Lamppost and cottages beside Staithes Beck: 110713

King Street, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, 110313 .

Watercolour and pen and ink, 7" x 10" on Bockingford 425gsm paper.

South Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire: 102713

Watercolour 6" x 8" on Arches Hot Press, 300gsm..

I was first introduced to this fantastic view of South Lane whilst trolling through Flicker some 3 or 4 years ago - I came across some really good photos at that time, and learned that the shot was actually taken from Victoria Park, quite some ways away...
My next trip to the UK found me in the said Park armed with my camera, and ready to get some good images for my source library.
Alas, not being too familiar with Holmfirth, other than the main drags (and various drinking establishments thereabouts), I found myself surprisingly far from my intended subject and lacking both a tripod (again) and a telephoto lens of sufficient magnification to get myself a really good shot...
Anyway, I did my best - that was on April 7th of last year... and here's the first painting...

Staithes Beck 102213

Staithes Beck 102213, a photo by Vyvyan Green on Flickr.


Watercolour 7" x 10" on Arches hot press 300gsm...

I think this needs... something... perhaps people, perhaps boats, perhaps cropping on the left to present a square format..... 

The light in my apartment is abysmal, from a painting point of view... I'm not making excuses for my work, - I just like to complain about something every now and then...

Watercolour 4" x 6" on Arches Hot press paper 300gsm.

4" x 6"... a rather small piece which I did one evening last week. I was half way through doing the drawing before I realised how small the image was... so I thought upon starting again, and decided I simply couldn't be bothered, and so I plodded on. 

I can be disgustingly lazy at times...

West Burton, North Yorkshire - 151013

Watercolour 7" x 10", on Bockingford paper, 425gsm.

Summer's almost done - I had an enjoyable time at Art in the Park here in Stratford, and that's done too, at least until next year... 

So it's time to get back into some painting again, not had much time in the last few months ....

This is today's piece... a view I've painted before ...I had intended to use pen and ink on this one, but decided against it once I saw how it was developing, ...  I will do that painting another time..

And... I might stick a figure or two in there somewhere when I eventually come to tweak it... not too easy to decide where to put them without them becoming the centre of attention... I shall ponder on it, but not today...

Townscape 011513

Townscape 011513, a photo by Vyvyan Green on Flickr.

Townscape 011513

Not what I set off to do ... I switched horses several times along the way... and I thoroughly enjoyed it - changing stuff, banging some colour on, pushing it around - when it comes to painting I try to remember it's sometimes about the journey, not arriving...

Watercolour with pen and ink and gouache glazing and highlights - 5" x 7" on Bockingford 425gsm paper