Country house in Sablet, Vaucluse

Villa Floravine

My latest house painting was a commission for an aquarelle of a luxury country house (or 'mas' in French), built from dry stone and situated in Sablet in the Vaucluse (Provence).  Painting it, I fell in love with the character of the house itself, the cypres trees, the terraces, the pool and the overall sunny outlook of the place!

The making of the painting 

The house is large but intimate, carefully restored and fully equipped with modern amenities. And the good news: it is a holiday home rental! During your holiday in the Provence you can enjoy the sun and the tremendous atmosphere of the house, with its own vineyard...

 

If you are interested, there's more information on luxury vacation villa Floravine in the south of France

Wonderful villa in Fayence

Just finished this painting of an impressive villa in Fayence, sold by friends Karin en Leo de Bruine.

I was still in holiday mood (with lots of visitors enjoying the Riviera sun - distracting yours truly) and... forgot about this painting in the planning...  oops!!

So I worked nights with the daylight lamp and luckily still could deliver in time!

Not many pictures of the how-to, lack of time... But in general a painting like this takes two 8 hour days, from stretching the paper to finished stage. And then an extra hour to cut a passepartout (mat) in the right size and attach it... On to the next one with a slightly more relaxed deadline...

Winter in Chateauneuf

An absolutely gorgeous aquarelle of the village, by Marina Teding van Berkhout, colleague - and aquarellista like me! She used salt for the mysterious "icey" effects.

The painting can be admired until 19 December in the Salle du Pontis in Chateauneuf village...