Venice

I did this painting of a typical Venetian scene to get myself ready for the big trip. The essence of Venice and Italy are those warm mustard and rose colours they use on walls.


I don't think this a masterpiece at all and it needs lots more work but it has served its purpose - which is to get me painting Italian colours.

Botanical watercolour

As I rapidly discovered it is best to be bold and confident with watercolour. There is no place for short strokes and over working a picture. In a bid to improve I did these hydrangeas - you have to not care about the results too much.


This bottlebrush were assisted by Susie. In other words she made it beautiful.

Watercolour class - animals and portraits

My friends and family all know that I'm not an animal lover so last week when asked to paint pets, I had to force myself to get interested.


These two pugs were from Susie's photo library and everyone loved the first. This boxer below is rather sombre.


Moving on to humans then, here is a quick portrait of my daughter when she was delectably cute at age 4 and half.

Clovelly club house

I've been labouring over this painting for a while now and it becomes more important to finish it as my paintings slowly disappear to new owners leaving gaps on the walls. This painting is of Clovelly club house perched above the sandstone cliff.


It's not quite finished as I have a few figures to put in. Having painted a gloss finish over this, I expect that any mistakes I make with figures may be easily rubbed off. Well, that remains to be seen.....