Imitated Elliott Style Art but in Watercolour

This scene of a harbour on the east coast of the Isle of Arran was painted on request of a friend of mine called Nia, who had a particular artist and style in mind when I offered her a painting.  The artist whose style that I have tried to imitate, appears to work in acrylics.  Not that I am certain, because I have never scene one the original pieces.  Whereas this scene has been painted in watercolours.  I simply used two pieces of art as a reference point for the style, and then set about choosing a scene that I wished to depict in watercolour for Nia.

Having just returned from a short holiday on the Isle of Arran, this seemed to be an ideal setting for the artwork.

This square shaped watercolour painting took me exactly six hours to complete.  How do I know that?  Well simply because I attend two hour painting sessions each week at MIND Aberystwyth, and I decided to make this my 'Tuesday Monkey' for three of those sessions.  I finished the piece today, but alas I have left it at MIND because the rain is tamping down and I got sodden on the short walk to the nearby Coffee Shop.  So Nia will have to wait for a week or two (weather depending) before she can snaffle up the watercolour, and hopefully go on to hang it on her wall.

As my 'art' has developed over the last few months, I have experienced great difficulty signing my paintings.  I didn't want my name interfering with the image or taking up too much space, or an error occurring as I signed a piece, and that error going on to spoil the artwork.  Indeed, I moved from previously using 'R. Bennett' to only writing 'Rba' on my more recent watercolour paintings.  With this mental issue in mind, it is pleasing to note that not only did I boldly sign the finished piece (imitating how the original artist signs her name [her name is different than my surname Bennett, so there's no fraud or misrepresentation involved; as my piece is mine and signed as such].  As well as using my name, the scene is also original to me.  It is my interpretation of a small harbour just north of Brodick on the Isle of Arran.  The only similarities; is that I have sort of tried to adopt the other artists style, albeit in watercolour and not acrylic, in order to quench Nia's thirst for her work.      

(Click on the image to open the watercolour full size if it appears cropped)    

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