Hi Everybody

One kind reader remarked that a recent one of my posted watercolours seemed a bit of a departure from my normal style, and that was so although now and again I do like to paint tall watercolours rather than the more common Landscape format I usually use.

This format seems to me to  lead me to a  to a “wet into wet”, reflection style and so here I have gathered some together for you to have look at.

Some recent and some not so recent but all a bit different.

The first one , painted very recently is of the beautiful Scotney Castle , here in Kent in the UK. At the bottom of a valley, often covered in late spring with a lot of Rhododendrons and Azealeas blooms  lies the old Castle and Folly.

It is a subject I do like to paint and we do visit there quite often

Scotney Castle . Watercolour, 52 cms by 22 on Arches 300gsm watercolour paper.

Here are three watercolours with a common theme.

The Pond,1,2 and 3 All about 50 by 20 cms.

The Pond 1

The Pond 2

The Pond 3

This watercolour was inspired  by a painting session with a local friend who had photographed this spot whilst in Scotland.

A Scottish river in Winter. Watercolour 50 by 30 cms

Some years ago we voted Portofino in Italy and this was painted from sjhetches and phots of that visit. The colourful buildings and the tranquil bay just seemed to fit this aspect ratio.

Portofino in Italy. Watercolour on Arches paper 55 by 20 cms.

This last watercolour is purely from the imagination and an exercise in a bright focal point in a watercolour.

Sunlight on the Pond

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these watercolours in a somewhat different aspect ration to my normal landscape mode.

Stay safe and well 

Brian