Sketching with Light Watercolor Washes on Newsprint Paper

A simple sketch with watercolor and charcoal in a brown-green color harmony.

Time Textured Barn

Hills and Storm, South Wales.

Small painting in gouache on paper.

Afternoon Storm

Snow in Watercolor

Snow is typically rendered with cool blues in the shadow and warm ochres in the light areas. Here is an example painted with watercolor and some touches of gouache.

Sunny and Cold

Peaceful Pond

Romantic landscape of late afternoon. Gouache and watercolor.

Tree Groves and a Pond

Sharp Edges Sketch

An example of a quick gouache sketch with sharp edges.

Noon Sun in Luberon

Blue -Magenta Harmony

Dry-brush styled impressionistic landscape in gouache on watercolor paper. The blues and magentas are the dominant colors while the yellow complementary was used sparingly.

Changing Weather

Controlling the Values

To give the impression of full sunlight, values must be carefully balanced.

Noon at the Edge of Town

Impressionist Landscape

An example of a quasi-abstract painting. Media: Gouache on watercolor paper.

Sunset Abstraction

Working On Installing The Walney Wind Farm

Barges and ships working on an offshore wind farm.

Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, UK

Gray-scale Watercolor Painting

This is the result of a short demonstration painting for the Vista Painting Club. I used  the sketch in my previous blog entry as a reference.

Dusk

Another Treeline Scene

The compression of values in the shadow area made it interesting to paint. Gouache on watercolor paper.

Sunset by the Meadows