Helmsley - North Yorkshire

Visited Helmsely last weekend. First time I'd been there for a whileand it was very picturesque full of blosom. This watercolour on Saunders 10" x 7" is looking up the street towards the church. Notice the large white ducks coming out of the stream!

Constantine Bay - Cornwall

I spent a great week recently in Cornwall. Some fantastic fishing villages not to mention the pasties and clotted cream! This one was painted on site plein air on quarter imperial size saunders watercolour paper.

'Eilean Donan Castle'- Scotland

This is a very famous and much painted castle in Scotland. I aimed to capture the mysterious atmosphere of the place in watercolour. I painted this on site on an easel as I looked at the castle a few hundred yards away.

'Beach Strolling'

Painted this one on a local North east Beach a few days ago outdoors on site. Watercolour 16" x 12" All of this 'summer rain' that we've been having lately actually held off fortunately.

'Looking to the Isle of Skye' -SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Painted this one on site 'en plein air' in the North West Highlands of Scotland looking towards the amazing Island of Skye with its characteristic profile.

'Forth Road Rail Bridge' - SCOTLAND

'Forth Road Rail Bridge' - SCOTLAND
I've spent a lot of time visiting Scotland lately, a place that I love. This amazing bridge is majestic and I painted this on site under the bridge on a brilliant sunny day 3 weeks ago.

The Grande Canal - Venice

Ok, its been painted so many times but what a view!
This one is watercolour on thick paper approx 10" x 7"

'Burnby Hall and Gardens'

This one was painted en plein air on a beautiful day this Easter Weekend.Burnby gardens are at Pocklington near York and a well worth a visit.
Approx 10" x 7" in Watercolour.

Argenteuil - late afternoon after Claude Monet

This is a Watercolour Painting after Claude Monet -his original was painted in oils. I was pleased how this turned out and it is now in a good quality frame. Size approx 15" x 11"
If you want to see a Demo of how I painted this then visit :

http://www.paintingsuk.com/MonetDemo.html

Let me know what you thought of it!

'Enjoy the Silence'

'Enjoy the Silence'- 28cm x 19cms watercolour-painted from old sketches and a bit of imagination.

'Pirates Cove' South Shields NE UK

Heres my latest watercolour painted from a sketch that I made last month on one of our local beaches. Quarter Imperial size with Winsor and Newton paints. It was a cold day but bright and fresh. I didn't see any pirates!

Inspired by Turner

Watercolour inspired by a small pencil sketch by JWM Turner in the Tate gallery. - first time that I've painted green in the sky and I think I got away with it! Looking across to Langdale Fells at the Lakes in Cumbria UK
Quarter Imperial size 200lbs Bockingford paper

'Scottish Silhouetted Tree'

7"x 5" watercolour from a photograph that I took in Scotland Nov 06. The small central 'blob' in the disatnce is Edinburgh Castle!

'Lindesfarne Castle'

'Lindesfarne Castle'
Quarter Imperial 200lbs Bockingford paper and Winsor and Newton paints
I kept this much painted subject simple hoping that the atmosphere and tranquilty could be conveyed.

'Adriane' after Sir William Russell Flint

This is after Sir William Russell Flint one of my all time favourite watercolourists. This took me about 5 hours and is a 28cm x 19cms watercolour. I hope that I did him justice.

'GIRL IN SAND DUNES'

One from my imagination.
12" X 9" Watercolour

'Pulling the Boat out'

AnotherWatercolour from StMonans Scotland
'Pulling the boat out'
These poor men spent an hour trying to pull their sailing boat out of the water!

Windmill from St Monans -Scotland

Another from my recent Nov 06 trip to Scotland Watercolour-14" x 10" on 200lb Bockingford paper. It was a very fresh Scottish day at this charming fishing villlage. I think this painting sums up the experience.

Waiting

Heres a small watercolour of a greyhound that I did a series of last year.

'Untitled'

Surreal watercolour with no title from my imagination.