'Countryfile'

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Simple but very effective. I love these two sketches. Great clouds.

Posted by Crispian Oates on Fri 01 Jun 13:27:56

As Chrispian says, the sky has worked out very well and your trees are improving all the time, reflections are good too. To say this has been worked from photo reference, you have got lots of life in the painting. I always think it's better to work from an image on TV or computer screen than from a small photo, I think you have made great progress in the last few months.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Fri 01 Jun 13:38:26

Lovely watercolour Fiona

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Fri 01 Jun 17:40:08

Lovely, pastelly shades that capture the scene very well. I so admire (and envy) your versatility!

Posted by Terry Roberts on Fri 01 Jun 17:50:39

Lovely colours and beautiful painting

Posted by Glennis Weston on Fri 01 Jun 19:16:09

Lovely colours and beautiful painting

Posted by Glennis Weston on Fri 01 Jun 19:16:10

Nice work - love the loose style

Posted by Tom Cunliffe on Fri 01 Jun 22:26:40

Many thanks everyone for your kind comments, much appreciated. Terry re; the snow in Gairloch, two nights ago the temp got down to -1c in Altnahara which is inland from me and last week we had day time temps of 25c......wierd!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 02 Jun 10:20:39

Great simplicity - love it

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 02 Jun 16:34:16

Thank you Michael.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 02 Jun 23:21:50

Been busy doing other things for a few weeks, so missed a lot of your recent paintings. I particularly like this one. Well done

Posted by Paul Farnes on Mon 04 Jun 19:49:38

Thank you very much Paul, now you are back, look forward to seeing your postings.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 04 Jun 22:42:03

Great work, Fiona! Love the economy of your brushstrokes and the limited palette.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 05 Jun 12:59:24

the sky is alive!

Posted by Anastasia Kachina on Thu 07 Jun 19:58:18

thank you very much Seok and Anastasia.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 07 Jun 21:49:35

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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On countryfile last week, there was a piece about the Whimbrel, shot in wetlands somewhere. The camera work was fabulous, great stills. This one in particular I thought was stunning. I re-played the program back on iplayer and paused at this picture. I did a quick sketch in pen & wash ( which, if allowed I will post next) and then completed this watercolour from the sketch. Painted on Arches 12"x9" and Old Holland watercolours. Thanks for looking!

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