Watercolour Sketches: Latest work.

'The Bungalow' Co, Wicklow

This is a watercolour painting I’ve done only last week. i haven’t been on my blog in ages: answer…LAZY! Sorry folks, but forgive me. I love showing my work: not in a smirk, show off  way - but, a way to show people who love and appreciate ‘Plein Air’ painting, or painting from out in the great outdoors: nothing like it. It’s the REAL way to capture the landscape, especially here in this wonderful land called Ireland: simply breathtaking! If you study the sky you will see I’ve overdone it a bit i think, this is the secret with watercolour, never overdo it - you will loose the spontaneity, which watercolour is all about.

'Wheat Fields in full Sun: Co, Wicklow'

This is a painting i did around the same as the other above. I loved painting this one. The sun shining on the fields was really spectacular. The sun really blazed on the fields at the brow of the hill. It was contrasted by the dark sky..(which should have been painted darker) which was just the moment to get my sketchbook at the ready. I have my knapsack in the car: ready for the moment. I was happy enough with this painting. I hope to eventually make a oil painting out of it. The foreground van gives a sense of movement and openness.