Category Archives: Watercolour paintings

William Daniell artist

Posted on 19/12/2025 by ronald972

Recently, I came across a small watercolour sketch framed under glass with a label on the back. The image looked like a temple, but dating it was optimistic since the sketch was not signed or dated, and the paper looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings, Drawings and Sketches | Tagged door, Hindu, India, roof, temple | Leave a comment

Tower of the Scipios

Posted on 12/12/2025 by ronald972

I thought we would travel to Spain and the city of Tarragona to visit a Unesco World Heritage Site. The city, originally named Tarraco, was built by the Romans on the road ‘Via Augusta’ that ran from the Pyrenees to … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged Attis, relief sculpture, roman road, Scipios, Spain, Tarragona, tower, trees | Leave a comment

Cornelius Pearson artist

Posted on 16/10/2025 by ronald972

Today, we look at a small watercolour from my collection. It was painted in 1846 by #CorneliusPearson and shows The Chapel at Haddon Hall. Pearson was a landscape and topographical painter who also dabbled in engraving. He was born in … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged church, Haddon Hall, high altar, pews, pulpit, stained-glass windows | Leave a comment

Carl von Dombrowski artist

Posted on 19/09/2025 by ronald972

Today, we look at a German artist who specialised in animal and hunting scenes. #CarlvonDombrowski (1872-1951) studied at the art Institutes in both Vienna and Munich. Many of his works were produced as woodcuts for Die Gartenlaube (The Garden Arbor … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged bushes, forest, leaves, roebuck, trees, weeds | Leave a comment

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg artist

Posted on 31/08/2025 by ronald972

I acquired a watercolour recently, which might be the study for an oil painting by artist #Philippe-JacqueLoutherbourg (1740-1812). This watercolour is the same size (465mm x 640mm) as the aquatint, which was created in 1787 by #MarieCatherinePrestel (1747-1794). Loutherbourg was … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged buckets, dogs, horses, mine, rake, shovel, stream, trees, wagon, workers | Leave a comment

Harold Williamson artist

Posted on 29/07/2025 by ronald972

I truly enjoy finding a new artist and can introduce people to that artist. I came across a watercolour by painter #HaroldWilliamson (1878-1972) a while back. When I first saw it, I loved its beautiful sombre mood. Williamson was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged autumn, branches, forest, leaves, path, person, trees | Leave a comment

A Visit with Allen William Seaby

Posted on 16/02/2025 by ronald972

This week, I came across a watercolour by artist #AllenWilliamSeaby (1867-1953). Seaby is best remembered as an ornithological (birds) painter and printmaker in the Japanese style using woodblocks. He collaborated/published a number of books ranging from art history, painting techniques, … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged arch, blocks, forest, Keystone, masonry, pathway, vines, walker | Leave a comment

Two Landscapes

Posted on 28/12/2024 by ronald972

Today, we look at two landscapes, one oil and one watercolour. The oil is a view overlooking the parklands at Hassobury, Farnham, Bishop Stortford. Hassobury is a Victorian Gothic mansion, originally built for the Gosling family, was sold and converted … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil Paintings, Watercolour paintings | Tagged clouds, dirt road, farmer, fence, fields, Hassobury, homestead, horses, plough, seagulls, sheep, trees | Leave a comment

Charles Edward Hannaford artist

Posted on 16/12/2024 by ronald972

Some weeks back, I visited a charity shop. They at times expose frames and pictures to ghd dldmdnts due to their lack of sale value. I looked thru these pieces and did not find any that I might purchase. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged highlands, loch, mountains, Pass of Glencoe, road, rocks, Scotland | Leave a comment

Walter Graham Grieve artist

Posted on 04/10/2024 by ronald972

This week, I came across a set of three drawings, set together in one frame. Done by the same artist as illustrations to a children’s book. I do not know if the book was ever published. The artist is #WalterGrahamGrieve … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged buildings, cap, children, clogs, Fairy tale, Hamelin, pied piper, rats, street, town, townsmen | Leave a comment