Watercolor Paintings from 2012-2013

The following paintings were all made during a span of two years.  I think my confidence in using watercolors grew over this time.  Each picture is a lesson for me.  Today I look back at them and wish I could do them over with the insights that came during their creation.  That's one of the fun things about painting.  Constant learning!

These are five paintings from my homeland and birthplace, Wales.  The first shows Castell Coch (The Red Castle) near Cardiff:

This is the market place in the Cardiff city center (based on a photo in Wikipedia):

This is a Roman set of steps near Harlech Castle (based on a photo in a Welsh tourist guide):

This is the Norman Keep in the middle of Cardiff Castle (based on a photo in Wikipedia):

This is a double decker bus from Cardiff in the color scheme I remember as a child (based on a photo in Streets of Cardiff by Roger Davies, 2006):

These two paintings are based on images found in The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes (Gordon MacKenzie, 2006)

Here are flowers (water lilies and roses) growing in the garden:

Fall colors in our backyard:

One of our garden containers on a deck railing:

Three paintings I created based on photographs posted on the State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources Website: