Nature watercolored paintings very old unsigned first smart phone post

water color painting

 

not bad for a fartsmone post !!!!!
but....
you'll need to edit to FULL IMAGE....and from here they look in pretty rough shape ...so close ups are certainly needed...

 

more images available when I get home. Screen overlay and images too large problem. Yhe size of the painting is
12" X 12"

 

there are apps for phones to resize pics.......someone will offer them up , i'm sure..

 

ok hope this works

 

downloaded an app on the fly here are some images will add more at home tonight it will be much easier I need some time to get use to this new app and phone and probably need to get a card maybe cheers lots of detail in this painting.To me it seems like the artist has some aquired skills and knowledge of water painting. Do you agree?

 

Here are the images from the two old water painting Sorry for the delay. Main question, is this by a trained painter or novice or someone in between? All opinions welcomed. Another question is anyone offended by the phase "Thanks Guys" when referring to both men and women especially, being that the forum has lots of lady members I would not want to unintentionally offend anyone.

 

more images

 

They look to be 20th century so not sure "very old" is the best descriptor. Done by an amateur. (Notice how s/he struggled with the waterfall perspective.) English, I'd think, from the inclusion of the swans. (I know, I know. Swans can be found in the U.S. too but don't hold the same place in our popular imagination.) And a bit of a fantasy given water lilies. As unsigned, not sure you'll ever be able to learn more. Value decorative (unless you can identify locale and even then...)

Debora

 

I agree Debora on age and the "talent level" of the artist. But I also get the impression that these were painted directly on the large sheet of paper. Is that true or are the images on a separate piece and then glued down?

 

a single sheet of paper

 

The border was drawn first and the painter tried to keep the paint inside the border.but it overlaps in some areas, not pasted on.

 

That's a bit of an odd way to go about creating a painting. The kind of thing an amateur would do. Almost as if they were painted to fit into frames that were already available.

Debora

 

Debora The only sure fact about the above statement is that it is on a single sheet. The borderline may have come after the painting I will look later to see what on top. Now that you mentioned it the waterfall does not look right even if it is a step falls

 

That's what I was seeing, but wanted to make sure.

 

from what I can see the moisture damage has negated any value these may have had...