Watercolours are created in three different approaches:  Sketchbook Work, almost exclusively from ‘life’, is created on smaller scale watercolour sheets.  Portfolio Projects working from photos and sketches are created in the studio and posted here under standard Categories.  Large scale watercolours, usually on 300gm stretched Arches, cut off from 1.1m rolls are posted as Premier work.

photo of a painting of Grosse Spitskop Namibia

Premier, Category and Sketchbook work is for sale either as originals or Limited Edition High Resolution Prints.

Premier Work

Large scale watercolours are completed on 300gm Arches Hot or Cold pressed, cut off and pressed from a roll 1100mm wide.  Watercolour washes are applied with a big, fat Raphaël Petit Gris squirrel hair mop and a 1″ sable flat brush.

  • watercolour of a beach

    Premier Work

    4

Portfolio

Work grouped by category.  Most of this work has been completed in the studio, usually on 610 x 460mm Arches Hot or Cold Pressed sheets.

  • watercolour of a rhinocerous

    Animals

    0

  • Herbert Baker house at Paardevlei - watercolour painting

    Architecture

    8

  • Watercolour class at qiloane

    Daily Life

    3

  • watercolour of girl in a bikini sitting on a rock

    Figures

    4

  • Watercolour painting of vieyard at Lourensford Estate

    Landscape

    4

  • Portrait in watercolour of an old man

    Portraits

    2

  • Rivers

    15

  • Watercolour painting of rocky seashore

    Seascape

    12

  • Still-life

    5

Collections

Collections for particular topics, often completed in a particular calendar year.  The 2023 project was all about False Bay.

  • Watercolour painting of rocky seashore

    False Bay

    10

  • Watercolour of Helderberg from Vergelegen

    Helderberg Basin

    1

  • watercolour of a tree and house

    Lanzerac Wine Estate

    1

  • watercolour of a river

    Lourens River

    12

  • watercolour of rocks in a river

    Radloff Park

    5

Sketchbook

Work produced in the field or the studio, usually at a smaller scale, usually at a blissfully leisurely pace but now and again with timing down to minutes to spare.  Each watercolour representing a small adventure.

There are some favourite places like The Pipe, Helderberg Peak and Ladybrand Road (S708).  I also present work from a six year project of painting one watercolour a day.

  • watercolour of pretoria

    Cityscape Sketchbook

    2

  • watercolour of a river

    Ebb and Flow

    12

  • watercolour of a girl sitting on a barstool

    Figures Sketchbook

    5

  • watercolour of an avocado

    Fruit Sketchbook

    6

  • Watercolour of Helderberg from the Duck Pond

    Helderberg Sketchbook

    3

  • watercolour of a camp stove

    Hiking Gear

    7

  • watercolour of a fishing boat

    Kalk Bay Sketchbook

    1

  • Karoo Sketchbook

    1

  • watercolour of a hill

    Ladybrand Road Sketchbook

    14

  • Pets Sketchbook

    8

  • Watercolour of a portrait

    Portrait Sketchbook

    11

Sketchbook Print Packs

So many of the sketchbook paintings are smaller and lend themselves to “wall hangings” – framing well and grouping the prints on your wall.

  • Sketchbook Print Packs

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