Staithes
Watercolour Yorkshire Landscape Painting
| Seagull on a Chimney Pot, Staithes enlarge |
Watercolour on Paper 1990s
12 x 16 ins
Jenny Bows Collection
A Watercolour Landscape Painting of Staithes, near Whitby,
showing the higgledy-piggledy rooftops characteristic of small
Fishing Villages on the north-east coast of England.
The pyramidal composition leads up to the light coloured solitary
Herring Gull which stands counter-pointed against the dark cliffs
in shadow in the background. The red terracotta roof tiles are typical
of this part of the country.
The windswept grass in the foreground was painted with rubber solution
Masking Fluid to keep the Watercolour Paper clean until the houses
were Painted, then it was rubbed off and Watercolour Washes were
applied using a Wet Into Wet Painting Technique. The foreground of
this Painting of Staithes was left minimal to keep the focus on the red
Chimney Pot and the Seagull.
A Signed Greetings Card of this Painting is available click here
Steve Greaves
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