Hi everyone! I’m Kate, a watercolor painter. Every year I have a challenge for myself in painting 12 landscapes on a specific topic. So this year I chose a very interesting theme: I decided to paint 12 landscapes with castles and fortresses. The idea is to show other people non-standard locations.

Why do I call it “challenge”? Because for me it’s like a whole project, that I have to complete within a year! You may think that it’s an easy task, but it’s not so.

First of all you have to find and choose non-trivial places in the world. Not every location can be unusual and interesting. Then I think over the season, the time of the day, the light and the point if view (you need to look through dozens of photos to understand how the castle looks like). I combine this viewed visual material and imagine how the castle should look in the conditions I need. And after the paintings are completed I make a layout for my 2022 watercolor calendar. So it’s not just a challenge… it’s a useful challenge! :)

I hope you enjoy this series of watercolor paintings!

More info: Etsy

Kreuzenstein Castle, Austria

Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Hirosaki Castle, Japan

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

Mont-Saint-Michel, France

De Haar Castle, The Netherlands

Cochem Castle, Germany

Bled castle, Slovenia

Aragonese Castle, Italy

Trakai Castle, Lithuania

The Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal

Mdina, Malta

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