Another Touwriver

Posted by Stephen Quirke on October 16, 2010 under Art, en plein air, painting, pomodoro, Touw River, watercolor, watercolour | 2 Comments to Read

On Thursday I traveled up to George with a friend of mine who owns the business with whom I have been working there.  He had a 09:00 meeting so we left Somerset West at 04:00 which is nice and early.  Dick is a farmer and a hunter so the trip is always very different.  While I am composing watercolours he is picking out all the game.  The last time we saw a small herd of fallow deer.  And this time, on the way up we saw elephant!  How about that?  There are not many people I know who can stop to view elephant on the way to work.  They are in a reserve on the route.

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Touw River in July

Posted by Stephen Quirke on July 14, 2010 under Art, en plein air, Touw River, watercolor, watercolour, Wilderness | Be the First to Comment

I was up in George with clients over the last weekend.  I had a meeting on Friday afternoon and spent the morning on the Giant Kingfisher Trail painting the river.  It was a beautiful blustery morning following a night of hot dry winds in front of an approaching cold front.  I had a great morning filming my walk-in, set up and painting process.  All this work has been lost but here is the painting.

This was painted on a half sheet of Arches Rough (560 x 380 mm).  It has a beautiful tooth.  Because it was so thick the page curled off my board as I painted, in the hot dry wind.

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