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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I’ve made a start on the second in the series, and today I’ve had the offer of been taken up into the woodland to get some photos for future painting . I certainly will be taking up the offer of being chauffeured around in the Land Rover and get to some inaccessible places , the one could  not reach on foot .

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I have done a bit more , think I’m getting the misty look and the green on the trees due to the damp humidity up on the top of the hill . Need to get the fallen leaves on the ground and the few remaining leaves attached to the tree in place then it complete ,well I hope it is . 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Almost complete just the foreground to sort out then check it over before posting . 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Well I think it’s finished, will post it on the gallery when it’s had time to dry a bit more and I can get another photo.  Hopefully I’ve been able to catch the misty but quite bright atmosphere, the rare green patches between trees is mostly moss with a little grass , if you lift the moss gently it’s often covering a old branch that’s decaying underneath the leaf mould etc.

Norrette Moore

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looks great Paul
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thanks Norrette .
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Sandra Kennedy

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Looking really good Paul, you've certainly caught the light through the mist. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thanks Sandra , I’m just about to put it on the gallery. 

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Thanks Sandra , I’m just about to put it on the gallery. 
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 25/03/2025 09:03:51
Well I think it’s finished, will post it on the gallery when it’s had time to dry a bit more and I can get another photo.  Hopefully I’ve been able to catch the misty but quite bright atmosphere, the rare green patches between trees is mostly moss with a little grass , if you lift the moss gently it’s often covering a old branch that’s decaying underneath the leaf mould etc.
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 24/03/2025 16:22:34
I really love seeing this series of work, particularly in different media. I think it encourages good observation    It reminds me of the way I worked as a student. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Diana thank you for your comment, it’s very encouraging when fellow artists make such nice comments.  It’s second nature to me to look at things closely and store details , I’m told that it’s something quite common with dyslexic people, it’s how we learn easier than through academic studies. It also helps when you know your subject and have a passion for it , trees , marine craft etc are all thinks I love to  and paint.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I have drawn up the next in the series and thought I would not post it as folk might be getting fed up with me hogging the forum . Following so many positive comments and feed back about watching it develop I have decided to post this next one but then will give you all a brake . This scene is at the corner where the outer wall of the fort meets a wide track coming up at a steady slope from bottom of the hill staring way back along the road through to Great Missenden , and skirting the Cheque Estate. The track penetrates and removes a section of the outer defence wall, this was reportedly done in WW11 to enable ant aircraft guns to be placed on the high ground to protect the Prime Ministers Cheques residence roughy a mike  away .  It’s thought Canadian engineers and foresters built the track , that the NT now uses to access the woodlands. My sketch is taken from old photos when I was standing on the track , looking to my right up to the actual walls of the fort area .  I will before starting roll a putty rubber over the B pencil sketch to make it fainter before starting to paint.
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