New Venice Canal Watercolour Painting: Tra i Canali, Venezia, Ruga Vechia, Italy

  Buongiorno! I have recently completed my 6th and 7th Venice series watercolour painting. What a journey it has been!

 Tra i Canali, Venezia, Venice Canal, Italy

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 12.2" x 16.1"

 

 

 Ruga Vechia, Venice Canal Italy

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 16.1" x 12.2"

 

Here are my other Venice Canal watercolour paintings:

 

 

 Venice Grand Canal Gondolas — Before the Nightfall, Italy 

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 16.1" x 12.2"

 

 

 

Venice: A Timeless Passage, Italy 

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 16.1" x 12.2"

 

 

Venetian Corte del Sabion, Venice Canal Courtyard, Italy 

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 12.2" x 16.1"

 

 

Rio Tera Secondo, Hidden Passage in Venice, Italy 

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 12.2" x 16.1"

 

 

A Quiet Canal in Venice,Venice Canal, Italy 

 

 Watercolour Paper size: 12.2" x 16.1"

 

If you're interested in purchasing any of these original paintings, and many more, please visit my shop Denise Wong Arts on Etsy to explore the entire collection.

Venice in Watercolour A Collection of Wearable Art

Venice in Watercolour

A Collection of Wearable Art

Each dress in this collection begins with a watercolour painting — Venice as I have come to know it through countless hours of study. The canals, the palazzi, the light on the water, the quiet corners where time seems to hold still. Now these scenes live on fabric — wearable paintings for those who carry Venice in their hearts.

No. 01 — JUST RELEASED

Tra i Canali, Venezia JUST RELEASED

Among the canals. The dress captures Venice in its complexity — the layered architecture, the interplay of light and shadow, the sense of wandering through passages where water and stone have spoken to each other for centuries. A painting of depth and discovery. This dress has just arrived in the shop.

USD $155

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No. 02 — NEW DESIGN

La Serenissima, A Quiet Canal in Venice

The Most Serene Republic — Venice's ancient name. This dress holds the quietness of those back canals, the ones tourists rarely find. Terracotta buildings rise above still water, and the light falls in soft tones of cream and ochre. It is a painting of peace, of solitude, of the Venice that whispers rather than shouts. This is a new design in the collection.

USD $145

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No. 03

Venice Canal — Historic Architectures & Gondola

The heart of Venice's grandeur. This dress features the palatial architecture that lines the canals — the carved stonework, the arched windows, the bridges, and always the gondolas that move through this world like dark brushstrokes. It is a full immersion in Venetian splendour.

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No. 04

Corte del Sabion — A Hidden Courtyard

A place where tourists rarely wander. The *corte* is a private Venice — a small courtyard where water meets stone in the most intimate way. Lanterns glow against walls that have held centuries. This dress is for those who seek the Venice beyond the guidebooks, the spaces where the city still breathes quietly.

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No. 05

Rio Tera Secondo — Venice

A narrow passage in Venice, where buildings lean close and the water catches light between high walls. A street sign marks the corner — Rio Tera Secondo, a quiet stretch most visitors never find. This dress captures that hidden, intimate side of the city, painted exactly as it stands today.

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No. 06

Venice Grand Canal — Gondolas Before the Nightfall

Before nightfall. A row of gondolas, their deep blue covers pulled tight, rest along the Grand Canal. The sky above glows gold and peach as the last light drains from the horizon. It is the quiet drama of transition, the beauty of dusk settling in, the way Venice holds you even as the day fades into memory.

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Each dress is crafted from premium knit jersey — soft, breathable, with a graceful drape. Available in sizes 2XS–XL.

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Pages of Italy Podcast: Episode 1 Welcome to Italy, Episode 2 What Italy Gave the World — And Who the Italians Are

 Buongiorno! Somewhere in May 2026 I began doing voice recordings for my Pages of Italy Podcast. It is a fascinating project where I get to dwell deep into such an amazing country — Italy — studying its history, culture, food, landscape, and people. On 21st May I published my first episode: Welcome to Italy. In this episode, we open the book on the country itself — a wide, unhurried portrait of Italy, from the canal-threaded streets of Venice and the cypress hills of Tuscany to the Italian lakes, the volcanic shores of Sicily, and the grandeur of eternal Rome.

 

And today the 2nd Episode is live! Episode 2: What Italy Gave the World — And Who the Italians Are. In this second episode, we ask what Italy truly gave the world — from the espresso to the piano, the bank to the university — and meet the Italians themselves: fiercely regional, warmly human, and unlike any other people on earth.

 

Venice Canal, the 7th Venice Series Watercolour Painting (Update)

  Buongiorno! The water and facades are taking shape, with more detail and contrast of the painting still to come. This is work in progress on my latest Venice canal scene.

Venice Canal, the 7th Venice Series Watercolour Painting

Buongiorno! This is my latest Venice Canal watercolour painting, and it is the seventh piece in my Venice watercolour series! It is still a work in progress.

Can you guess the colour of the water? The water in Venice's canals can be quite dramatic and full of surprises! Wait until I complete this piece, and you'll know the answer.

As for now, il colore dell'acqua rimane un piccolo segreto veneziano.

Venice: A Timeless Passage - Original Watercolour Painting, Midi Dress

 The original Venice: A Timeless Passage, soon to be available in my shop!

 And this is my 6th Venice series midi dress! I hope you will like it! You can find this dress in my shop Denise Wong Arts. I wish you a good weekend.

Ruga Vechia, Venice Canal, Watercolour Painting - Almost Done

  Buongiorno. This is nearly complete! This is the 1st post about this painting. What a journey it has been. And yes it is an evening scene of Ruga Vechia in Venice, a corner that has been a living, working part of Venice for nearly a thousand years.

Venice: A Timeless Passage Art Print, Updates

Venice: A Timeless Passage

A new watercolour art print, now available in my Etsy shop.

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Venice: A Timeless Passage — original watercolour by Denise Wong

A gondolier on the Grand Canal. Sunlit palazzi in ochre and cream. Water the colour of aquamarine — shifting, restless, alive.

This is Venice: A Timeless Passage, my latest Venice watercolour painting, and it is now available as a museum-quality print in my Etsy shop.

The painting captures a gondola mid-passage on the Grand Canal, with the grand palazzi of Venice rising behind it. I painted the water with a lot of movement — blues and greens that change as the light shifts — and kept the buildings in warm, sun-washed tones. The gondolier and his passengers are silhouetted against all that brightness, which gives the scene its quiet drama.

Shown here framed in a living room setting.

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About the print

The prints are produced on archival Japanese paper — thick, museum-quality stock with excellent colour fidelity and a subtle texture that suits watercolour beautifully.

Paper: Archival, Japan-sourced · 189 g/m² · 10.3 mil

Sizes: 11.69″ × 16.54″ (A3+)  |  16.5″ × 23.3″ (A2)

Prices: $70  |  $80

Shipping: Worldwide shipping available

These are open-edition prints, which means there is no limited run — you can order whenever you like. I will soon be making all my prints available in these two sizes at the same pricing, so do browse the full shop if you are looking for other Venice or Italian landscapes.

If you have any questions about the prints, shipping, or anything else, feel free to message me through Etsy — I typically respond within a few hours.

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The Venice Series — Limited Edition Art Prints

Denise Wong Arts · Limited Edition of 75

The Venice Series

Original watercolour giclée prints · Hahnemühle German Etching Paper

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Where still water holds the memory of light

Venice does not reveal itself all at once. It comes to you in fragments — a gondola resting beside a lantern-lit gateway, the long perspective of a canal narrowing toward a distant bridge, the sky turning gold above a row of moored gondolas as night begins to fall.

Each print in this series is born from an original watercolour painted in that spirit of quiet discovery. Printed in a limited edition of 75 on Hahnemühle German Etching Paper, these are collector's pieces made to live beautifully on your walls for a lifetime.

Limited Edition 75

01

A Quiet Canal in Venice

Venice, Italy

A long canal recedes between sun-warmed ochre and stone buildings, a bridge just visible in the middle distance, mooring poles rising from the still water. A tree spills over the right bank in deep green. This painting captures the quiet depth and warm afternoon light of Venice's less-travelled waterways — the kind of view that asks you to slow down and stay a little longer.

Size15.2″ × 16.5″

PaperHahnemühle German Etching

EditionLimited to 75 prints

PriceUSD $230

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Limited Edition 75

02

Rio Tera Secondo, Hidden Passage

Venice, Italy

A low stone bridge spans a narrow canal, its arch reflected in the still water below to form a perfect circle. Boats are moored in the foreground beneath terracotta walls; a street sign marks the corner. This is Rio Tera Secondo — a hidden passage that tourists rarely find, painted with the warm earthy tones and quiet drama that make Venice's back canals so endlessly compelling.

Size13.8″ × 16.5″

PaperHahnemühle German Etching

EditionLimited to 75 prints

PriceUSD $230

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Limited Edition 75

03

Venetian Corte del Sabion, Canal Courtyard

Venice, Italy

A black gondola rests at the water's edge before an ornate arched gateway, its carved cartouche presiding above. Lanterns glow against warm terracotta walls, and the dark canal water catches their golden light below. This is a painting that holds the particular stillness of a Venetian corte, a place you stumble upon and are reluctant to leave.

Size12.3″ × 16.5″

PaperHahnemühle German Etching

EditionLimited to 75 prints

PriceUSD $230

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Limited Edition 75

04

Venice Grand Canal Gondolas, Before the Nightfall

Venice, Italy

A row of gondolas moored along the Grand Canal, their deep blue covers pulled tight and prows rising in a rhythm against a sky of peach and gold. San Giorgio Maggiore stands across the water as the last of the day's light drains from the horizon. This wide-format painting is one of the most luminous in the series — the warmth of the sunset sky set against the deep blue of the boats is something that only watercolour can render quite this way.

Size24.2″ × 16.5″

PaperHahnemühle German Etching

EditionLimited to 75 prints

PriceUSD $230

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