Wisteria Shed

Watercolour, Size 38 x 28 cms
Inspiration was a photo on PmP
Enjoyed painting this …inspite of taking me over a week to complete. Life is busy and so full with my little beautiful granddaughter.

Grapes Galore

28 x 38 cms Gouache on top of a watercolour wash.  A Rescue effort when the watercolour wash gone wrong so I started improvising with Jo Sonja gouache on top - one has to be frugal with expensive watercolour paper.

Wisteria

Watercolour, Size 17 x 23.5 cms.
Inspiration for this painting was a photo on PmP by Suzanne Wallick.

Snowy Mountains, Perisha Gum Trees

Watercolour, Size 38 x 28 cms
The Snow gums are just incredible, convoluted branches and each has a character of their own, be it shape, colour......never boring, never the same.

Patmos Monastry of St John

Historical Patmos with Monastry of St.John and the Cave of the Apocalypse
WC, Size 38 x 28 cms, Patmos
Tried to keep it fairly loose and with bluish tinge. Several "blue" tones were used: Ultra, Cobalt, Indigo, Paynes Gr. titch Cerrul. ...raw sienna,raw/burnt umber umber,Quinac.gold, my dark brown mix.
Heat wave in Sydney of 39oC proved rather a challenge to complete this watercolour.

Old Ferry & Trunkey Creek Shack, Australia

Old Ferry & Trunkey Creek Shack, Australia
Watercolour, Size 38 x 28 cms
The impetus for this painting was the wonderful photo by Carol McLaren Theolog of the old do-it-yourself ferry across the creek, and then I decided to combine it with my photos of the old Australiana shacks …which as usual, I had to doctor and improvise to come up with a reasonable composition…so at least I hoped.
Unfortunately, the Arches watercolour paper gave me hell again…it was one of those frustrating pieces of ”blotting” paper (alas sizing gone bad)..but I persevered.

Majestic Gum Tree with a Pioneer Hut

Watercolour, Size 57 x 38 cms     
One of those endearing scenes somewhere in Australia.
I used 3 of my photos to create this painting using artistic license as I went along.
For me the gum in forefront was very important, to show different tones, textures, smoothness/roughness of the tree.
Spot the sheep??