Posted by Stephen Quirke on January 2, 2012 under Betty's Bay, en plein air, painting, watercolor, watercolour | 
We came through to stay with friends in Bety’s Bay for new year. It seemed like a good idea to finish the year on a high note. Which called for a watercolour. So I had a magic surf, then I swam across Bass Lake. And then I sat on the roof of my bakkie and painted it.
While I sat painting, there was a hectic game of volley ball going on on the grass below with shouts of encouragement and peels of laughter. A beautiful sound.
Here is the last painting I did in 2011:
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on December 22, 2011 under Art, figure, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
Here is another watercolour from Faestock.
This is painted in watercolour on Fabriano 300gm and is approx 380 x220mm.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on December 20, 2011 under Art, figure, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
Here is a figure painted from the Faestock:
This is watercolour on 300gm Arches Hot Pressed and is 380x280mm.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on December 19, 2011 under Art, Betty's Bay, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
Bass Lake in the late afternoon with the sun shining below the cloud cover. Watercolour on 300gm Arches Rough (380x560mm)
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on under Art, Betty's Bay, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
Bass Lake as the sun rises. Watercolour on 300gm Arches Rough (about 280x760mm)
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on November 20, 2011 under Art, Betty's Bay, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
And here is how it looks on the eve of delivery – A BEEG job – but fun!
Here is another triptych of the view down the beach at Betty’s Bay looking toward Dawidskraal.
These are painted on full sheets of Arches 300gm rough – each sheet is 760x560mm
Posted by Stephen Quirke on October 24, 2011 under Art, Drawing, painting, portrait, watercolor, watercolour |
This is Sam. She is the grand-daughter of my good friend and tip-top watercolourist Mary Serrurier. Sam models for a group of painters and offered to sit for me. So one afternoon in between meetings in town we had a quick session. OK portraits are hard and this is what I did from photos that I took. This took much longer than the hour I had sitting with Sam. Maybe its a bit over-worked. But I am happy with this.
This is on Arches Hot Pressed and is 380x280mm
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on October 23, 2011 under Art, Betty's Bay, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
On Thursday 10 November, here is how the two triptychs look:
Version 1:
Version 2:
Saturday 5 November: I touched up quite a bit – here is how it looks:
Sunday 30 October: here is how it looks now. This is pretty much it, there will be touch-ups:
Each of the sheets is 300gm Arches Rough – 760x560mm
And I was listening to a selection of music by Haydn.
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on October 11, 2011 under Art, Betty's Bay, en plein air, painting, watercolor, watercolour |
This is Bass Lake in Betty’s Bay, from the Eastern end.
It is painted on 300gm Arches cold pressed (180x290mm)
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Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 17, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour |
A spring evening at The Pipe. Painted on 185gm Arches Cold Pressed – 280x190mm.
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