Wet street painting with reflections

by Joe | Feb 5, 2014 | Class paintings, Watercolor Demonstrations

This wet street painting was inspired by a photo I took one morning while I was leaving Bathurst. It had been raining earlier but the rain had stopped and the sun was just breaking through the clouds. I love painting wet weather scenes as it opens up some exciting...

San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice Italy

by Joe | Sep 21, 2013 | Class paintings, Venice

This is my latest watercolor painting of Venice it features the leaning tower of San Giorgio dei Greci which means “Saint George of the Greeks.” It is a Greek Orthodox Cathedral. I never get tired of painting scenes of Venice, the atmosphere, sense of...

Watercolor painting of Bells of St Mark’s Campanile

by Joe | Aug 22, 2013 | Class paintings

This watercolor painting of bells, specifically the Bells of St Mark’s Campanile, theÂ Â the Bell tower of St Mark’s Basilica, in Venice, Italy, was completed by my class last week. It was a subject they had not done before and I thought it would give them...

Rhode Island Red Rooster

by Joe | Jul 30, 2013 | Class paintings, Painting birds

I did this watercolor painting of a Rhode Island Red rooster recently as part of a series on animals I am doing with my watercolor painting students. This subject can be tackled in various ways and I used two different techniques with my two classes. In the first...

Simple watercolor painting subject

by Joe | Jun 28, 2013 | Class paintings, Watercolor Demonstrations

Here is a simple watercolor painting subject for beginners. It is also a good subject if you are sitting around your home and not feeling too inspired. It will get your creative juices flowing without a great deal of emotional investment on your part. I have a number...

Watercolor painting – Foggy morning Clarence River

by Joe | Jun 5, 2013 | Class paintings

Here is last week’s class watercolor painting. It is based on a photo I took one foggy morning of a couple of sail boats on the Clarence River, before a watercolor workshop I was running in Grafton, NSW. I especially liked the mist on the distant shore which is...