I’ve just spent a lovely week in Brittany, France. This watercolour sketch was painted along the shoreline between Ploubazlanec and Paimpol, Brittany, France.
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Holiday in Paimpol, France.
Category: Watercolour
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Holiday in Ploumanach
Another watercolour sketch of Ploumanach, painted from the harbour in Paimpol, Brittany, France.
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Old Swedish Steamer
A watercolour of the Stockholm ferry called Västan, an old steamer from 1900 and still going strong.This was the first time I painted in this large a format of 70 x 50cm. It’s kinda scary, because so much can go wrong. Thankfully I didn’t make too many mistakes and I’m happy with the end result.
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| Västan 75 x 50 cm, Arches rough 300g. |
I just spent two weeks sailing here in Stockholm. The weather was not the best, I had to use mittens at one point while painting. There was a storm, lots of wind and rain but I still enjoyed myself anyway. It’s hard to beat the beauty of the archipelago. I plan to spend more time painting there next year, I am looking forward to it already.
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| The outer archipelago 39 x 29 cm Arches Rough |
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| The Stockholm Archipelago 39 x 29 cm Arches Rough |
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| The Stockholm Archipelago 39 x 29 cm Arches Rough |
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My outdoor kit for 2015
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| Assorted brushes and W&N watercolour paint |
I painted the same picture again. It’s fun to play around with a simple motif and a small format, the watercolours are 8 x 11.5 cm on Arches rough, 300g.
I wanted to practice my watercolour figures so I chose that rather famous picture of James Dean walking in the rain in New York. I completed these two paintings in half an hour. Speed helps me, I don’t have time to think, when I think everything goes wrong. Each watercolour is 8 x 11,5 cm in size on Arches rough, 300g.
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| James Dean on a lunch break. |
It’s amazing how hard it is to get back into a routine. Today, I finally started painting again during my lunch break. I mean, it’s been at least two weeks since the last one! I’m such a slacker.
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| Lunchtime archipelago. Paper: Arches rough 17 x 12 cm, 20150707. |
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Holiday snap
I painted this while on holiday in Greece. It takes longer than a photograph but the memory of the occasion is so much stronger because of it.
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| Corfu, Greece 20150628. Paper: Arches rough 12 x 17 cm. |