My Watercolour Portfolio

A brief look into a half fogotten portfolio of watercolours that have never

been framed or seen

I was surprised how many of the paintings were of subjects from

the English Lake District, this is a view of Wastwater

 A painting of Blea Tarn, a tarn is the local name for a small lake, usually

half way up the Mountains. In the background are the Langdale Pikes

The same Pikes that sweep down into the Langdale Valley

The time is late winter, a favourite time for me. The greens of summer gave way

to the tawney colours of gold and brown. In this detail,  the last of the

winter snows are depicted by just just leaving the white paper unpainted

Leaving the lake District, this scene is Haworth at dusk.

Haworth of course will always be associated with the

Bronte sisters who lived there lives, only a short distance away

from this view point

My choice of colours, or palette as its called dosn't include white (remember

the snow) or black. The detail below shows that by mixing blue (Ultramarine)

with brown (Burnt Umber) I can get a more lively dark

We are now looking at a scene in Ireland, the mountain known as

Ben Bulben. The close up below shows my treatment of lichen,

that covers our trees and rocks in this part of the world.

For the technical minded the colours are Viridian(green)

and Burnt Umber