Villa in Opio

This house may look familiar to you: I just painted it for the third time :) This time a real biggy! For the owners - this beautiful villa is their holiday home, they love it very much and commissioned me for a XXL version, to hang in their house in Singapore...  
I created a booklet about 'the making of ' that you can see below:

T H E M A K I N G O F by Marina Kulik | Make Your Own Book

Sunny villa in Opio

This week's painting is a fantastic house in Opio, a small  village near Valbonne. Valbonne is one of the most populare villages of the Riviera area, lively throughout the year, with great restaurants, terraces, shops, café's, a market and that true provencal atmosphere...

This villa is situated on walking distance fromValbonne, yet in a quiet area, facing due South with lovely views over the countryside - down to the sea.

Here's the "making-of" of the aquarelle:

The picture of the house - a couple of small things will be "beautified", like the sky, the contrasts and the empty foreground, but in general this is a fine picture to work from

the drawing - and the sky is blue

an extra lavender bush on the right

a couple of plants on the left

the details finished and more contrast added in the shadows to bring out the sunny atmosphere and I'm done!

Villa in Opio

 House in Opio by Marina Kulik

This lovely house was painted for a birthday, as a memory present for the former owner of this house!