine watercolour  sketchbook

skies

sky i

sky ii

sky iii

this week at my watercolour class we were practicing painting just skies .. here are a few of the " wet in wet " studies of  skies i've painted after the class ...lots of practice needed  ! .

autumn colours - leaf study i

autumn leaf  study i

one leaf painted from life  with two real leaves placed beside it as reference

watercolour moleskine sketchbook

ONE HUNDRED WASHES challenge blog

Maggie Latham had a wonderful idea to start  ONE HUNDRED WASHES challenge blog  along with other artists  i decided to join this challenge which started this month ..... i wanted to mention the blog here and add a link .... which i hope you visit  .....i've added a  link on my blog list  and i'll post my washes as and when i paint them on the  page "one hundred washes"  which you can find at the top of my blog......thought i'd post my first wash here with a quick "plein air" wash i painted this summer ..... if you would like to join in with the challenge please contact Maggie  http://onehundredwashes.blogspot.com/.

wash # 1

"flat wash" - colbalt blue - squirrel mop size 10

"plein air" wash

Croatian coast - summer 2010

watercolour moleskine sketchbook

swans + snow - week 4 watercolour class

"swans + snow" 

1/4 sheet canson

......painted this today following a step by step by my teacher Marina Marcolin  at watercolour class

anchorage

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"anchorage"

watercolour study 32 x 41cm

apple - still life study

"apple"

watercolour still life

...........crop of  a still life study (work in progress) ..... painted at my watercolour class today

XI Biennale Europea dell'Acquarello - Albignasego - Villa Obizzi - Padova - Italy

................. this weekend we visited a wonderful exhibition of watercolours at the  XI Biennale Europea dell'Acquarello in Villa Obizzi in Ablignasegno province of Padova ..i'm sure locally many might be familiar with this event for those who aren't  i've added a link where you can read more about the competition, the exhibition  and see the prize winners...the exhibition runs until 24th October 2010.  

windmill - Italian watercolour workshop - week 1

"windmill"

inspired by demo of  Marina Macolina   

..........yesterday i was excited to start a weekly watercolour class in Vicenza at "OSSIDIANA" Centro Cuturale e di Espressione .... Scuola di Pitture e Disegno ACQUARELLO... it's my first Italian  watercolour course having only ever attended a couple of workshops in the UK  ... the courses are run by Toni Vedù and Marina Marcolin ...... i painted this yesterday at home  after the initial lesson and demo by Marina Macolina in class ....practicing wet in wet skies and "wet on dry" foreground .

Aura S at the Villa Foscari La Malccontenta

 Aura S at the Villa Foscari La Malccontenta Venice Italy .... designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher .. at the weekend I enjoyed seeing one of the two installations that Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schmacher designed as part of the architectural Biennale 2008 in occassion of the 500th  Anniversary of Palladio's Birth ...no photos were allowed so I've made a link here...hope you find it interesting .

vendemmia - vintage

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" vendemmia"

watercolour study i

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"vendemmia"

watercolour study ii

.....a couple of studies/sketches i made  in the vineyard before we vintage this week .....just two vines have red leaves which are incredibly beautiful with the purples of the red grapes 

watercolour brush - squirrel quill mop

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"squirrel quill mop"

watercolour study 24x34cm  

chinese lantern ii

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"chinese lattern"  

watercolour study ii 

chinese lantern seedhead - physalis

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"chinese lattern seedhead "

 watercolour study crop 

watching together - portrait

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"watching together"

...... over the summer i've been looking at sketches studies and portraits i've painted over the last few years i wanted to share this  portrait i painted at the beginning of  2009 of my youngest daugther and her aunt ..they are very close.... at the time i was pleased with it as it was the first time i'd tried to paint a double portrait ..... i painted it in one hit ....i used maimeri  cad red raw sienna and cerl blue ... i can see mistakes but i still like this study... i have a lot to learn and hope one day to capture the likeness of my daughters.

Portrait Practice - inspired by Jean Haines step by step

inspired by

Jean Haines "step by step"

this is my intial attempt following Jean's Haines "step by step" The Laird in her new book How to Paint COLOUR & LIGHT in watercolour
no prelimary sketch ..i didn't have white gouache with me whilst we were sailing so didn't add the finishing details .

Sali - Island Dugi Otok - Croatia

spinnaker - downwind