Vilcabamba, mountains

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Vilcabamba, mountains, watercolour, A3

Vilcabamba, mountains - detail

Vilcabamba, mountains - detail

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Trees by a river, late afternoon; gouache

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Trees by a river, late afternoon

 watercolour and gouache on paper, A3

Trees by a river, late afternoon- detail

Trees by a river, late afternoon- detail

I began using some gouache to deepen the colour in the darker areas. 

It works very well.

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Vilcabamba, Ecuador

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Vilcabamba, a bridge, watercolour on paper, A3

Vilcabamba, a bridge - detail

Vilcabamba, a bridge - detail

I arrived here yesterday afternoon- I can already see that Vilcabamba has been more or less totally colonised by Americans, often hippy.  

But it is extremely pleasant for nature and I think I`ll be able to work easily in from my little cabin which is rather romantically situated near this river.

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Cuenca, Eucalyptus trees

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Cuenca, Eucalyptus trees

watercolour on paper, A3

Cuenca, Eucalyptus trees - detail

Cuenca, Eucalyptus trees - detail

Painted with new, much larger brushes- these allow me to stand back to work, and force me to focus on the general, not the details.

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Cuenca, a bridge over the river

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Cuenca, a bridge over the river, watercolour on paper, A3

Cuenca, a bridge over the river - detail

I`m going to experiment more with this cross-hatching style. 

I much prefer it to large washes. I like how it allows, or encourages quick reactions, and how the picture builds up over the session.

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Cuenca, by the river

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Cuenca, by the river, watercolour on paper, A3

Cuenca, by the river - detail

Cuenca, by the river - detail

This is on the excellent Hahnemühle 300gsm paper. It allows much more subtle layering, a little erasing of errors (by rubbing with a wet brush onto the paper to remove a mark) and doesn`t buckle. 

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Latacunga- from the Central Hotel - 2

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Latacunga- from the Central Hotel - 2, watercolour on paper, A4

Latacunga- from the Central Hotel - 2 - detail

Latacunga- from the Central Hotel - 2 - detail

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