Front of House - Italy

Well just finished this one, the front of my daughters home in Italy.

This was completed from a photograph on Saunders Waterford 300gsm 16x12 paper. I am pleased with this renditioning except for the front door when I should have stopped , but ......

A new painting - at last

A watercolour with ink, Saunders Waterford 16x20.
It is ages since I last posted and since then we have been to our daughters and son-in-laws in Italy, Castellaro Lagusello, near to Lake Garda.
I took this photo of where they are living and completed it when I returned home in watercolours.

On my way to Plein Aire!

Well it has been several weeks with nothing to report, but now I have a Kent Box Easel to take with me on my paint outings to paint scenes in my area and abroad. I am gathering all the items I need.
I am travelling to the beautiful area of Lake Garda, Italy next week to see my daughter, but I will also to do some painting. I have done drawing and painting outside before but only in areas where my family and friends have been around but this time I will be exposed to the general public, but at least I wont know what they are saying - I cannot speak Italian!!
My painting of a Blue Iris I am touching up again. I put the painting on www.wetcanvas.com and I was given some advice to put mauve/maroon on the flower, I tried this and I didn't like it so I have gone back to the blue and done some blending and hopefully it will look even better. I will post it soon.
I have a couple of paintings to finish, a copy of a photograph of a town in Tuscany, a still life of table decorations with flowers, glass and china plates, on a green table cloth and a light coloured background. I changed the background to dark though as it looks better - I am leaving this one to get a fresh eye to see where I am with it though.
So lots to do over the next few weeks.

Montana

A pen and Ink of a friend's house by the sea called 'Montana'.

Pen and Ink on Watercolour paper 16x12 inches

Boyse and Bella - 'Where's that buscuit'

Boyse and Bella completed in Coloured Pencil, Waterford watercolour paper - 16x12 inches

More white paper showing than in the other dogs.

Blue Iris

My latest Oil Painting is number one of a series of Iris paintings, this one called Blue Iris. Oil on Deep Canvas

My main problem was the background. I started to paint long thin leaves greens and yellows interspersed with darks but this did not come of. I eventually painted the all green colour.

Acrylic Paintings

Some of my acrylic paintings are:

A view of Citta S'Angello of Torremanella, a vineyard in the valley.

Titled 'I wandered Lonely as a Cloud'

Titled 'Sunflowers with Leaves'