Lindisfarne Castle

The view point of your painting is interesting Stephen, it gives a real feeling of being in the picture.

Thank you very much for the kind comments, Barbara. Much appreciated. *lol* It's ok, I see you commented on Stephen's painting before mine. Thanks, Patricia. Bri

Love all of this, Brian but especially those wonderful soft sugary clouds. Altogether masterful stuff!

Nice work of an ever intruiging place Bri.

Superb detail, well balanced and a great viewpoint Brian, stunning work.

Thanks for the great comments, Thalia and Jim. Appreciated, as always. The clouds were one of the things that caught my eye, Thalia. Delighted you liked them. I'd love to do a dark oil painting of this place, Jim, because it always seem to lend itself to something gothic. One for the drawing board, even if it has been done before. Bri

Thank you very much, Carole, for the very generous review. Too kind, but I like it. *smile* Really pleased you liked this one, because I'm NEVER sure. Bri

Sorry Brian, MUST be old age !!

Ha! No prob's at all, Patricia. *smile* Bri

Love the foreground with the different coloured stones of various sizes and the vertical posts which frame the painting. I. Can be very bleak there but this is pleasant.y sunny Brian.

Another classy piece of work, Brian. Like everything about it.

Great composition Brian, it looks super. I love the way you have handled the rocks and stones and of course those clouds are fab!

Like the angle and your painting of the rocks, and an interesting sky too, Brian

Quite exceptional work Brian, nicely balanced composition also.

Thank you very much, Carole, Lewis, Margaret and Maureen for the kind and supportive comments. I really do appreciate the reviews a lot. It's really great to read them. Yes, Carole, Lindisdfarne Castle can be a very bleak place indeed. It's this remote, almost desolate image that I find so attractive. I'd love to paint it in the middle of a storm, but a real one, dark and dramatic. Best to all Bri

We must've cross-posted, Alan! Glad I caught you. Thank you very much indeed for the great comments and observations. Much appreciated. Bri

Super depth and perspectives Brian. I like how you have used the stakes in the composition, but also evened out the verticals with the horizontals in the land mass and cloud formations. Very clever and skilfully painted.

Thank you very much indeed, Fiona, for the kind comments and great analysis. Much appreciated, as always. I'm absolutely delighted to read about the horizontals and verticals because even the towers and mast of the castle play their part. That you picked them out is brilliant! It took a lot longer to complete than I expected but that was mainly down to the boulders and rock formations. After a while the eyes start to hurt. *smile* Bri

Thank you very much, Michael, for the great comments and analysis. Much appreciated. Ha! The stones DID drive me mad. It can become a bit monotonous but if you do a few at a time it's not so bad. I remember your painting very well and the pov IS similar, only you are closer to the castle. I looked again in your gallery and enjoyed the detail and sky, to say nothing of the atmosphere. I've got Lindisfarne castle on my "to do again" list, where my oils will get a run out to paint a stormy night over the walls and ramparts of this eerie building. Looking forward to it. Bri

Bit late I'm afraid as I'm trying to catch up on my favourites after being away on holiday. I love the sky in this and the different colours in the rocks. Pastel is my favourite medium though I don't use it as much now as the dust has started to irritate me a little.

What a lovely thing to say, Val. Thank you very much for the generous comments. Much appreciated. Pastel does have a habit of getting everywhere, no matter how hard you try to limit the effects. Same goes for charcoal and yet I love both mediums. White spirit tends to make me cough so I only paint one or two oils a month. Why do I paint, I wonder. *LOL* Bri PS Hope you had a great time on holiday. Good to see you back. B

The rugged posts help balance the painting, love the composition and wonderful sky, Bri.

Very well done Brian, great job on all those rocks in the foreground. Very nice depth. Glad your pastel work is giving you a wonderful diversion in retirement. It is a joy to paint beautiful scenes. So many enjoy seeing your creativity too! Even Diane!

Lovely work indeed Brian. May suggest instead of thinking of doing it larger in OILS try doing it full imperial with PASTELS, Keep the horizon to about a third from the base, make it low tide, remove the dead posts and replace with a few yachts in the middle distance. Painting it with PASTEL will give you a chance to do a fantastic dark moody sky which I find much easier than OILS. Just a thought.

Thank you very much indeed, Annick, Paul and Jimmy, for the generous and astute comments. Appreciated. Great suggestions, Jimmy, and ones I will fully consider. I might try both, *smile* Bri

Very impressed by the perspective. Some really nice work

Thank you very much for the kind analysis, Anthony. Much appreciated. Bri