At Cascais in Portugal
The South-western tip of Europe Relate to: Color study, and Painting Portugal is a lovely country to visit as a tourist, especially in the Summer. A few years ago, I spent a beautiful holiday in Portugal and took many pictures of interesting sights. Searching for one to inspire my future work in watercolour and maybe […]
Tuscan hamlet at dawn
Tuscan hamlet at dawn In the surroundings of Monsummano Terme, walking uphill last Summer, we came across a beautiful landscape of a small hamlet backed by two large cypress trees. I love to draw. So my preliminary drawing of the landscape was rather detailed on properly scaled paper, with tonal values as I saw fit. […]
Painting a patio in Azay-le-Rideau
Painting a patio in Azay-le-Rideau I used the sketch/drawing from last week as a baseline for my new painting. I wanted to test a new method for stretching the watercolour paper using metal clips to hold its fibres extended, as shown in the picture below taken after the first wash. The result was not that […]
A patio at Azay-le-Rideau midday
Sketch and tonal study inspired by the patio of a Restaurant at Azay-le-Rideau During the summer of 2023, we visited this lovely city, Azay-le-Rideau, which is most famous for its château, a part of the French patrimony of the Loire Valley. After a long visit to the château in the morning, we found time and […]
Tuscan hamlet on the hill
Last summer, while visiting the village of Vinci, we drove up and down the hills on narrow roads like the one seen in the drawing below. I still remember the excitement of seeing the birthplace and the surroundings where Leonardo da Vinci grew up. I used the sketch above as inspiration for a new painting/experiment. […]