Painting of Venice landscape

A plein aire watercolour of a famous view in Venice, painted at dawn. Unfortunately, the effect of the sun rising only became apparent once I had finished, so I resorted to use of a white and black gel pens to show the highlights and shadows.
Mixed media 2010

And a classic Venetian scene from our hotel window, with the great range of values and tones

Venetian Canal
Watercolour 2010