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David Bond

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Wow that's beautiful. I am probably gonna sound silly asking this but have you painted this scene yet?. Looks like a landscape artists dream
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s stunning Sylvia  it was similar to one of the photos I looked at. 
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Lewis Cooper

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Yes, what a stunning place Sylvia.  It almost looks like a fantasy landscape.

Jenny Harris

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Sylvia, that is so beautiful.  There was an old beech wood nearby when I was a child with little mossy dells like this, my favourite ‘fairytale’ place, full of birds and other wildlife - until it was all bulldozed for housing!  It was heartbreaking - I didn’t understand how it could be allowed to happen - an early lesson in the greed of developers and their disregard for nature.

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Sylvia Evans

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Jenny that's horrendous....how dare people dothes things.   I pinched  the pic from the Woodland trust site it's not one I I took.  No I haven't painted it David I would be petrified of all of those greens  Paul you have my admiration. This place i# exceptional  but a lot of local woodland has mosses and lichens.  It's also something to do with the clarity and pureness of the air.   I think I might collect some mosses and  see what I can do with them. North Wales is pretty good. Yes Lew it does...maybe a background for fairy folk with big noses .

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PogArt Ti

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The bits that actually survive have been around for hundreds of years Art . The west coast of England, Wales and Scotland ate where they still hang on some ate actually still expanding but very slowly, unfortunately climate change may put a end to that but nature has a way of its own .
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 04/02/2023 11:28:37
Oh yeah, the climate... 🤔 We humen beings are recless creatures, the proper virus for the planet Earth ... Covid is nothing in comparison 😒
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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There are some stunning photographs on the internet  here are a few that pulled off to show .
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Might one or two of these be of the Rothimurchus forest?  I seem to remember them from a book by Gerald Wilkinson, which regrettably I no longer have.  I've long wanted to paint them, but I've never been up there and don't like painting from others' photos - however good they are.  The snag being that although you would want to concentrate on one feature out of all those presented to you by these scenes, the fact is that the photographer got there before you - so you've little freedom of composition.   Not a criticism of those who paint from photographs - many of us lack any other choice.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Unfortunately not Robert , Rothimurchus forest is a rainforest despite it have a lot of moss etc as do many of Scotlands forests  These are a few of the Scottish rainforest photo I found on lines.

Sylvia Evans

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I could be tempted Robert , I'm off into the hills soon so hopefully take some pics.. tomorrow I intend to gather  some stuff to paint from the lanes...Poo bags have othe4 uses as well as the obvious. 

Tessa Gwynne

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Aren’t trees, woodland, rivers, like this just wonderful, magical places? Beautiful photos.

Denise Cat

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I agree, magical places, good start to your painting Paul.
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