#30x30DirectWatercolor2018 Paintings 14 and 15 - Union St. Swansea and The Rumble in the Jungle

Union St. Swansea, Holland and Barrett

Muhammad Ali v. George Foreman, 1974, Zaire - 'the Rumble in the Jungle"

The Swansea painting at least keeps up my urban sketching, and as for the other, well, I enjoyed making the horse racing painting yesterday and so I really fancied doing another sporting one - and being a lover of boxing, I thought if you're going to paint boxers, then paint the best. 

One Sketch #77) Landseer Lion in Trafalgar Square #30x30directwatercolorchallenge2018

I guard the Admiral's Column
By day, and then by night
Not bad when you consider
I have neither bark nor bite.

This is my 16th direct watercolour for the 2018 30x30 challenge, and I have to say that of all the paintings I've made so far, it's probably my favourite. This was all sketched with the brush as I painted it, and I don't think it would have been any better if I'd sketched any of it out in pencil beforehand. The only trouble with it is that my scanner is funny about certain colours - mostly blues, and so while this photo shows that the lion itself is a combination of blues and greens, in the sacan it's mostly greys.