SOUTHERN SKETCHES / COLLIERVISIONS: Town Square in the Fall

Watercolor

Since I was a young boy, I was a fan of watercolor paintings. The transparent paint allows the light to go through it and to be reflected back to the viewer by the white surface of the paper. This results in a luminosity difficult to achieve through other methods. My favorite subjects are buildings and townscapes of historical interest. I admire many watercolor masters, especially Winslow Homer, John Pike, James Fletcher-Watson and Edward Wesson. And, from my native Portugal, Roque Gameiro, Alvaro da Fonseca and Julio Amaro.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Town Square in the Fall

The Collierville Town Square is a very well preserved space that retains the flavor of an old time small town. Every year in the Fall, I wait for the right time, then get up early one Saturday morning and spend some time taking pictures of the great Autumn foliage and the store fronts in the Square. The Burning Bushes in the foreground caught my eye and I finally painted this scene a few days ago. This painting was made from a photo I took there in 2005.
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Watercolor, 12 x 9", on Fabriano Paper

3 comments:

William F. Renzulli7:01 AM
Makes me want to visit the Town Square. Thanks for the painting.
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Nader Shenouda 11:44 PM
Its simply lovely... I love the trees and the sky is genius :)
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Julio Rodrigues9:33 AM
Hi Doudy, I like the sky too but I made a little mistake: I left the yellow (raw siena) bands in the sky a little too evenly spaced. They should be more random. Ah well...maybe next time. Thanks.
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