Since last week’s post I’ve been a bit under the weather in more ways than one (and that’s before you include the decidedly unseasonal English summer!) The main think that burdened me was one of those pesky colds that leaves you feeling completely sapped of energy and totally listless. I spent most of the weekend …
I painted this view recently from a reference photo that I’ve had in my collection since 2011! It was taken on a camera rather than on a phone and there’s no GPS location tagging of any sort. As best as I can remember, this was taken the in the July of the year that our …
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First up this week is a new city scene watercolour painting from my home town of Brighton! Considering how long I’ve lived in Brighton, which on and off is probably around 25 or 26 years out of the past 38 years, it’s inspired very few of my paintings. I think this could be to do …
After last week’s extremely lengthy and detailed post about my review of 2022, this week’s post is going to the other extreme of rare brevity! This watercolour painting is a view of Monopoli, a coastal town in the Puglia region of Italy. There was a lot about this that I really enjoyed painting and I …
The impossibly beautiful town of monopoli in puglia, Italy Read More »
I sincerely hope that everyone’s had a wonderful Christmas, hopefully, surrounded by your nearest and dearest, and had the opportunity for a little bit of well-deserved rest and relaxation. My unintended retreat from social media continues apace, including, I’m afraid, from my beloved blog too! I had hoped to do a review of the year …
As I wrote this title out I realised that it would actually make a good title for a plein air painting post! Sadly, on this occasion, it’s because my traditional end-of-year cold just couldn’t wait any longer. As a result, I’ve been laid up with a horrible head cold and various associated aches and pains. …
Well, I don’t know about anyone else but I’m suddenly feeling quite overcome with festive pressure! It’s not even the end of the first week in December yet but I’m already feeling quite anxious about all the things that I’m probably not going to get done before I break for Christmas! All of this is …
After my first effort last week, here are another couple of quarter-sheet paintings that I’ve done mainly using my new Michael Harding watercolours: It’s not so much that these two paintings have left me speechless, but I don’t really have that much to say about either of these! I’m still really enjoying using the new …
Latest Cityscape paintings with my new michael harding watercolours Read More »
The image below is one that I painted back in 2020. Looking back at the post now, I see that it was written during Covid, just as Italy had ordered the closure of all its cafes, bars and social spaces. It seems hard to imagine now but, just looking back at that post does bring …
Trattoria Centro Rampini, mantua – Two Watercolours, two years apart. Read More »
This new watercolour painting of a London street scene came about after a wonderful family day out that we had recently. The weather was beautiful and we’d been treated with tickets to see My Fair Lady at The London Coliseum, which may be more familiar to some as the home of English National Opera. It …
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