I’ve recently been working a series of small watercolour landscapes, inspired by places I’ve visited over the past year…
My first is a view of Lochbroom, Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands. It was a very damp and misty drive to Ullapool last September but once we arrived the mist started to lift, some blue sky appeared and distant mountains emerged. I used my very own FLINT GREY for the mountains and sky in this painting.
Above is a view of Rosemarkie Beach, looking towards the north. Rosemarkie is a tiny little village on the Black Isle in the Highlands. Rosemarkie Beach is what I call an “everything beach” – it has lovely sand, pebbles & shingle, rocky outcrops, rock pools and lots of interesting things get washed up on the shore…
Here I’ve done an abstract seascape inspired by my trip to Wells-Next-The-Sea last spring. The landscape here is striped with layers of sand, grasses and sea which disappear and reappear as the tide goes in and out. Boats sit high and dry on the sand as the tide goes out. The colours I’ve used here are Prussian Blue, Monte Amiata Natural Sienna and a little Cascade Green – all by Daniel Smith. The white boats were done with a little white gouache.
Next are two more abstract landscapes:
First is an abstract watercolour inspired by the turbulent, powerful ocean. The colours I used here were Mayan Blue Genuine and Cascade Green by Daniel Smith. They’re colours that work together beautifully – I will be using this colour combination again…
And finally…
A stormy abstract landscape created using Daniel Smith’s Indigo, Transparent Red Oxide and Quinacridone Burnt Orange. Beautiful colours that complement each other perfectly and lovely added granulation from the Transparent Red Oxide.
All these landscapes measure 16 cm x 12.5 cm. They were painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour Paper, 140 lb, NOT, which is 100% cotton. This is very lovely paper to paint on and I would definitely buy more. Brushes used were by Rosemary & Co and Silver Black Velvet. Daniel Smith watercolours were used for all the paintings.
All of these watercolours I will post on Instagram – @evelynflintwatercolours – over the next couple of days, please drop in and say hello. That’s all for now and thank you for visiting.
Very, very nice paintings!
Thank you
Your use of color is indescribably lovely, Evelyn! Each one of these examples are very beautiful. My faves are sea-storm and earth-storm. So much ‘texture’, huh? Thanks for sharing your talents and skills. Very inspiring.
Thank you so much Carol. I loved painting these landscapes and the three abstracts are my favourites too…
These are wonderful.
Thank you Sandy
Beautiful work!
Thank you Holly
love the looseness of these. I have a horrible tendency to go on adding paint after I should have stopped…
Thank you Maureen. I know what you mean – it is difficult to know when to stop sometimes. We’ve all done it…
A beautiful series, Evelyn!
Thank you Patty Anne… !
It’s a very nice series, with lots of variety. 🙂
Thank you… !
Lovely atmospheric paintings x
Thank you… !
Fabulous colours. I know the views that you have painted, I like your flowing loose style. Do you feel that Daniel Smith Watercolours have the best colours for landscapes? I don’t have any, but would welcome advice. Thank you.
Daniel Smith watercolours have the best colours for everything!! They are simply stunning. The pigments tend to be stronger than many other watercolour brands, which I like and the range of colours is simply awesome. They do so many beautiful unique colours that are exclusive to Daniel Smith. They are slightly more expensive than many other watercolour brands but worth every penny. I would definitely recommend that you try them.
Thank you very much Evelyn. I will definitely buy them. !