Cacupe,watercolour; larger size

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Cacupe, early afternoon,watercolour, A2

Cacupe, early afternoon,watercolour, A2

Cacupe, early afternoon,watercolour, A2

I bought A2 paper, and this is the first in my efforts to paint on this size. 

The increased gestural freedom is wonderful.

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Cacupe, water's edge

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Cacupe, water's edge

 watercolour on paper, 19.5 x 13.8 cm

 

 

I think I will get an A4 pad next, this size is really a bit too cramped.

 

 

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Cacupe, trees in a garden; painting success or failure

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Near Cacupe, trees in a garden, oil on card, 30 x 25.5 cm   AVAILABLE

It's funny how some days the painting goes well and on others not, how unpredictable it is.

This one is the result of two visits. The first didn't quite get the ball into the net. This one has a range of textures and a confidence that the other lacked, with a varied textures and a wide range of yellows. I have destroyed the former. 

I destroy about a third of my work.

 For me failure nearly always has psychological roots. Some days I seem to work steadily and easily and everything just slots into place. And others are a struggle from first to last and I might even destroy the picture after. It is frustrating not to know how to guarantee that every session is a success.

 I try to console myself with the notion that even on the bad days I am learning something, storing up some knowledge for another day, but I'm not 100% convinced that if that is really the case. 

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There is a Bonnardish feel about this one. I identify a lot with the intimist idea- art as a revealing of secrets. 

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View across the bay from the road to Cacupe

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View across the bay from the road to Cacupe

 oil on card 214 x 24 cm disc

One of a series from this road.

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Settlement, on the way to Cacupe

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The road to Cacupe, settlement, 

Oil on card, 24.2 x 29.7 cm unavailable

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Driveway on the way to Cacupe

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Driveway on the way to Cacupe, oil on card, 12.5 / 14 cm   SOLD

I have been looking at the Scottish Colourists, and am trying to transform myself into one, at least for the time being.

I've been painting tonally for years and it's exciting to change to work from the basis of colour.

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