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Gerry Mellor

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...there should definitely be shadows from the gravestones... 
Tessa Gwynne on 20/05/2023 10:17:48
Agreed, Tessa. And thank you for the encouraging comments. Appreciated.
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Gerry Mellor

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... The castellations and the brickwork lines are just a bit too 'angled down' on where they should be....
Malcolm Davies GRA on 20/05/2023 10:19:37
I need to have a look at that, thank you Malcolm. That might be something I have to remain conscious of, and discipline myself to stand back and appraise more often, to spot such things before I've gone too far. Am I the only one to go head down full steam ahead once started , lol. Thank you for all the words of encouragement.
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Gerry Mellor

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....ignore my perspective comment.  
Sylvia Evans on 19/05/2023 21:04:47
Don't apologise, Sylvia. Thank you
It's obviously not a Welsh Church yard as it is so neat and tidy. 
Sylvia Evans on 19/05/2023 21:04:47
Cumbria, near the edge of the Lake District. Very well cared for, and lovely with it.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Coming back - shadows would be a good idea, added to the gravestones, but I hope you don't embark upon any major re-construction work on this one: you can always do another, with crits taken on board.  I like it more or less as it is - I mentioned the clean lines, and wouldn't want to see you complicate them (not that what I want is relevant!  But all the same - it would be very easy to lose the freshness you've achieved). Oh, and I confirm that Sylvia - though a spirited woman! - is not the kind to go around upsetting gravestones.  Well, not ACTUALLY - metaphorically, possibly.... 

Sylvia Evans

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I like grave stones Robert...well old ones  modern shiny monstrosities I don't like.  We have a ly one locally with a small carved mouse in bass relief.    Done some daffy things but never actually pushed one over....yet. 
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Gerry Mellor

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Version 2....
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Gerry v2 is so difficult from the first one , you certainly have taken onboard the advice given and produced a excellent painting.  Just keep them coming be nice to see more of your work in the future. 
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Gerry Mellor

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Thank you Paul, you're very kind. I'm pleased with it. Just goes to show how useful this forum is and how useful it is to seek others opinions and to support each other. And I just hope I'm able to 'give back' plenty to others too. Cheers

Alan Bickley

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Definitely a ‘more solid’’ look to this now, a good effort and was definitely worth revisiting again and taking advice!

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This is really lovely now Gerry. Your extra work on the foreground, gravestones in particular, has added depth to the whole scene and made it look more complete. Very good result. Hope to see it on the gallery?
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Helen Martell

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I’m pleased you went for another version, rather than tweaking the first one, as both are good works. I haven’t painted in watercolours, but understand it’s difficult to change something once you’ve painted it.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Gerry - this is another version, rather than alteration to your original painting?  I hope so - and that's an excellent idea, if that's what you did.  I liked and still do like your first iteration; I've rarely found much satisfaction in, as it were, "correcting" a painting I'd finished.  This is subjective, but I think the new spray-job approach robs an original of its virtues in an obsessive desire to overcome its vices. I like both of your paintings, and even if you have fettled your original, it does work.  I've often had good advice here, not least from Alan Bickley - on the whole, I've started afresh rather than tried to edit my original; on the whole, but not always.  There's a reason for this - I have a lot of old paintings, because I'm getting on a bit (first fine flush of youth, naturally, but we are not quite the striping we once were) and I find them so useful in measuring where I've, as it were, come from.  Some make me ask "how the hell did you do that?", others "WHY the hell did you do that?", and my "improvements" didn't always improve.  Even so, they teach me so much - so, if I finish a painting I quite, on the whole, like (not the common occurrence it might be) I put it away untouched, and start over again if advice suggests I could do a bit more with it. So - I hope you've still got both paintings, because you had a crisp and clear original which may have had issues: but was still a very pleasing image. 
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