The first time Susan and I visited Perugia was in March 2002. I remember taking the escalators up to the historic centre and being very aware of the chilling wind that blew down Via Vannucci. We’ve since been to Perugia many times during warmer times of the year.
On a recent Painting Holiday to Italy we took our guests to Perugia, a large town in Umbria which has lots of narrow streets winding their way to the top. I noticed this particular street called Via dell’Orso which was mainly in shadow apart from a shaft of sunlight breaking out to catch different aspects of the architecture in the distance.
I quickly whipped out my sketchbook and did this small watercolour making sure that I captured not only the sunlight and shadows but also the figure to provide a sense of scale and interest.
This larger studio painting has been painted on beautiful handmade watercolour paper from Fabriano.
Watch a short video painting different aspects of this watercolour.
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Sketchbook from Italy If you would like to Learn to Paint then why not come on one of our Painting Holidays in Umbria, Italy. You will receive one to one tuition also in a group. Accommodation Our luxury accommodation is at Chiesa del Carmine located in Umbria described as the Green Heart of Italy. This short […]
Watch Alan Reed demonstrate “how to paint” more scenes on YouTube. The first video below is the sketchbook watercolour which I painted on the video, together with a larger 14″ x 10″ watercolour. Both paintings can be seen at my Studio and Gallery at Dissington Hall and were painted with a size 20 Stratford and York […]
April 2022 – Angel of the North with Gold Leaf Well bugger me. Just hung the new addition to the family Alan. Received lunchtime. We love the way the light catches the wings then dies down as you move around. Absolutely bloody marvelous Alan. My personal many thanks for a job more than Well done, […]
Painting Holiday, New Dates for 2019. Our Painting Holiday for June 2019 is fully booked. We have now booked a second week for another Painting Holiday, New Dates for 2019 September 21st – 28th. Already the spaces are filling quickly. Guests will once again have the opportunity to travel around Italy with Susan and I […]
Paintings of Italy One of the subjects I often get our guests on our Painting Holidays to have a go at is Painting an Olive Tree. The grounds of Chiesa del Carmine are full of them. They are not too difficult to draw compared to other subjects. It’s relatively easy for the guests to spend […]
Greys Monument The Great North Exhibition 2018 started at Newcastle’s spectacular quayside on the evening of Friday 22nd June. It heralded the start of 80 days of brilliant events, activities, performances and exhibitions celebrating art, design and innovation. I was unable to attend the launch however when I turned up to the Junction 42 offices […]
Reedart Painting Holidays When producing Paintings of Umbria I always try to articulate in paint the distinctive characteristics of this fascinating region. My wife and I have been visiting Umbria since 2002. We’ve grown to love and appreciate this regions wonderful hilltop towns, its food and wine. Through our reedartholidays we’ve been able to share our […]
On our Painting Holidays in Italy we take our guests to visit the various hilltop towns that are a feature of Umbria near Perugia.
This watercolour was inspired by a sketchbook watercolour painting on location in a picturesque town called Todi which we have been to on a number of occasions.
Using a combination of the sketches, a simple pen drawing and photographs I decided to paint the scene as a large A4 watercolour painting on hand made deckled edged paper which you see here.
You can watch a video of how I painted the watercolour here on YouTube.
We have just returned from another wonderful week in Umbria where we ran another Painting Holiday. Once again Chiesa del Carmine was the venue. For some of the guests it was their 3rd and 4th Painting Holiday in Italy with us and they have already re-booked for 2018 along with some our new guests this […]
