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Thanks Andrew. I didn't get any time to work on it yesterday but today, I've been working colour and putting more shape to the sky and ground. Still a long way to go. I won't get a chance to do any more for a few days now as my daughter's partner is very unwell again and I'll be looking after my granddaughter for the next few days.
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I have managed to work on my landscape today. I've been dealing with family matters all week and have not had a chance to do any painting or get on the gallery much. Anyway, I'm not sure about it at the moment, I might do more work to the sky. I've crudely sketch the Buffalo to see if I like the scale and I think it is looking okay. I will let it dry and start work on the Buffalo tomorrow. I'm now going to practice a bit of Chinese brushwork. I have been looking at the work of Fu Baoshi and was very impressed by his figure painting. I've finally ordered some Japanese watercolours from Jacksons and a Japanese brush I liked the look of. They have been dispatched so looking forward to trying the watercolours. Here is were I am so far.
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Always respect, like, admire, and generally bow down before your willingness to have a go at anything that appeals to you. Were I to tell you what you've got that others, including me, haven't, it might tell you more than you want to know - I'll risk it: because YOU'LL risk it - you won't be dissuaded by difficulty; you'll try anything. Seeing your work reminds me of how cautious I've so often been with mine - yes, experiment needs to be underlain with experience, but you seem to acquire experience even as you experiment - this is, quite honestly, a rare attribute. I'm not going to encourage you to just blast on regardless - the groundwork does need to be done; but I can see for myself that you're doing it successfully, and it makes me wonder where you'd be now if you'd started serious painting in your youth. Wherever you'd be - carry on as you are now, and you'll get there anyway.
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Loving this Denise. It's already been said but very 'turneresque' background, which is wonderful by the way. The buffaloes are working well with the background too.
Those Japanese watercolours look interesting and I am wondering if the paint in the pans is relatively 'soft' (and by that I mean the colour not being rock hard like many are). The Russian ones I use are soft so it would be great to try something different.
Keep up the great work.