#504 Venice 20

#504 Venice 20

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sky, Venice

Late afternoon when the sun is travelling between San Giorgio Maggiore and Maria Della Salute. I wanted to put interesting marks and different colour variations in the water and sky. The silhouette of buildings are fab, although it took some working out of composition...
#503 Venice 18 & 19

#503 Venice 18 & 19

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sunset, Venice

Zooming in to the Maria Della Salute instead of doing the big skyline so tempting to get everything in which is tricky when is such a wide spread of landmarks. This one was before and the sun a little higher.
#502 Venice 17

#502 Venice 17

by | Sep 23, 2019 | Cityscape, Sunrise, Venice

Such a tough subject! I went big too 12×16″ 🙂 It was early morning and the sun was behind the building, so the tones were close together and colours similar.I looked for the warm and cools and made sure the drawing was correct and the skyline details which...
#501 Venice 16

#501 Venice 16

by | Sep 22, 2019 | Accademia Bridge, Boats, Seascape, Sunrise, Venice

From Accademia Bridge at 9am. My biggest board so far on this location 11×14″ Really simplified the colours and shapes but put in enough so they weren’t too blocky. I liked the bit of light hitting the left buildings, gives a pop of colour.
#500 Venice 15

#500 Venice 15

by | Sep 20, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice

Wow I made it to 500 posts!! It also happens to be my 5th year wedding anniversary today too 🙂 A great place to spend it in in Venice. Not an easy boat to paint especially during a fleeting sunrise, focused & fast painting, capturing the light as it changed from...