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Limes
Read more: LimesI have become quite partial to limes of late, so a lime being cut open on a chopping board is quite a common sight in our kitchen these days. I was quite keen to paint a lime that looked as if it had the taste I crave from the fruit. In all honesty I think…
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An Audience
Read more: An AudienceAs I spend more time wrestling with my watercolour paints, I have realised that as well as applying ever more colour to the paper it is also possible to remove paint from the surface to lighten an area. This scene was created to experiment with ways of removing paint from certain places to create the…
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Sunset Regatta
Read more: Sunset RegattaAnother piece based on my imagination and mainly composed of triangles, this time with just a few supporting semicircles. I’m not a sailor, but nevertheless I rather suspect that most regattas aim to finish before sunset so that they can see what is going on. However, that detail would have somewhat spoilt this arrangement.
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Tropical Beach
Read more: Tropical BeachLoosely based on a photo taken on Mirissa Beach in Sri Lanka, here is another experiment using watercolours and quite a lot of water. Once again my first attempt was too wet, meaning that the background trees grew enormous as they spread over most of the sky! This second version was closer to damp rather…
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Wet Flowers
Read more: Wet FlowersHaving been advised to try watercolour paints on posh proper cotton watercolour paper, I decided to have another go at the “wet on wet” approach, where the paper is dampened before the paint is applied. It turns out that the amount of water is quite critical! My first go at what I thought would be…
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Two Doors
Read more: Two DoorsThese doors don’t really exist. This image popped into my head whilst I was making a rather obvious choice between two alternatives. Now I suppose that contrasting a welcoming light beyond an open door with a locked door guarding an apparently dark room is a rather hackneyed image, but it summed up my thoughts at…
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Daffodils
Read more: DaffodilsDaffodils are coming into bloom – at least around here – so spring is in the air! I have drawn daffodils before of course, I have even posted one already on this site. Here I have decided to create a rather stylised depiction of these sentinels of spring, based rather loosely on what I think…
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Fishing Boats
Read more: Fishing BoatsThe fishing boats in Negombo keep different hours to the tourists. We saw some of the boats still at sea whilst we were having breakfast, but by the time we were walking around the town the fishermen were all back to unload their catch, repair their nets etc. The boats were all quite colourful, and…
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Sunset at Galle
Read more: Sunset at GalleSooner or later I am sure that my watercolour paints will do exactly what I want them to do, but in the meanwhile I have to be content if a watercolour painting bears even a passing resemblance to the image that I have in my head! This sunset is no exception – I was quite…
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Trichromatic Safari
Read more: Trichromatic SafariTwo things surprised me on a short safari that I took in Sri Lanks to see their native elephants* in the wild: I decided to try a multi-monochrome technique with this picture – “multi” becoming “three” in this case as I perceived three components to the image – the elephant, the onlookers and the forest/grassland…
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Bus Montage
Read more: Bus MontageMany buses in Sri Lanka have very fancy decoration – this one was I think the fanciest but there were many others that had been glammed up to a similar extent. I was told that they do this to get noticed and so attract extra passengers. I’m not sure if the paint jobs attract extra…
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Tuk-tuk
Read more: Tuk-tukThe roads in Sri Lanka (as in many other countries) seem to be full of these three-wheelers. If you are looking for a lift they are very useful – otherwise they are something to beware of, both for pedestrians and for larger vehicle drivers. The tuk-tuk in the foreground of this painting is driving along…
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