Description

Touw #3 – Original

Watercolour on Arches

Size: 280 x 380 mm

From the blog:

Two days of coaching drained me and I sat down on the riverbank in the campsite to do a sketch of the river. There were people from up-country in George for school holidays and a big schools-rugby event. People from inland seem to be far more friendly and outgoing than locals in the Cape and everyone said “Hi” and made a comment about the beauty of the area. As I sat, the father of one of the rugby players brought a camp stool and sat with me. Community is such a pleasant thing. While his son plaited leaves from the reeds and he knotted them – I painted. Then I went to lie down for a rest, thinking I would go to Pomodoro for supper.

A crowd of local families had pitched camp nearby and some played beautiful guitar music while someone else played on a bongo drum. I think someone sang, I am not sure because I drifted off and woke up after midnight as they packed away. I had a shower and went back to sleep. In the morning I got up slowly and wandered up the trail on the other side of the river, with a mission. I wanted to paint and video. And I did.

To read the rest visit https://sjqwatercolour.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/touw20100328/

The reproduction of this painting (Touw #3 – Original) is available here:https://sjqwatercolour.com/watercolour-paintings-shop/landscape/touw-3-reproduction

with similar art available here: https://sjqwatercolour.com/watercolour-paintings/en-plein-air

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