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  • Winter

    Last year, one day before Christmas I was in Switzerland and awoke to this view - magical. Just a plain watercolour, nothing fancy - some colour adjustment via PSP12
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 09-08-2009

  • Il Castello Visconteo di Locarno

    To finish my "Tecino" series I offer the "Costello Visconteo di Locarno", alas only a small remnant of this once mighty castle remains. Saturated watercolour over a watercolour sketch, tonal adjustment and final photo effects using PSP12
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 09-07-2009

  • La città vecchia in Locarno, Svizerra

    I love the Ticino, the southermost Canton in Switzerland. I love the life there, the vibrant colours, the cuisine, the mountains and, just a hop and skip across to Italy. This is a view of the old town of Locarno, simply beautiful. Intense detailed watercolour over a saturated watercolour sketch. Additional...
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 09-07-2009

  • Il Campanile in Ascona

    Happy memories of a spring weekend by the Lago Maggiore....... Saturated detailed watercolour over a watercolour sketch, tonal adjustment and finishing effects using PSP12
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 09-06-2009

  • Rhapsody in Blue

    This Delphinium grew last summer in the garden of friends of mine in Switzerland. I thought this delicate flower too beautiful to miss and photographed the bloom using my Sony P200 in a macro setting. The treatment is again my favourite one: saturated watercolour sketch without edge treatment followed...
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 08-16-2009

  • Dorfbrunnen im Sonnenshein (Village Fountain in the Sun)

    Another of my wonderful Swiss memories - the village square in Kriessern, a beautiful village in St Gallen, a canton in Switzerland. The village, now part of Oberriet, nestles along the "Alpenrhein" just before the young river enters Lake Constanz. Germany is just across the valley and Austria...
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 07-31-2009

  • Alpine Frühlings Kuhschelle (Pulsatilla Vernalis)

    one of the dimunative betauties to be discovered in a meadow high up in the mountains. Gouache, tapered gouache brush
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 07-31-2009

  • Alpine Meadows

    My personal Paradise - the Alps! Oil, smeary round brush then fine camel hair brush, selected details restored with hard edge cloner brush
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 07-31-2009

  • Tudo Tranquilo

    I photographed this view many moons ago in Switzerland - saturated watercolour sketch, intense detailed watercolour - still not entirely happy with my "cleanin up" but I have to find a way to do it properly in watercolours. So, if anybody knows a trick or two, please let me know.
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 07-27-2009

  • On the Lake

    The good ship "Limmat" approaching the dock at Rapperswil - I took the photo with my Sony P200 in September 2006 - a magical time. PE4 setting: watercolour sketch followed by a detailed watercolour and a slight tonal adjustment
    Posted to Show Your Creations (Forum) by Fulbear on 07-21-2009
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