British Watercolour Artist Anje Yelf: watercolours
As an artist living in the westcountry of England, I am inspired by the Devon countryside and coastline and this is reflected in my paintings. Subjects range from townscape, seascape and landscape to still-life. Recently I have been working on a series of botanical watercolour studies for an Art Exhibition, inspired by the flora found in my Garden.
Watercolour painting requires some degree of patience and the understanding that personal improvement means allowing for an increase in paper usage. It is my intendion to get out and about a lot more and increase my experience of painting on location.
The images of watercolour paintings below, include a selection of townscape, landscapes and still-life studies.
Studio
Still-life study
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
My Studio in the loft.
Rooftops
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
The view to the south from my studio window, looks over the rooftops of
houses on what used to be known as Treacle Hill.
In the distance is the rolling green farmland at Wolborough.
Newton Abbot
Townscape
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
East Street Newton Abbot circa 1900 approx. I was reading a book titled
'A book of Newton Abbot' by Roger Jones, when I came across an old black and white
photograph of East Street. I decided to use the image as inspiration for this painting.
Blue bottles
Still-life study
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
This is a compositional still-life study of artist materials and blue bottles.
The most interesting aspect was attempting to capture the way light and surface interacted.
Green Glass
Still-life study
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
A compositional still-life study of glass form.
The work attempts to capture the light refracting in the glass and show the differing qualities in the thickness of the actual glass itself.
Tree
Landscape
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 7" Width 10"
The Tree was freely painted in a short timed study.
Saddle Tor
Landscape
Medium: Watercolour.
Size: Height 11" Width 15"
There are many tors on Dartmoor in Devon and Saddle Tor lies to the west of the more famous Haytor Rock.