Cowbar Nab from the Harbour - Staithes.

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Excellent work Alan, I will study the feature with interest.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Fri 14 Sep 09:42:57

Good composition, like the figures they add interest and depth, great colours too.

Posted by Chris Tierney on Fri 14 Sep 10:20:16

Just love the finished result.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Fri 14 Sep 11:48:40

A different view of Staithes, will look forward to your forthcoming article.

Posted by Linda Drury on Fri 14 Sep 11:49:22

Lovely shards of light over the houses, beach and boat together with the sparkles in the sea make this painting sing. I also like your palette of very natural colour, nothing conspicuous making every tone do its work. great Alan.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 14 Sep 11:55:02

Superb Alan

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 14 Sep 12:42:21

Lovely work once again Alan. Look forward to reading your article.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Fri 14 Sep 13:02:05

Instantly recognisable Alan, great palette and those highlights are perfect.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 14 Sep 13:19:25

Distinctively yours. A great piece of work.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 14 Sep 14:01:47

Great view, Alan, and wonderful colours.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Fri 14 Sep 14:10:58

Gorgeous, Alan. Especially love the composition, and those boats in the water.

Posted by Shirley May on Fri 14 Sep 14:13:20

I love this Alan, such a great composition and that little red sail looks just right! I look forward to the newsletter.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 14 Sep 16:01:50

Wonderful example Alan, I look forward to your article. Hope to put it in to practice too.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 14 Sep 16:14:58

I still struggle with tonal values so I look forward to reading your article Alan and watching the progression of this superb painting.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Fri 14 Sep 16:20:21

This is great, Alan, really looking forward to reading your article

Posted by Thalia Stones on Fri 14 Sep 18:13:26

Good Alan, I'm just around the corner from there at the moment stopping in Saltburn by the sea doing some sketching lovely part of the world

Posted by Alan Benton on Fri 14 Sep 19:14:07

You have all been so generous with your comments, thank you so much.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 14 Sep 20:15:07

Great colours and composition!

Posted by Thomas Habermann on Sat 15 Sep 07:19:16

Lovely sweep and colours.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 15 Sep 09:04:40

Great linkage with your tonal values, Alan, and those highlights are excellent. Lovely painting. I really like the cliff colours, and the red sail is a delight. I also like the sense of scale the figures bring to the scene, especially the man fiddling with the mooring rope on the beach. A one to look at and enjoy. Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Sun 16 Sep 09:03:48

Great composition, great style and REALLY atmospheric. Feels nostalgic (Staithes School) yet has a really modern twist to this as well. Great expressive marks, draftsmanship and colour usage.

Posted by Robert Dutton on Mon 17 Sep 16:10:07

Beautiful work Alan, such a lovely palette and composition.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 18 Sep 08:33:43

Hang on Studio Wall

14/09/2018

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Oil on Talens canvas board 40 x 50cm. The final stage of a feature that I have written for the November e-newsletter. It’s called ‘The Importance of Tonal Values’, and you will see how I have approached this important aspect of starting off a painting in five hopefully easy-to-follow stages, plus a short introduction to the subject. My demonstration starts off using tonal shades, black and white plus four intermediate values. Colour gradually being added throughout the stages, keeping those same values as close as possible. I hope that some of you will find it useful. Based loosely on a photo courtesy of my daughter.

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Alan Bickley

Having studied fine art and graphics at both Stafford and Derby college, my career working as a graphic artist and latterly as editorial artist with Northcliffe Media Ltd, has kept me constantly in touch with all aspects of art and design. Painting mainly in oils, acrylics and watercolour, my…

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