Watercolour studies - more pears!

If you have seen my earlier posts (here and here) you can see how my paintings developed, getting simplier!

I also changed the accent colours, choosing from the real ones I would see.

 I painted many more, but already sent them as postcards! 

At the end I ran out of the ready cut  paper - and used some Canson 200 gsm paper for the last pears( as the one above). It dried much faster, and doesn't have the structure of the Fabraiano Artistico coldpressed watercolour paper, but it's also interesting.

Now - it was time to stop!

But I will definitely repeat this painting session as an excercise soon. I also recommend it as a watercolour lesson to everybody: choose a  simple subject, paint small size and repeat several times!

It's very meditative and zen - and you learn a lot!

Watercolour studies - pears!

Some days ago I painted a series of pears from my garden (link here).

 I started with more naturalistic paintings, but slowly started to simplify. 

Below  you can get an idea of the process!

 More tomorrow!

Wisteria Love! Reworking an old painting!

 I just love the wisteria and would love to sit on that bench!

This painting is made from a very small photo, I think it was a pubblicity in a garden magazine, a few years ago.

I wasn't happy with it, but left it in the pile. Then recently I found it again and got inspired!

I washed away part of  it, and painted the shadows on the wisteria

(and some yellow for the light on the ground -even if the photo doesn't show it!). 

 I would have liked more white, but it's not possible now. If  I can find the original photo again, I will try to do a new version though!

Do you ever rework old paintings?!