Hello! I'm Simon. I'm a watercolor artist.

Painting and drawing is a source of happiness for me. It's less the result that produces this happiness, but the process of seeing, understanding, visualizing, planning and especially painting. In all these fields there is so much to discover and to learn and that's what drives me.

In the recent years I grew more and more fascinated by the fresh and coincidental look of modern watercolor painting. Working with watercolors in such a way surely has a large element of accident, letting things happen and giving up control to a certain degree. But all this has to be within clear limits. Thinking about, planning and working within these limits is what is - for me - the interesting and ever challenging part of watercolors. It's a constant negotiation between how much needs to and how much can be done before the painting will lose its freshness and will just look forced.

I enjoy painting en plein air both in the city and in the nature a lot. With painting from photos it's easy to get caught in every little detail. When painting outdoors it's easier to focus on just those elements that are really necessary. Back in the studio I will then work mostly from the paintings and sketches I did on location.

Most of my subjects are city scenes, landscapes and people (mostly sketched in cafes).

I've been painting for over 10 years and I'm passionate about sharing my work with others. I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoy creating it.

Simon Schmidt

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Lessons

I'm available for lessons (in english or german) in Florence. Often also spontaneously.

Lessons usually run in a way that we meet at a location in Florence and then simultaneously make the preliminary drawing of our motif. I'm happy to help with the choice of the image section and all other questions.

After that I paint the first layer and explain what I'm doing and why. Then you paint the first layer and I look over your shoulder and give you advice.

Then we repeat the process until the picture is finished.

For one picture we need about 3 to 4 hours. You pay per hour (30€) and would have to bring your own material. I can also provide material to a limited extent (+10€). If you don't have a plein air easel we will find a motif where we have a support surface like a wall.

Discounts: If there are two of your taking part in a course, I will charge 60€ per 3 hours per person. If your are three or more, it will be 50€ per 3 hours per person.

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