Stafford Castle from the West

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Love your colours Alan.

Posted by Sarah Stanley on Wed 05 Jul 07:43:26

I li,e this a lot Alan, the colours are superb. I never thought of using a larger sheet of paper and use the border for testing colour I normally have a separate sheet but then I suppose each sheet is slightly different.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Wed 05 Jul 07:44:41

Should read I Like at the start of the comment.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Wed 05 Jul 07:45:19

Beautiful touches of blue makes it a right beauty 💙

Posted by Faye Patrick on Wed 05 Jul 08:13:19

This is a belter Alan. Love the palette and the confident marks. Full of energy yet calm on the eye

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Wed 05 Jul 08:18:04

Such a beautiful pastel painting Alan!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Wed 05 Jul 08:36:14

Thanks guys… just having a play around with various medium at the moment. I’ve had a long break from oils, but I have started an oil this morning - I feel fresh after laying off them for a few months!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 05 Jul 08:36:30

Great work Alan The colors r superb

Posted by Lou Carlo on Wed 05 Jul 08:44:45

Love this Alan, it's a wonderful pastel.

Posted by Denise Cat on Wed 05 Jul 09:04:30

Interesting composition Alan with the focal point in the distance- works well, and I like the style of your mark making leading us to the castle.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Wed 05 Jul 09:13:23

Just to let you know Alan, I've ordered a set of carbon pencils from Jacksons. Can't wait for them to come.

Posted by Denise Cat on Wed 05 Jul 09:53:51

Excellent work Alan, I love the splash of red at the centre of the Painting (Drawing).

Posted by George Cutter on Wed 05 Jul 10:11:31

Luscious colours, that’s what it’s all about!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 05 Jul 10:28:11

Has a lovely quality to it Alan

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 05 Jul 11:12:57

I like the strong linear feel to it, and the great intense colours, but they're still soft on the eye.

Posted by Hilary Forbes on Wed 05 Jul 13:13:51

Almost autumnal Alan. What I like about your painting is, how it all slants to the right giving the feeling of the wind at play.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 05 Jul 13:18:15

A great painting with lovely colours Alan.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 05 Jul 14:31:49

Lovely use of colour and mark making.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 05 Jul 15:10:27

Very good, some nice textures in this.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Wed 05 Jul 16:55:42

Really super, Alan.

Posted by Shirley May on Wed 05 Jul 19:15:56

Gorgeous colours, caught my eye straight away. Pastels are a new departure for you??

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Wed 05 Jul 21:41:34

Thanks again guys, appreciated! I’ve always worked in pastel Sandra, I just don’t do all that many!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 05 Jul 22:03:40

Smashing palette, Alan, super painting altogether

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 06 Jul 04:07:25

A very striking painting Alan and I love the colour palette.

Posted by Chrissie Havers on Thu 06 Jul 09:47:14

What energy in this Alan, lovely colours too.

Posted by Romila Datta on Thu 06 Jul 13:07:25

I see a little nudge to Cezanne here Al and I don’t agree with your comment ref it being too red. It’s bold and rich with enough contrasting colours to set it apart.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 06 Jul 16:23:17

Love the colours in this.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Thu 06 Jul 16:43:39

Just a perfectly balanced painting and the textures add so much life - great work Alan.

Posted by Shaun Byatt on Fri 07 Jul 04:09:41

Beautiful Alan! I love the colours and marks -

Posted by Rachel Wood on Sat 08 Jul 16:08:51

I really like this; great composition, colours and marks Alan.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Mon 10 Jul 11:47:38

Beautiful colours on this.

Posted by Emma Price on Sun 16 Jul 09:19:52

A stunning work of art. Bravo !

Posted by Lea Laboy on Mon 17 Jul 12:48:55

Hang on Studio Wall

05/07/2023

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Small landscape pastel drawing, the castle acting as my single focal point, having positioned it off centre on the horizon line. I’ve used a selection of van Gogh soft pastels and a few conte chalks. Stonehenge 250gsm Kraft paper, around A3 size although the actual sketch is much smaller. I hate being cramped for space when I’m drawing, I like to have a border to test out colours and so on…

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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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