eloquent dawn - iv and v

the warm rose that actually looks cool with the greens (and is complementary) is what i am working towards...

eloquent dawn - iii - the willows

this is becoming quite joyful now...

strident dawn - i and ii

cool drippy shadows.

eloquent dawn i

this is something new.  i enjoyed the last misty series i did and everyone seemed keen for me to do more.  to be honest, i was keen to do more - but i am always aware of trying to do something new...

willows at lakeside

well hi. this painting is my first for the year. i know. i blame the ethernet mainly. (that is a semiprivate joke!)

this is pretty much an impression of the view outside my backdoor here in the suburbs of melbourne. it is a late afternoon light. i will try to capture impressions of other lights as we move through the spring...

melbourne lunchtime (de Graves street)

ever since i started painting i have had a desire to paint some of the quaint and cool "alleyways" and lanes in melbourne, australia. mission number one was to do "de Graves street". this one once the home of the melbourne "soup nazi". anyway. i was walking by de Graves street the other day and it was a warm spring day and the light was gorgeous. so i snapped a few reference photos on my phone. i took these references and this is what appeared. this is a full sheet arches cp. all watercolor paints only. lots of yellow ochre. permanent crimson and cerulean.

autumn study - iv

i like the cool/warm interplay of this. the warmth of Autumn and the cool of Autumn co-exist only a few feet away from each other. such is the nature of that season...