Vecchia Masseria Sicily

In the middle of Sicily on the Southern side you will find the Vecchia Masseria and old estate and farm, almost the size of a small village delightfully furnished with Arabic tents to lounge and be sheltered from the blazing Sicilian sun. When I came home, I refurbished this small picture with more colour to get to the effect of strong lights and warmth that gives red shades in green surroundings. The heat should be palpable.

Punto Secco, Sicily

A small drawing of Punto Secco in Sicily, the setting where 'Inspector Montalbano' is working in the Sicilian mystery series for television. I do understand why this is inspiring, a lovely beach and all people walking as if they are on television screen.
aah well, I tried a small sketch for myself of this lovely townview from the beach and coloured the shades as dark as I could. 

Elsmeren Belgium

De Heerlijckheit in Elsmeren Belgium is a lovely estate with as a extra this extraordinary Chestnuttree with its mirror image in the water. I actualy painted this with the rain dizzling on my shoulders but me and the watercolour were able to hold the space long enough to have it finished.

When is a watercolour finished anyway; do not finish it as you just might have finished it off, you just stop in interesting places. I used a watery technique, alternating wet on wet with colours as they came from the box to enhance the picture.