SYLV1E
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Watercolours
Just wondering if anyone else on here paint with watercolours. I started painting in acrylics about 5 years ago but quickly switched to watercolours as the cleanup is much easier. Brushes just nee...
Those artworks are GORGEOUS SYLV1E !!
I can actually see the quirky ones being used as illustrations for a Children's story book! Well done YOU!!
The Hotel is gorgeous & I can only imagine the work you've put into it!!
I wonder if doing a 'Google Lens' search on your painting might bring up any 'older' pics of some that you are researching? Here 'tis - Pic probably taken in the 70s! you are SO accurate!!
Keep 'em coming!!
The top photo here is the one I worked from.
I love seeing the older photos. The Neath Hotel was lucky as it still has its 2nd floor balcony. A lot of the pubs around here had to have the balconies removed when double-decker buses came in. Supposedly, for pubs on a corner, the balcony’s kept getting hit by the top deck of the buses due to the lean on the buses as they took the corners! Crazy isn’t it! 😃.
Here’s some before and after photos of the Criterion Hotel at Weston that had the balcony removed and my version of the old one.