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 …
New Watercolour painting of a london street scene Read More »
You may recall this watercolour painting of London’s Picadilly Circus from a few weeks ago: Well, I so enjoyed painting this, and how it turned out, that I thought I’d do another painting based on a similar view. I’d been fortunate to happen across this view at just the right time of day to capture …
My Latest Picadilly Circus watercolour painting, this time by bike! Read More »
Watercolour painting looking along the river Thames from London’s Southbank
Yet another trawl through the photography archives led me back to a wonderful day of plein air watercolour painting in October 2018. The occasion was an open to all – and free to all – plein air painting event organised by the British Plein Air Society. The venue was St James’s Park London – a …
A little trio of watercolour paintings of views of London’s Tower Bridge, as seen from London Bridge. A few weeks’ ago, I gained quite a few new followers on my Instagram account after posting the painting from our visit to The Salt Box. When time permits, I’m always intrigued to look at the feeds of …
Morning plein air painting A much anticipated day of plein air watercolour painting in St James’s Park London got off to glorious start when the sun came out to play! It really was a most beautiful day. Participants in the British Plein Air Society’s paint out event were invited to congregate at the Café Inn …
Plein air watercolour painting in St James’s Park, London Read More »
It feels as if it’s become some form of cathartic therapy now to pass on my ‘latest bad watercolour news’. I received news last Thursday that my two entries to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition had, after the customary ‘careful consideration by the judges’ been unsuccessful in making it to the next stage of the …
After last week’s Regent’s Street painting, I was keen to crack on with this next view of Picadilly Circus in central London. The reference photo was taken on the same day as last week’s reference photo – early in the morning on a crisp clear day, with a low sun, long shadows and not many …
This feels like a bit of a postscript to last week’s post where I felt I was ticking along nicely right up until the end when I added in one wash too many and somewhat ‘killed’ it! With this second attempt, I was mindful of working as quickly as possible, and to being a little bolder …
After so many good but ultimately futile intentions to track a painting’s development – I finally remembered to take some work in progress (WIP) photos as I went along! My subject also marks a departure from my recent plethora of Barcelona images, and a change of format too. I don’t know why but most of …
