Direct Watercolour

Amberley War Memorial
Warercolour on Paper
18cm x 12.5cm (7" x 4.75")

30x30DirectWatercolor is an annual event organised by Marc Taro Holmes (Citizen Sketcher). The challenge involves painting 30 watercolour paintings on the 30 days of June.

Direct watercolour implies minimal (or no) under drawing, and working wet-in-wet in a single pass without waiting for layers to dry before continuing.

Brewery Lane
Warercolour on Paper
18cm x 12.5cm (7" x 4.75")

The challenge inspired me to try a few paintings without my usual safety net of a detailed initial drawing. In the spirit of lock-down, I added the constraint of painting local scenes from Google Maps Street View. The results are a bit wonkier than I normally strive for, but better than I anticipated.

All Saints
Warercolour on Paper
18cm x 12.5cm (7" x 4.75")

The painting of the Amberley war memorial was a particular surprise. I expected it to be a disaster because I sweated for ages drawing the perspective of the memorial in St Peter's for Bob and still didn't quite get it right - there might be a lesson for me here.

The Bell
Warercolour on Paper
18cm x 12.5cm (7" x 4.75")

We have just got back from having our Sunday lunch at the Bell. They had all their doors open today, to allow for a one way system as part of their Covid 19 social distancing measures - strange times.