Watercolor Paintings Of Scenes in the Pays de Gex, France
I have completed a set of watercolor paintings for a two-page spread in the book. It’s a book about the town of Gex, France, and will have a total of 82 paintings in it, including scenes of the town as well as the surrounding countryside.
I’ve completed 68 drawings for the book and have 14 left to do. Last week I chose a two-page spread at random and painted the scenes for it.
There are fields dotted round the outskirts of the town and many of them are filled with beautiful tall corn.
In amongst these fields are also many pastures where cows graze, and sometimes they’re provided with hay to chomp on, like this very young one.
There are many bright flowers growing alongside the country roads. One of these, the thistle, provides stunning color, like a tiny firework exploding in the grass.
There’s a story about these four cows and what they were looking at… but this will remain untold for now, so that there are fun things to look forward to when the book is finished and complete with text.
Outside some of the country homes, there are more cultivated flowers set close to the road, showing off their delicate finery.
Putting all these paintings together, below you can see what the two-page spread looks like with all the paintings set in place. (By clicking on any of the images in the post, you can see them in larger format.)
Stay tuned to DweezelJazz Art blog to see more paintings that will be in the upcoming book.
Related posts:
- The Next Set of Watercolor Paintings for the Gex Book
- Rue du Commerce, Gex, France: A Watercolor Painting
- Working With Photographs As Reference For Paintings
- Walking in the Pays de Gex, France
- Summertime Activities
Tags: book, cornfield, cows, France, Gex, iris, Pays de Gex, thistle, Watercolor, watercolor paintings
January 2nd, 2011 at 08:08
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