Many of you will know that I don’t shy away from drawing and painting villages, buildings or towers. Here are some examples for you.
Buildings have a special significance for artists, as their accurate portrayal requires an understanding of perspective.
Here are some examples for you, painted on my recent Burgundy trip. I drove up a narrow lane to the top of the hills, to see if there was a view and came across St Romain Haute, a pretty little village with its church, and ‘domaine’ wine producing estate. There were no shops, but it was a delightful quaint village to while away a few hours.
Another challenge was this view nearer to home, at Ramsgate in Kent. Looking up from the harbour, towards a row of fine restaurants and the Royal Temple Yacht Club buildings.
Here is another interesting structure, this time, a tower.
It was built to celebrate the victory at Waterloo, and is located at Quex Park near Birchington. I painted this on location, with lots of artist friends, using Indian ink and watercolour, to represent this brick and iron structure, which has stood now for 200 years.
The tower boasts a full set of eight bells which are popular with local bellringers or Campanologists as they are more correctly known.
All these paintings can be seen in more detail on my ‘latest works’ page Here.
The paintings inspired by Quex House and Park can be seen in Ramsgate until 7th January,
