View across canal with gondolas Venice by Lawrence Mathias
Description
Original Watercolour on watercolour paper.The style of this watercolour aims for some of the freshness of past painters of Venice, like John Singer Sargent.
Vitsa No 2: View across canal with gondolas, Venice
56x38cmcm.
Artwork detail:
A fairly large watercolour study done with spontaneity and speed to capture the play of light and shadow on water. There is no underdrawing, and the picture is built up with solid blocks of colour and washes.
The style of this watercolour aims for some of the freshness of past painters of Venice, like John Singer Sargent. It takes a rather beautiful but commonplace Venetian viewpoint and explores the interplay of bright sunlight on the gondolas and water, as well as the shadowed facades of buildings across the canal.
