Man at the Courtyard

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14 x 10 in  -  36 x 25 cm.    


The Courtyard is a restaurant in the center of town in the Old Townhall Building. This almost came off it is al little "too much". I should have been braver and omitted more. As they say - less is more.

Angela

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13 x 9 in  -  33 x 22 cm


Angela was painted as a chalenge done by a few web based artists who work from a limited set of reference photos. You have to do a much as you can in 2 hours, which was not a problem for me. That is one advantage of developing a style in which you paint quickly.

She is just about OK, but I do find it hard to be subtle in watercolor on a such dark painting as this.

Photographing the View, Anacapri

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10 x 14 in  -  25 x 36 cm.     This is inspired by a photo I took of from heights of Anacapri. It is hard to pull this sort of work together its pleseant enought but does not quite make it.

Man in a Hat

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10 x 14 in  -  25 x 36 cm.     This was inspired by an old (pre World War One) colour photo from the Albert Kahn collection shown on a BBC4 TV prog. Did it come off - almost its a bit heavy handed and not enough lightness for my prefered style of watercolour.

Susan's Sweet Peas

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14 x 10 in  -  36 x 25 cm.    


My wife picked some of her Sweet Peas to take to a friend as a scented bouquet. What more do you need for an instant still life except an apple or two.

This was done in a 'Charles Reid' style which is my standard way to approach painting flowers.