Painting titled "Piazza Grandes, Are…" by Peter Blake, Original Artwork, Watercolor

Piazza Grandes, Arezzo (2018) Painting by Peter Blake

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Watercolor / Ink on Paper

Artworks classification

One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 5.9in, Width 7.9in
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $500 Classicism

This pen and wash was completed in Tuscany, Italy whilst sitting in the shade of a café opposite these steps in the Piazza Grande in Arezzo. It was difficult to do as the steps were built into a slope and further complicated when a group of students decided to sit on them shortly after I had started the drawing. Luckily I had all day and completed[...]

This pen and wash was completed in Tuscany, Italy whilst sitting in the shade of a café opposite these steps in the Piazza Grande in Arezzo.
It was difficult to do as the steps were built into a slope and further complicated when a group of students decided to sit on them shortly after I had started the drawing. Luckily I had all day and completed the task.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Watercolor

Watercolor is a painting in which gum arabic binds transparent pigments revealing the support of the painting. The gouache, of identical composition, is opaque. A watercolor is a water-based painting on paper. We rarely speak of a painting for a work painted in watercolor. Watercolor paintings are considered to be a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions and luminous feelings using water soluble pigments. However, painting with watercolors can be difficult. It's a difficult medium to master, in large part because it can be ruthless and unpredictable. Mistakes are difficult to correct and its fluid nature makes it difficult to control. Yet it is these very qualities that give the medium its undeniable charm.

Ink

A strongly tinted liquid or paste that is used to mark paper or other printable materials. The design is done manually with a slab, feather, brush, or straightener.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Peter Blake

United Kingdom

I was heavily influenced by parents who were always painting and sketching on holiday so I naturally followed suit and experimented with oils and acrylics before concentrating on watercolours. I belong to two[...]