The Roaches from Morridge Moor

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I like this one too David

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 11 Mar 13:25:23

Good composition and the treatment of the foreground is interesting; works well.

Posted by William Batty on Wed 11 Mar 16:54:55

Thank you all for taking the time to comment, much appreciated. Michael, I like your summit pun, the lovely airy feel is just a trig of the light!

Posted by David Whitehead on Thu 12 Mar 16:37:10

just take a deep lungfuls of this fresh air. Captured brilliantly David

Posted by Brian Ward on Sun 15 Mar 10:32:20

Thank you, Brian. With the government's coronavirus restrictions announced today I don't think I'll be enjoying fresh air here for the next twelve weeks! Just have to keep painting it.

Posted by David Whitehead on Mon 16 Mar 21:16:58

Hang on Studio Wall

11/03/2020

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The Staffordshire Moorlands are probably the most overlooked part of the Peak District, and consequently a favourite place for my walks prospecting painting subjects. Painted at home from one of my photos, using Daniel Smith’s wonderfully granulating pigments and letting them run wild.

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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