When I was thinking of the possibilities of placing the little chapel in imaginary landscapes, this stormy weather was one of the things that came to my mind.
As I have written in a previous post some construction work was going on in my home so I have not been able to paint as often as I like, and it has taken me a few weeks to make all the paintings that appeared 'on my list' for this project. There is even more inspiration coming up now, so I am not finished yet.
The landscape resembles the 'misty' version, and this is very much like the real landscape the chapel is standing in. It is almost alone on a hilltop, visible from afar.
Maybe you have already noticed, there is always a light in my chapel, visible through the window and the open entrance.
Of course the chapel must have been consecrated, so it is home to the presence of God and there is always a light inside to symbolise that.
I have chosen to emphasise that in all the versions I have made - and will make.
More information about this watercolour painting (materials used, size, availability, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
Another watercolour painting with the little chapel we saw close to Reifferscheid (Germany) in an imaginary landscape.
This time a snow scene with a warm feeling to it, like one of those days with sunshine and some clouds. The winter sun is low, so its light is really almost gold in these days.
The inspiration for the colours I have chosen comes from a step-by-step demonstration in one of the magazines I subscribed to. I decided to try this combination - as far as I have the colours that are used in the demonstration in my own palette. There is a small difference, but that does not matter for the result.
I have changed the location of the chapel, now it is a bit hidden behind a line of bushes and some snow.
The winter trees are added and there is another hilltop behind the little chapel.
The shadows on the snow, indicating uneven spots hidden underneath are a bit experimental, I still have to learn how to do this. We do not often have that much snow in The Netherlands so I cannot really work from observation. Once again I have looked at some tutorials for guidelines.
More information about this watercolour painting (materials used, size, contact information, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
The third painting with the little chapel is a monochromatic one, I used sepia because that is a very dark colour so I can have a good range of values in my painting.
This time I added a winter tree, maybe an oak as there were lots of oak trees in the area we visited.
I have tried to paint a winter scene without any snow in it.
This is again a small size painting, mostly because my bathroom is being renewed over the past weeks and I have hidden away most of my paper to shield it from the dust that comes with these building activities.
Another reason is of course that I really am inspired to paint this little chapel in as many imaginary landscape settings as possible and it's nice to use the same paper and size for all of these watercolour paintings.
More information about this watercolour painting (materials used, size, availability, etc) and the other paintings I made with the chapel can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
The little chapel I have painted in an imaginary winter scene now returns in a November mood.
These days the sky is gray, the leaves have fallen and there is always a slightly foggy atmosphere. The colours of all things outside are darker than usual because of the moist air. Influenced by all that I have made a November painting.
The chapel is standing on the top of the hill and this time I have not changed that.
The fog is thick enough to let the spire fade away a little. Everything is a bit out of focus.
To achieve that I have loaded a brush with clean water and used that to make the shapes I had already painted a little blurred.
The little chapel will be starring in more of these imaginary landscapes when I will try to paint a special atmosphere. One day - later - I want to paint it as it really is and I hope that will not be too much of a disappointment.
More information about this watercolour painting (materials used, size, availability, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
A few weeks ago my husband Peter and me were on a short vacation in the village of Reifferscheid, Germany. We were there for the beautiful nature of the Eiffel region and we made some short walks.
During the walk we made on our last day we came across a small chapel, standing on the edge of a hill, making a nice view.
Of course we visited the chapel and made some pictures.
During the rest of the walk we had nice views of the little chapel from the other hilltops we were passing.
That little chapel inspired me, but I had to think how I wanted to paint it.
Several ideas came up and this is the first painting with the little chapel as its subject.
I have changed the scene to a forested area with snow, using the limited edition Twilight Colours for the atmosphere I wanted to paint.
There will be more paintings and I really want to paint the chapel on the edge of the hill, the way it attracted my attention.
More information about this painting (paper and colours used, size, availability, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
The last few days three of my watercolour paintings have been on display at the annual Amateur Art Exposition of the Amateur Art Association called 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken'. This association is active in the region called Molenwaard, The Netherlands.
I am happy to live in that region and to be a member of that association.
This last day of the exposition I was able to visit and help with supervising the exposition.
My watercolour paintings were together and my husband Peter made this picture of me and my art a few minutes before closing time.
More information about my paintings and the exhibitions I participate in can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
The month of October has a lot of autumnal themes in it and many of these are used for online challenges. To paint the theme in the challenge and publish the painting is a nice way to go out of your comfort zone and I have been doing that several times lately.
This time the pumpkin was twice in a challenge and I like the subject, so I gave it a try.
As pumpkins are not a familiar sight in my country I had to imagine a scene using some reference pictures for the leaves of the pumpkin plant and my memory of some pumpkins that are for sale in vegetable stores in this time of the year.
I made up a scene with a pumpkin, some leaves and stems and as I was painting, more leaves were added.
While painting I decided to make a dark background in shades of green so the orange of the pumpkin would stand out.
This painting was evolving while it was being painted, that happened because I did not have much of a plan when I started painting. The result is maybe even better than I hoped for when I started drawing my pumpkin and some leaves.
More information about this still life (materials used, size,contact information, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
