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Syd Edward

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i have always dearly loved to paint in bright colours which are not narural to the actual colours . Bright green tree trunks red groundfoliagec yellow skies etc. maybe my next watercolor will be done this way. Does annyone else feel the urge to loosen up and use bright happy colours on a watercolour landscape.......Syd

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David Perry

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It works well I think, I have several paintings here that are so created and I like them. I have been musing this for a while but fear at my stage people might just think I got it wrong ha ha. Go for it Syd, express your inner loony!!! And show us the results please. david
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yes go for it!! :)

D Hillman

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Not particularly in water colour but I usually feel the need to switch my palette around. Sometimes it works and sometimes not (one of them in the gallery I tried purple skin and it just looked bad( but recently I have managed to make something decent using black and grey for the deep shadows, red and purple for the mid tones and white yellow and pink for the light tones. This is something I have been learning with on portraits, how to apply it to a landscape would be another matter but I can picture myself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. I would be interested to see what you come up with, don't be afraid to try it :)

Michael Robinson

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I've just looked it up Syd and recognised it immediately as a painting that appealed to me very much when I first saw it. In fact I still have it saved to my hard drive, as I rotate different paintings that appeal to me as my destop background, for inspiration. Love Woodland Stream too, some lovely blue there as well, and those beautiful rich foreground colours. Have saved this one as well (don't worry, I don't copy). And Acrylic Abstract 5 - another of my favourites, and also saved.

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Robert Kirk

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I've just been looking at the latest news from PO and have just dropped into the Forum. Syd you haven't posted an example of your lively colour style with your post. I've also posted your forum user name on the gallery and have been met with the message 'Not Found' so I'm no wiser. I'll try again when I next drop by. Regards

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Michael Robinson

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Wow Syd, love it! Have left a comment. Hope things stop intervening soon, followed by lots of inspiration.

Michael Robinson

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Syd, I've now looked up Francis Boag (this Forum has made me aware of a number of artists I didn't know about), really pleased to have been made aware of him as his paintings will provide inspiration for my more abstract attempts. I think abstract landscape if I could do it would suit me better than pure abstract.