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David Perry

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This is the final gathering of the salisbury procession of witness during which it rained non stop. My painting is too bright and too dry...any suggestions about how to make it look a bit gloomy and wet? I have considered adding more colour, wet in wet to create suggestive bleeding but I don't want to ruin what is currently a half decent piece of work. I'd appreciate instructive comment Medium is water colour pencil on 300g paper.

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Sylvia Evans

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I don’t “ do” God , David having had a surfeit of him as a child and a teenager. But I like your picture . I think the bright umbrellas are great. And against the dark recess work really well . I think it it were my pic I would be tempted to dull down the stone pillars they look a bit like stripes. It’s the people who are important so let them and their lovely colour sing out. But one of your best I think.

David Perry

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Thanks Marjorie and thanks Syd. The trouble with what you say Syd - don't paint rain unless you have done it before - is that until I do it once, I've NEVER done it before!! As for painting over with a mixing white, yes I wondered that. Is there such a thing as mixing white in w/c? Maybe a mix of a white glaze AND some blobby rain on the brollies... I don't really mind spoiling the picture in the name of progress, I just don't want to 'waste' it. D
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DavidG, if you have the means to print your painting, you could potter about with that with different tones of colour a dark blue, maybe, keep it light handed to start, but with watercolour pencil, I wouldn't want to put washes over them, you could end up with a muddy scene.

David Perry

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Carol, funny you should say that because I had a brainwave...pop the image into my ipad and use it with my 'sketches' software as a digital artwork. That way I can try all sorts of ideas and when Im happy, use real paint. David

Alan Bickley

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I would have another shot at it David. Unless of course you painted it live so to speak and not from a photo reference. I would have employed the wet into wet technique, which always throws up some interesting results. and would benefit from more muted colours in the background, that black with the pillars standing out are far too prominent. Good work though in general.

Michael Robinson

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Onward and upward David!