Rochester Castrle Revisited

Today I made 2 more paintings of the Rochester Castle. Then in the afternoon, made another one of the same. So there are 4 of them including the sketch I posted yesterday. Here are they in the order they were made:
Rochester Castle 1:



Rochester Castle 2:



Rochester Castle 3:



Comments are welcome. The third one is large size.

Rochester castle

Today's painting sketch of Rochester Castle, we visited on Thursday last week.

Stonewall Painting:from the workshop

This is the second day's painting from the Peter Woolley's workshop. My second attempt. Looks OK. Still can improve!

Barn painting Redone

This is the same barn painting from the workshop, wanted to improve and I believe it did this time around. Added a bit of autumn colours. Don't miss the sheep! Let me know what you think!

Painting Workshop in Peak District

I attended a painting workshop by the famous English Watercolour painter Peter Woolley on 27-28 September in Hartington, Peak District area. Went outdoors on first morning and did some sketches of a barn nearby and in the afternoon went along with Peter in painting the same. Couldn't finish by 5.00, so carried into the second morning which was very gloomy to go out. But by the time we finished, sun came out and went out for sketching the stonewalls which are part of the landscape here. After which Peter showed us how to paint the stonewall, there was just time enough for that! Here I post all the work I did as also Peter's. I finished the stone wall painting today. The first one is the painting by Peter Woolley as well as the sketch below(4th image).

LEEDS CASTLE

Today I did a painting of the Leeds Castle, from this photo, which is really good photo:



Here is the painting, I am not so satisfied, can do better next time:


I cropped it a bit:

Ithaca Skyscape

This is the veiw of the university from Cass park. Medium size sketch! Not sure it will be worth making a big painting out of it?!?!

Bridge at Taughannoc Falls (upstate NY)

This is the reference photo for my painting, a rather tough one, at many stages it looked like a goner, but I needed the support for another painting, has to finish it, so the agony went on, now it is out of the board, and I think I could say I scraped through and saved it, sort of. Here it is:


What do you think?

Tower Bridge London

This one I started before going to Ithaca, finished it yesterday, in involved lots of washes and drying time in between, but I was patient and finished it at last. Hope it is OK?

Big Ben and Friends

This painting is finished (?) today, I had started this in August before crossing the Atlantic. To achieve balance I added the boat on the left side though it was not on the reference photo. Is this complete yet, does it need something more? I am waiting for a few days before deciding. Views welcome!

Barn and Silos

We stopped on our way back from WATKINS Glen to take photograph of this barn building and the adjusant Silos,which I wanted to paint. Today I completed the painting. First I made a small study which is in my view is better than the bigger version, I changed the colour of the Silos to dark blue which I regret now.Here are the study and the painting:

Study




Painting

Two from Taughannock Falls!

I did 2 paintings after visiting Taughannock Falls near Ithaca. The digital versions do not reflect the real paintings which look better in real life. The first one has gone to the framers!

First plein aire sketch!

Today Imspent sometime in CassPark, Ithaca and made a small painting of a nice tree with lots of boats in front. It took 2 hours to finish and I am morethan happy. The secret is I have already done 2 paintings of the same spot albeit from photos, making this one special!

Big Ben II

It is the same as yesterday but slightly bigger, was trying out pouring technique in many parts, the whole of underpainting done that way before the final details were put in! Time to move out of big ben!

Big Ben

This is the view of the Big Ben from the Thames south bank. Though the buildings seem to have leaning problem no such thing in the painting, this is the way it is photographed causing the problem.