Fuente de las Conchas in Madrid
Quarter sheet painting at Fuente de las Conchas Another landscape I preselected to see and experience during my trip to Madrid this June was the Campo del Moro, a park from the base of the Royal Palace to the west. I imagined how the alleys were walked by the Spanish Royalty many times in the […]
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 […]
The practice of thumbnails
My workflow from a compositional concept to a finished artwork is not yet complete, but I have been practicing initial steps, including drawing thumbnails, for a while now. Thumbnails are about compositional intelligence, not about anatomy, rendering or refinement. This is the first step in creating a successful painting. Five goals for the practice of […]
Study of an imagined scene at Sunset
Following my recent vacation in Aruba and the fresh memories of the beautiful beaches I saw there, I was thinking of warming up a little by playing with the brush on watercolour paper and painting an imagined sunset. Here in Toronto, it is still very cold. Yet my imagination can play scenes to keep me […]
Smiling face in painting
I found inspiration in the afternoon to paint in watercolour from a picture of mine. The photo was taken by my wife at a restaurant in Italy last August after a delicious meal of locally caught seafood. Back then, it was a hot, sunny day in central Italy.