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 […]
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. […]
Country-side mansion in Upper Canada
During a past holiday, I visited the countryside region near Kingston, Ontario, along the Great Lakes. The city was an important center during the British Dominion in the Victorian era, hosting a colonial force, the Governor of the province and most of its bureaucracy. As expected, one can still find many examples of construction in […]
Experimenting with painting flow
This week, my goal was to test a method to stretch watercolour paper so that it does not bend and buckle during heavy washes. Also, on this occasion, I kept working on a new composition, being inspired by a panoramic scene of Florence that I saw during my vacation there last Summer. To prepare the […]
Painting the Palace of the Credit Bank
Revisiting my collection of digital photos from past vacations, I came across a picture of a beautiful building in my city of birth, Timisoara. Its construction was complete in 1912 with the architectural plans of Szekely Laszlo. Initially, it served as the Credit Bank’s head office in the city, and later it was repurposed for […]