"Too Many Pitchers" by Linda Warner Constantino © 2009. 8"by 10" watercolor on rough Fabriano.
I have a lot of Arts and Crafts pitchers and pottery that keep attracting me to paint them. I find their shapes challenging. I decided to contrast them with the dried artichoke. For me, watercolors is so much about colors and shapes and making the "washiness" of the medium work for me.
Student - Study Linda Warner Constantino ©2009 Watercolor. 8 by 10 in
This is a study done from a photo. I always have to do a bit of practice before I demonstrate in class.
Raining in Savannah by Linda Warner Constantino © 2009 5 by 9". Watercolor
This is a little plein air study that I did in City Market in Savannah in the absolute pouring rain! I think the rain helped with the atmosphere of the painting.
Copyrighted © 2009 by Linda Warner Constantino.
Here is another sketch from my trip to Italy this summer where I taught plein air painting. This is just a sketch of a doorway with a grape vine growing over it at Spannocchia, the working organic farm where I taught. I am planning to conduct a watercolor sketchbook workshop next year. Stay tuned for more details.
Workshop Description:
Watercolor is a medium that is perfectly suited to the sketchbook format and working on location. It is a wonderful way to capture the travel experience and develop your sketching and watercolor painting skills. This watercolor workshop is paced to savor the unique experience of Spannocchia and some of the surrounding scenic areas of Tuscany.
There will be daily demonstrations regarding painting onsite and working with watercolors. We will be painting exclusively from life in our sketchbooks daily with sessions in the morning and afternoon. We will also spend time painting some studies out of the sketchbook as well. We will spend 3 half days painting on site.
This class is suited to beginners with some drawing experience and intermediates. No previous watercolor experience required.
Copyrighted © 2009 by Linda Warner Constantino
This is from my sketchbook. It was done in the botanical gardens in Florence.I hope to do a larger painting from this area. The lotus flowers were incredible.
I am currently taking a Plein Air Painting Workshop with Australian painter Joseph Zbukvic(pronounced Z+book-vich). He is unbelievably talented. He painted this demo painting before the workshop. He completed it in an hour. It is so crisp and captures a profound sense of light.
I feel so fortunate to be having this experience. I would recommend him to anyone. He is professional and knows his stuff. Very sharing with information too. I followed his work for years in the book Mastering Atmosphere and Mood in Watercolor. The book is now out of print and is available on Amazon.com for between $280 and $900!!!
Copyrighted © 2009 by Linda Warner Constantino. 6" h by 8" wide.
This is a sketch from my trip to Italy last year when I went to Spannocchia, a wonderful organic farm and green hotel. I painted "en plein air" for a week in oils and watercolors. I am teaching a plein air painting workshop there this summer from June 22-29. If you are interested please email me or visit my website.
