CIRQUE DE SOLEIL, FRANCE, watercolor

Cirque de Soleil, France,  watercolor 18x22 in.

This painting will be in exhibition at my upcoming solo show: "Le Mystére de l'Eau", at the Bibliotheque de Cauterets, France, September 3-30. Vernissage (opening reception) is on Friday, September 6, 5:30-730 pm. Come on and join me!! Watercolor above is of the Cirque de Gavarnie, in the Haute Pyrénées, France.

I have recently read: Venise - Aquarelles de Turner,  published by the British Museum. It has fantastic pictures of Turner's series of watercolors of Venice. I read that Turner used to draw non-stop in his sketchbook. When he died in 1851, there was a collection of more than three hundred sketchbooks!

Lucrezia

Lucrezia, oil on canvas, 24x20" (60x50 cm.) Sold in San Diego, California.
William Turner was a pioneer in abandoning the old belief that pictures should have a predominantly warm tonality, which was actually the result of old yellowing varnish. He had the idea of "cool collaboration", and used it for the subject of fire and water, in his painting: "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons" (1834).
Lucrezia, oleo sobre canvas. Vendida en San Diego, California.
William Turner fue un pionero en abandonar la vieja creencia que las pinturas debian tener una tonalidad predominantemente calida, que en realidad era el resultado del barniz viejo volviendose amarillo. El tenia la idea de la colaboracion de los colores frios, que uso para el fuego y el agua en su pintura: "El incendio de las Casas del Parlamento". (1834).