View Towards Piccadilly

Piccadilly, Watercolour

Another watercolour of a wet day in London, based on a visit from last February. 

Painting rainy weather calls for softer edges and wet-in-wet passages; I also used greyer colours to express the dull light.

Château de Valère

Schloss Sion

This is one of four castles (a fortified church, really) we find in the Valais (Switzerland). I haven't seen this one personally but painted it from a photo taken by my husband, who went through the Rhone valley on a day trip.

In this painting, the sun is behind the castle, which makes parts of the roofs brighten up to near white.